01.01. Luke 1
Read Luke 1:1-4. (Luke 1:2) How did Luke rely on eyewitnesses in writing his Gospel?
Read Luke 1:3-4. What reasons did Luke give for deciding to write his Gospel?
Read Luke 1:4. What did Luke hope would be the result of this Gospel in the life of Theophilus?
Are you a person who needs to be taught or a person who needs to be more certain of what you have already been taught?
Read Luke 1:5-25. (Luke 1:5-7) What characteristics did Zechariah and Elizabeth have in common?
Read Luke 1:8-10. For what duty was Zechariah chosen by lot?
Read Luke 1:11-12. What experience gripped Zechariah with fear?
Read Luke 1:13-17. What promises did Gabriel make concerning the child who would be born to this elderly couple?
Read Luke 1:16-17. How did Gabriel describe the main purpose of John’s life?
Read Luke 1:26-38. (Luke 1:26-28). How did Mary learn of her role in Jesus’ birth?
Read Luke 1:31-33. How did Gabriel describe the child that would be born to Mary?
Read Luke 1:32. What title would Jesus have?
Read Luke 1:34; Luke 1:38. How did Mary’s response to the angel differ from Zechariah’s?
Read Luke 1:39-45. (Luke 1:41) What two remarkable things happened as soon as Mary called her greeting to Elizabeth?
Read Luke 1:43. In what significant way did Elizabeth address Mary?
Read Luke 1:45. What general spiritual principle did Elizabeth express?
Read Luke 1:46-56. What attributes of God are extolled in Mary’s song?
Read Luke 1:47-48. How did Mary describe herself in her song?
Read Luke 1:50-55. According to Mary’s song, what kinds of people are given special treatment by God?
Read Luke 1:57-66. (Luke 1:61) What was the relatives’ response when Elizabeth told them the child wouldn’t be called Zechariah?
Read Luke 1:63-64. Why was Zechariah’s voice restored?
Read Luke 1:64. How did Zechariah react when his voice was restored?
Read Luke 1:65-66. What was the effect of all these events on the people in the region in which Zechariah and Elizabeth lived?
Read Luke 1:66. What was the question on everybody’s lips who heard about the birth of John?
Read Luke 1:67-80. (Luke 1:69-71; Luke 1:77) For whom and from what was the salvation that Zechariah described?
Read Luke 1:76. What title did Zechariah say would be given to his son?
Read Luke 1:76. For whom was John supposed to prepare a way? How?
In what way do we need to have the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of our sins?