Seek Jesus the Saviour in the Gospel of Luke

This month we are continuing our series of Scripture Plans on the Gospels. This time we will be reading through the Gospel of Luke, and seeking Jesus the Saviour.

Introduction to the Gospel of Luke

Jesus in the Book of Luke

When the angels first announce the arrival of Jesus to the shepherds (a story that only appears in Luke’s Gospel) the angels proclaim:

Today in the city of David a Savior was born for you, who is the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2:11 

From the beginning, right at his birth, he is declared a saviour.

Later, when Jesus begins his ministry he reads the Scriptures for the day in the Synagogue.  These verses ( a key part of Luke’s Gospel) show Jesus’ role in reversing the circumstances of his people – the captives will be set free, the blind will recover their sight. This is the role of a Saviour, and a major theme of Luke’s Gospel.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me
to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. Luke 4:18-19

Jesus also declared that he had come to save:

 For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. Luke 9:56 NASB

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10

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Seek Jesus

In this last verse we see that Jesus is seeking those to save. But throughout the Gospel of Luke we also see that we are to seek the Saviour. (Luke uses the word ‘seek’ 10 times and the word ‘see’ 33 times.) This is the response I have chosen to focus on for this Reading Plan.

Here are some key verses and passages from Luke’s Gospel about seeking, or seeing, Jesus:

The shepherd’s set out to ‘see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.’ Luke 2:15

Jesus calls us to seek.

So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. Luke 11:9

Don’t strive for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious. For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. “But seek his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you. Luke 12:29-31

And at the end of Luke’s Gospel we have an account of men who are with Jesus but don’t recognise him. (Luke 24:13-35) After ‘their eyes are opened’ they return to the disciples to tell them what they have seen.

Scripture Plan on the Gospel of Luke

This Scripture Plan takes us through the Gospel of Luke in 30 days.  I have chosen to make all my monthly plans for 30 days even though not all months are this length, so you can choose to do them at any time.  I have chosen to call this plan ‘Seek Jesus the Saviour’ as Luke is the only Gospel writer to call Jesus the Saviour and he frequently calls us to seek him.

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what is unique about the Gospel of Luke?

There are a number of stories, characters, miracles and parables that are not mentioned in any other gospel, and a number of them relate to our theme of seeking a saviour or showing the work of a saviour.

For example, Zacchaeous is so determined to see Jesus that he climbs a tree! But Jesus is also seeking him. And Zacchaeous’ life is changed. Luke 19:1-10

There are a number of parables that refer to seeking, like the parable of the lost coin in Luke 15: 8-10

Luke also includes a number of stories about people’s lives being changed, many of these are about women.

• Raising of widow’s son Luke 7:11-17
• Healing of crippled woman Luke 13:10-17

You can read more on the differences between the gospels in my post Why are there four Gospels?