When it comes to Christmas time, we all turn to the book of Luke to read the Christmas story. Have you ever wondered how Luke came up with the Christmas story?
Luke records that many different people had undertaken to write about the accounts of Jesus. They were recording the stories of the accounts that were being given by those who were eyewitnesses to the Lord Jesus.
Luke said that it seemed fitting to him to write about Jesus Christ. So Luke took time to investigate everything that he heard from the eyewitnesses of Jesus. He says that he investigated very carefully each story. After his investigation he wrote the story of Jesus in the order in which it happened.
His purpose in writing the gospel of Luke was so that we could know the exact truth about Jesus Christ. And the first story that he writes about in Luke is the birth of John the Baptist.
The story starts with an older couple who were living a good life, Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth. They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
The story of Christmas is based on truth and integrity of the men and women who were eyewitnesses of God’s perfect timing in the coming of Jesus. It is about very good men and women who were used by God in the unfolding of his perfect plan in the birth of Jesus.
So this Christmas enjoy sitting down with the word of God and reading the amazing story of Jesus birth.