Are they telling us the truth? Luke 1-2

The world is so suspicious and skeptical.   We are this way for very good reasons.   We have been lied to repeatedly by our leaders.  We have been defrauded frequently by those in authority.   The establishment has changed the rules to suit itself so many times that we have come to realize that when they talk about us they are really meaning them.  So, it shouldn't be a surprise that when someone wants them to believe the "truth" they stand back with a smirk on their face.   We might assume that our skepticism is unique to cultures as compared through the ages.  However, such is not the case.   Authority lying to their followers is not a new found problem.   Throughout cultures skepticism has ruled.   As a result, even the New Testament writers had to make sure their readers grasped the definitiveness of the material they were presenting.  In Luke 1:4 we read that Luke was writing his gospel to make sure his reader (Theophilius) knew the truth of what he was taught.   Maybe Theo was a little slow or maybe he had lots of questions. Maybe he was just worried that he was going to take a stand on some doctrine that was really just based upon a few myths.   Whatever the reason Luke sets out to give him a "more accurate" account of the Gospel story.  This is somewhat a condemnation on Matthew, Mark and John's gospels since they were already written at the time.   Luke, the physician, is going to lay out the material in a fashion for Theophilius in a way Theo can grasp it.  Whatever the reason Luke tells him he is about to get "truth" so he an have some assurance about what he is being taught.   John did the same thing in 1 John (see repeatedly his words ... "I have written so that ...").  It is tough to believe in something as truth.  But, Christ said He was the truth (Jn 14:6).   We deceive ourselves if we think everything is a deception.  Truth exist and it exists with God.   We can read Luke's gospel and know that it is truth and rejoice in each story he tells.