Psalm 70 is an urgent appeal to God for His aid and serves as a model prayer for all those who see their pressing need of the Lord's salvation.

In Luke 2-21-38, Luke records the inspired prophecy of the old man Simeon and the public witness of the widowed Anna, concerning the infant Christ.

In Luke 2-21-38, Luke records the inspired prophecy of the old man Simeon and the public witness of the widowed Anna, concerning the infant Christ

Luke's gospel records the beginnings of Christianity in the events of the birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, the first four verses of which stand as an introduction to the whole book and set our expectations for what is to follow.

In Luke 7-24-35, Jesus defends John the Baptist before the public, speaking with distinct approval of the work he had done as the Lord's herald, and warns them and us to stop looking to someone or something else apart from Him for our salvation.

In Luke 7-18-23, Jesus addresses John's doubts by pointing to his preaching of the gospel and performing mighty miracles as proof that he was the Savior whom God had always promised to send, and warns all men not to be offended by His saving work.

In Luke 7-11-17, Luke shows that there is real comfort for the bereaved by telling us what Jesus did for a mother who suffered the tragic loss of her only son, in which we see, the compassion of Christ, His power over death, and the worship and witness they inspire.

The story of the Roman centurion in Luke 7-1-10, shows the desperate need of lost humanity, the great contrast between the seeming worthiness and the actual unworthiness of sinners and the only basis for salvation, which is faith in Jesus Christ.

In Luke 4-1-13, Jesus, as the second Adam, is led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit, to confront and defeat the devil and thus regain what the first Adam had lost.

In Luke 1-56-80, following the birth of John the Baptist, and his subsequent circumcision and his formal naming, Zechariah breaks his silence with a hymn of praise to the Lord, blessing God and his new born son.