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Text: Luke 1:5-25; 57-66
INTRODUCTION:
A- Read Text: Luke 1:5-25; 57-66
What? : What does the Bible say?
B- The Kind of People Zacharias and Elizabeth were:
1- Righteous before God
2- Obedient to the Scriptures
3- Childless
4- Advanced in years: Past the child-bearing age
5- Leaders among God’s People
TS: We are going answer some potent questions for contemporary people from this scriptural incident.
I- HOW WILL YOU RESPOND TO GOD’S MESSAGE?
(Luke 1:12-13).
A- Troubled?
(Luke 1:12)
Luke 1:12 (NLT)
12 Zechariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him.
12 καὶ ἐταράχθη Ζαχαρίας ἰδών, καὶ φόβος ἐπέπεσεν ἐπʼ αὐτόν.
ἐταράχθη = to cause acute emotional distress or turbulence—‘to cause great mental distress.’
1.
You may be sensing the communication of the God to your heart.
(John 16:8)
B- Fearful? (Luke 1:12)
Luke 1:12 (NLT)
12 Zechariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him.
(ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ φόβος = to be overwhelmed with fear, to have fear fall upon)
1.
Why are you afraid?
a. Afraid of being confronted with your sin?
* Like Peter
(Luke 5:8)
b.
Afraid because you distrust God?
* The Israelites were afraid to enter the promised land--they did not trust God (Numbers 13:16-14:25)
C- Confident Trust?
(Luke 1:13a).
13 εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἄγγελος· Μὴ φοβοῦ, Ζαχαρία, διότι εἰσηκούσθη ἡ δέησίς σου, καὶ ἡ γυνή σου Ἐλισάβετ γεννήσει υἱόν σοι, καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰωάννην·
Μὴ φοβοῦ = don’t fear
1.
This is the response God desires
(Romans 4:20-21)
II- WHY DO YOU DOUBT GOD? (Luke 1:13-18).
A- Because it defies human reasoning.
(Luke 1:18).
1- What is impossible with man is possible with God
(Luke 1:37)
(Mark 10:27)
B- Because the task is beyond human capability.
(Luke 1:13-17).
1- God can do anything through a willing servant.
a.
When we are frail, his power flows.
(2 Corinthians 12:10)
*Two things God can’t do:
1) Lie
2) Fail
III.HOW MUCH WILL UNBELIEF COST YOU? (Luke 1:19-23)
A- Costs vary
1.
It cost Zacharias at least 10 months of lost fellowship with others.
(Luke 1:22-24, 63-64)
2. It cost Israel 40 years of desert wandering.
(Numbers 13:16-14:25)
B- God will accomplish his plan—but we can miss out on being a part of it.
1. 10 of the 12 spies missed the blessing of entering the promised-land.
(Numbers 14:20-25)
III- HOW WILL YOU RESPOND TO GOD’S ACTIVITY?
(Luke 1:24-25)
A- Hide it?
1.
What should sometimes be a matter of great joy is sometimes hidden as though we are ashamed of it.
(Romans 1:16)
(Luke 9:26)
(Romans 10:11)
B- Share it?
(Luke 1:57-58) .
**You can’t hide it forever!
(MARK 4:22)
V- WILL YOU OBEY GOD IN SPITE OF PEER PRESSURE?
(Luke 1:13, 60, 62-63).
A- Obedience brings freedom.
(Luke 1:64)
1- It freed Zacharias to praise God and fellowship with others again.
2- It freed both Zacharias and Elizabeth to experience the joy of obedience.
(Luke 1:60)
(Luke 1:63)
B- Obedience affects others for Christ.
(Luke 1:65-66).
1- To obey draws others toward God.
2- To disobey brings blasphemy to him from other people.
(Romans 2:23-24)
CONCLUSION:
A- So What?
Life-Lessons
How will you respond to God's message to you? (About salvation?
About commitment to follow Christ?)
What will you do to practically demonstrate that you trust God in regard to his message to you?
What steps will you take to be open about your faith in God?
What will you do to avoid caving in to peer pressure and insure that you will obey God's message to you?
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