Luke 1 - 5

Teacher: Mark Johnson

Luke Chapters 1 - 5 covers the first 30 years of Christ's life and has the best Christmas story including the visit from the angel, Mary, Zacharias and Elizabeth. It covers Christ going to the temple, the baptism of Christ, and the temptation.

I want you to focus on how Christ is preparing for the time when He starts His ministry. For God to send His Son into the world to do the most important thing in the universe, to "waste" 30 years of it seems kind of interesting. What was going on in those 30 years that was preparing for the three and a half years of ministry He had?

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Short Outline of the Book of Luke from the Today's English Version:

• Introduction (1:1-4)
• Birth and childhood of John the Baptist and of Jesus (1:5 – 2:52)
• The ministry of John the Baptist (3:1-20)
• The baptism and temptation of Jesus (3:21 – 4:13)
• Jesus’ public ministry in Galilee (4:14 – 9:50)
• From Galilee to Jerusalem (9:51 – 19:27)
• The last week in and near Jerusalem (19:28 – 23:56)
• The resurrection, appearances, and ascension of the Lord (24:1-53)