TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

 

The Gospel of Luke is the first part of a two-part work written by Luke, a medical doctor who not only accompanied the Apostle Paul on his second and third missionary journeys, but was affectionately referred to by Paul as “the beloved physician” (Colossians 4:14). In the second part, of his two-part work, The Acts of the Apostles, Luke writes about the birth of the church and its launching of a worldwide evangelistic movement in obedience to Christ's Great Commission. Here, however, in the first part of his two-part work, his Gospel, Luke gives us the most historically detailed account of the life of Christ. Since it contains many details of the life of Christ not found in the other Gospels, such as details about Christ’s birth and childhood, Luke’s Gospel is the longest book in the New Testament.

 

Our Lord’s favorite form of teaching was the parable. These earthly stories illustrating heavenly truths were masterfully used by the Master Teacher to communicate cardinal doctrines of our Christian Faith. Many of our Lord’s parables, even some of His most famous, such as the Parable of the Good Samaritan and of the Prodigal Son, are unique to Luke’s Gospel. It is, I suspect, no coincidence, that some of these parables, such as the Parable of the Good Samaritan, are found in the only Gospel penned by a Gentile author, whose divinely inspired design was to declare Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, to be the Savior of the whole world, not just of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.

 

PARABLES UNIQUE TO THE GOSPEL OF LUKE

  1. The Two Debtors (Luke 7:41-43)
  2. The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
  3. The Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:5-8)
  4. The Rich Fool (Luke 12:16-21)
  5. The Wedding Feast (Luke 12:35-40)
  6. The Wise Servant (Luke 12:41-48)
  7. The Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:6-9)
  8. The Chief Seats (Luke 14:7-11)
  9. The Great Supper (Luke 14:16-24)
  10. The Tower (Luke 14:28-30)
  11. The King (Luke 14:31-33)
  12. The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10)
  13. The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
  14. The Dishonest Steward (Luke 16:1-9)
  15. The Unprofitable Servant (Luke 17:7-10)
  16. The Unjust Judge (Luke 18:1-8)
  17. The Pharisee and the Publican (Luke 18:10-14)
  18. The Pounds (Luke 19:12-27)

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isaiah 40:8)