Your Efforts to Teach the Truth Are Important

Note from today’s Bible reading: Luke 1

When Luke began his gospel, he addressed it to an individual named Theophilus (Luke 1:3). In his greeting, he made a few statements that would be helpful for us to remember when it comes to our efforts to teach others.

First, he said that “many have undertaken to compile an account” of the life of Jesus (Luke 1:1). Even so, his work in writing this book to teach Theophilus was necessary. Today, even though we may see others who are out teaching the gospel, it is still important that each one of us is involved in this work.

Second, he said he “investigated everything carefully” (Luke 1:3). He made sure that he knew the truth before trying to explain it to Theophilus. For us today, we need to study the Scriptures to make sure we know the truth before we can be effective in explaining it to others.

Third, he wrote it out “in consecutive order” so that Theophilus would “know the exact truth” about these things (Luke 1:3-4). He did not just dump information on him in a disorganized and confusing way; instead, he took care to present it in a way that was easy to understand. When we teach others today, we need to say what is right and explain it in a way that others will understand it.

So remember that your efforts to teach the truth are important. Even though others may be doing this work, we cannot sit back and neglect it. Let us prepare ourselves and our message so that it will be the most beneficial to others.