Saint Luke was a Greek and the only Gentile Christian writer of the New Testament. We learn in Colossians 4:14 that he was a physician. The Gospel of Luke was written to Theophilus, meaning "the one who loves God." Historians are not sure who this Theophilus (mentioned in Luke 1:3) was, although most likely, he was a Roman who was an eager Bible student. Luke may also have been writing in general to those who loved God. Through our Luke's gospel study, we pray we may see the humanity of the divine Jesus.
The book of James is regarded as the Proverbs of the New Testament, because it's an instructional manual that tells us how to live as a Christian. James doesn't say much about faith, but about putting my faith into action (2:17,18,26); it's about doing, not believing. James can be summed up as: Walk the walk, not talk the talk.
John 1:12-13
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.”
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