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All right, my Bible in 365. 
Brothers and sisters, we have 

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arrived at the Gospel according 
to Luke and boy oh boy, oh boy 

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do I love this one. 
Now this is going to be short 

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but powerful because the first 4
verses of this book mean 

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something. 
So I said mean means something 

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so much to me and it is 
spectacular. 

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Now I want to say this right off
the bat and that is Luke is the 

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only Gentile author that we know
about in the New Testament and 

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that actually means something. 
It is critical because it 

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continues to speak of God's 
grace as He has bought salvation

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to the Jew first, then the 
Gentile. 

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And when you think about His 
goodness to us and extending 

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this amazing love that we have 
because of what He's done for 

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us, it is remarkable. 
Folks, I love reading what Luke 

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says here because it speaks 
about his purpose. 

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And if you really want to dig 
deeply into this book, this lays

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down the foundation. 
Now, I want to point something 

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out here that I think is 
important right off the bat, and

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that is the fact that Luke is a 
physician and he is a historian.

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So you are going to see his 
writing style dramatically 

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different than the other authors
of the Gospels. 

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And what he does here is very 
special because what he will do 

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is he will show you something 
really important about several 

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very critical aspects of Jesus's
ministry, but perhaps the most 

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consequential of which speak of 
the life that Christ live for us

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without any desire to seek to do
anything other than save those 

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who he minister to. 
And guys, that's an important 

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thing because when we look at 
his life, when we understand how

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spectacular it was that he 
lived, it teaches us to live 

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sacrificially as he did. 
And that's what we get here. 

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So look at what Luke says here. 
And I love what he says here. 

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He says for as much as many have
taken in hand to set forth in 

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order a declaration of those 
things which are most surely 

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believing amongst us. 
OK, I, I, I want to just say 

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this because this is really 
critical. 

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I'm going to stop at this point 
and I'm just going to comment at

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the observation that Luke is 
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And it's, it's, it's important, 
OK, Luke is saying that there 

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are a lot of people that have 
already taken it in their own 

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hands to speak concerning the 
good news of Christ. 

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He feels inspired and motivated 
to be somebody who would bring 

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the story of Christ very 
specifically in a unique way to 

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a very important individual. 
And because he did this, guys, 

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it brings us something very, 
very valuable, very, very, very 

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special. 
So he says, or as much as many 

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have taken in hand. 
In other words, considering the 

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fact that a lot of people have 
already gone out and shared the 

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gospel story, even as they 
delivered those accounts unto 

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us, that's in essence what he's 
saying, which from the beginning

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were eyewitnesses and ministers 
of the Word. 

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In other words, we've not just 
received these stories, we've 

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received them for people who 
were eyewitnesses. 

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We've seen these from people who
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people who were knowledgeable 
about what the Bible said 

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concerning these things and the 
fulfillment of those things by 

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Christ himself. 
It seemed good to me also. 

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I love this. 
He says it seemed good to me 

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also, having had perfect 
understanding of all things from

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the very first to write unto 
thee in order, most excellent 

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Theophilus. 
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When He talks about the most 
perfect understanding or having 

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had perfect understanding, what 
He says is I have been given a 

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complete picture of this amazing
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OK, that's very special. 
I think God has completed us in 

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this story and has given us a 
complete picture and we should 

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find inspiration from this. 
But He refers to a man as O or 

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as most excellent. 
Theophilus. 

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Now this is interesting. 
Theophilus is a very interesting

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name. 
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And I believe that this is 
talking to or this message is to

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a man who really, truly did love
God and he saw the importance of

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this gospel story. 
Luke saw the importance of this 

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gospel story to doing something 
very specific for this man of 

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God. 
Look what he says in verse four,

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that thou mightest know the 
certainty of those things 

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wherein thou has been 
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Let me say that again, that thou
mightest know the certainty of 

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those things wherein thou has 
been instructed. 

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Think about this. 
He's saying, Look, Theophilus, I

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know a lot of people have come 
with the gospel message. 

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I know a lot of people have come
who were eyewitnesses and 

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ministers of the Word. 
And since I myself have a 

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perfect understanding of all the
things that happened from the 

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very beginning, I see it 
necessary for me to write this 

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to you, Oh excellent lover of 
God, that what that you might be

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certain about the things in 
which you've been instructed. 

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Here's a question I would want 
to ask all of you. 

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How many of you have ever 
doubted what God has told you in

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His word? 
How many of you have read this 

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and said, OK, I love this. 
I'm reading Bible in 365. 

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It's amazing. 
There's really, really good 

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stuff here, but I'm doubting a 
little bit. 

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I don't know if this is what it 
says it should be. 

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I've got some questions about 
these things. 

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I wonder about this fact. 
I don't know about this. 

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Someone online said that read 
the book of Luke because the 

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book of Luke will give you the 
things that you need that you 

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might walk with certainty 
concerning the things that you 

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have been educated in. 
If you find yourself in a crisis

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of doubt, the book of Luke is an
amazing book to read through. 

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I want to encourage you to do 
something that might be a little

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risky in the offset. 
I want to encourage you to 

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explore for a little bit some of
the doubt that maybe you've been

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experiencing about the Bible. 
And then I want you to go to the

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Lord and say, God, please give 
me certainty about those doubts 

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that I have as I explore through
the book of Luke. 

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And I can promise you it will 
blow your mind because you will 

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find the certainty that you're 
looking for. 

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You will find the answers. 
I want to also say this. 

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When I taught through the book 
of Luke the last time, OK, I 

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taught it with this emphasis. 
And if you've got questions, if 

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you are doubting, if some of 
those things are a struggle, go 

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through my teaching on the book 
of Luke. 

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And I think it will help 
reinforce the very purpose that 

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Luke says he's writing the book 
for. 

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And I think you'll be blessed 
and I think you'll love it. 

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And I think you'll be blown away
by the way I want to say this. 

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We are in the month of March and
I am so blessed that you guys 

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are going for it, that you are 
reading the Word, you are 

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seeking God's truth out. 
We've got a great Q&A coming up 

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at the end of this month. 
I'm looking forward to it. 

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We've got Easter coming up. 
I can't wait. 

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We're going to have a lot of 
fun. 

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Very much looking forward to 
that. 

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And I also want to say one more 
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I'm going to reach over for 
this. 

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Thank you guys for supporting me
and buying this book. 

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Last week. 
We hit #1 in 13 categories on 

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We hit the top 100 because you 

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guys chose to support us and to 
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I love you guys. 

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Thank you so much for it. 
I do not take that for granted 

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and you're just such a blessing 
to me and I just love the Bible 

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and 365 family. 
And I want to encourage you to 

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continue to pray for our dear 
sister Erica and the precious 

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children and the Holkirk family 
as they are being attacked 

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immensely. 
But that's because the devil 

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hates them and God is using them
in a great way. 

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So with that said, let's 
continue to obey God in seeking 

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His Word. 
Let's find confidence gospel 

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accounts like the one we read 
about here in the book of Luke, 

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and let's get out there and 
fight the good fight. 

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I love you guys. 
God bless you and I'll see you 

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at the Q&A.