My enjoyment of the Gospels

I thought I would elaborate a little about a previous post. It pertains to the Gospels and how much I enjoy the book of John and the book of Luke. As I said before John presents Jesus as the son of God and Luke presents him as the perfect man.

I will need to share a little of my background so it is understandable how I feel about the Gospel of Luke. I had a pretty normal childhood until the age of 10. That was when my mother passed away suddenly and left behind my father, a sister one year older than me and my little brother who is nine years younger than me. Long story made short is that from that moment on our lives
had many twists and turns. Due to this we moved around a lot. I started over in numerous schools in what I would consider my formative years. Each time it became harder and harder for me to adapt. It is always difficult being the new person in school or neighborhood. Without going into great detail suffice to say I was bullied very regularly and as a consequence I withdrew socially. Years later I found I had very few social skills. Fortunately my wife saw through my shields and loved me anyway. Eventually I hope add my full testimony to this blog.

When I was in my 20s I finally got to the book of Luke. It spoke deeply to me and while it showed me how far away I was from a standard dealing with people, Jesus behavior and example became very special. I found a standard of perfection that was beautiful to behold. I have always enjoyed the book of Luke because of this aspect.

The Gospel of John presents Christ as the son of God with power. I read in the first chapter of John these words:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…
John 1

These verses shouted out to me and that had a power that I couldn’t deny. I have abbreviated the passage, there is much more in this chapter but I pared it down to the most dramatic to me.