Let’s back up just a little bit. After visiting John chapter 1 and finding out Jesus existed as the second person in the Godhead before time began and then heading over into Isaiah to check out the prophecies foretelling the birth of Jesus, we jumped into Matthew. Matthew began the story with Jesus’ genealogy and went straight to Joseph and Mary. But there was an angel visitation a few months before Joseph and Mary had theirs. So, we are going to head on over to Luke and do some digging there. We will examine the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth for a few days. There are too many details to dig through to give it just one day. Today, though, we are going to look at how Luke begins his book.
“Since many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed fitting to me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in an orderly sequence, most excellent Theophilus; so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.” Luke 1:1-4 (NASB2020)
He’s not about to tell us some fairy tale stories. They aren’t made up by someone. No, these are real people with real lives who experienced incredible things. Luke is telling us that he carefully searched out and investigated all the events he shares in this book from the very beginning.
Luke was a doctor. He had experience examining evidence, but in case anyone thought he was just a regular guy doing some amateur sleuthing, he wrote these first four verses in technically beautiful Greek. It was written in classical Greek, in the same way that classical Greek historians would open up their histories. By writing in this way, Luke was letting everyone know that he knows his stuff. He’s a scholar. Then, in verse five, he starts talking in common street Greek. He establishes his credentials as a scholar with legitimate research and investigation chops and then writes a story for everyone.
Why does that matter? Well, as I said above, these weren’t made-up stories. Luke examined the evidence and wrote the exact truth that could be backed up by those who lived it. It enables us to read these accounts with confidence in what we’ve been taught. As he tells Theophilus, he’s writing this book so that we may know the certainty of our faith in Jesus Christ.
Today’s truth is that the Christmas story details we are examining over these 30 days are real events we can base our lives on. We can be certain that the things we have been taught out of these scriptures are the exact truth.
Debbie's Perspective 
Amen!
Luke gives details like a modern doctor would…just the facts. But even in the facts we see how Jesus lived his life: praying, teaching, serving with compassion. Luke reports nuggets of truth for us today…may our minds be open to understand.