So...as I'm sure you all know, yesterday was the Annunciation. We didn't make it to church - no excuse - just lazy I guess. Anyway - since we didn't go to church, we read the story together as a family from the Gospel of Luke. When we finished reading, it struck me how different the Luke story is from the the one in Matthew. As a wise professor of the NT once told me - you must always be careful not to make your own gospel by putting them together. We were given four gospels and yours isn't one of them
The point being that you really need to be careful when studying the gospel to try to understand the gospel you are studying and not try to mash them together into one. In that case - this would be Luke. Now when we read Luke last night it really struck me that he maintains Mary's virginity and status as betrothed. This seemed to be in stark contrast to the preceding story where Elizabeth and Zacharias are clearly called husband and wife. The statements of "until" and wife are not found in Luke at all - they are only in Matthew. Anyway, it's a nice little read.
The point being that you really need to be careful when studying the gospel to try to understand the gospel you are studying and not try to mash them together into one. In that case - this would be Luke. Now when we read Luke last night it really struck me that he maintains Mary's virginity and status as betrothed. This seemed to be in stark contrast to the preceding story where Elizabeth and Zacharias are clearly called husband and wife. The statements of "until" and wife are not found in Luke at all - they are only in Matthew. Anyway, it's a nice little read.
