The Role Of Luke In The Book Of Acts

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Luke who is known to be as the writer of acts gave us that book as an early example to the church. Luke in the book of acts begins to lay out order and the function of church. Luke's agenda is to bring the church back to the teachings of Jesus rather than the following of a man made agenda. Acts is also widely known for its controversies within the church. Many divisions in church began to form even to this day because of the handling of spiritual gifts. What I personally think about Luke's agenda was to show us the gifts are active and a real thing to be attained from Christ while also presenting the order in which they should be used. God is about order. I think that is what Paul was presenting to the church is that these things are important

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