If anyone ever wrote a book filled with good news for everyone. Luke is the man and he is a doctor. His message is “For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost”. He presents Jesus Christ as the compassionate Son of Man, who came to live among sinners, love them, help them, and die for them.

In the gospel, we see the God of Glory coming down to our level, entering into our conditions and being subject to our circumstances

Luke highlights Jesus’ relationship with people from every strata of society. Luke emphasis on women is striking, particularly in the view of the suspicion with which religious Jews of Jesus time viewed women.

As we skim through the Gospel, we see Luke repeated emphasis  on the humanity of Jesus. When tax collectors and ‘sinners’ flocked to hear Jesus, the religious leaders were scandalized. they would never associate with such people! But Jesus told the story of the Lost Sheep the shepherd searched for, and he called his friends to rejoice on the recovery. It is the same way heaven rejoices when a lost sinner is found, a truth that drives Jesus to befriend the outcast of society. {Luke 15 verses 1 to 7}

The night before His crucifixion Jesus prayed alone on the Mount of Olives. Jesus was in such anguish that “His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. {Luke 22 verse 44}

But when the betrayer Judas lead a mob to the hillside to drag Jesus before the court packed with the people who hatred Him. Jesus spoke to them calmly and went unresisting to His fate. {Luke 22 verses 39 to 53}

This is the Jesus who Luke presents a compassionate, brave, caring man was committed to revealing His Father’s character as a loving God.

Jesus shows compassion for the hurting and the lost, and so should we all.

Jesus speaks about the attitudes and actions that should characterize our daily lives, Forgiveness, Faithfulness, Thankfulness and Commitment.

Jesus shows a deep interest in people and their needs. He is not interested in their status,their race or their gender.

We too should develop the same kind of interest in the needs of others, regardless of who or what they are.

God Bless

OFJ.