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Luke 1:26-38
I.
The cast
a. Matthew tells the announcement of Jesus birth from Joseph’s perspective (Matthew 1:18-23) Here Luke tells it from Mary’s perspective
i. See why you need the whole Bible?
b. Mary most likely a young teen just going about her life.
Most likely excited about her upcoming marriage.
c. Mary (Miriam in Hebrew) Exalted one
d.
Details (Luke a doctor)
i. Luke is very keen on details
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Still Jewish writing leaves a lot of gaps but what they wrote was very important
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The place – Nazareth – a real town – middle class – but small on the edge of the Jews – Galilee of the Gentiles
iv.
Named the girl – Mary – to marry Joseph of the house of David
1. Isaiah 9:6-7
II.
The Greeting
a.
The angel greets Mary in the way God saw her
i.
Favored
1. Full of grace, endowed with grace, or enriched with grace
2. A grace that was given her by God not something she earned
3. Ephesians 1:3-6
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The Lord is with you
b.
But she was troubled – she most likely did not see herself this way
i.
Again she was most likely just going through her life as a faithful Jewish woman
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Again the angel
i. Do not be afraid
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Repeats himself – you have found favor with God
III.
The announcement – the favor
a. Mary had been chosen at the right time
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Her young life had prepared her for this moment
1. Place, family, even who she was engaged her
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All these details that Luke shares had all come about by the activity of the Holy Spirit in Mary’s life – all her life
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You are going to have a baby
i. Wait what?
They knew how things worked
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She asked how this can be – More of how will this happen?
Not out of unbelief like Zechariah had
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Isaiah 7:14 = Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel
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The Holy Spirit
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The Holy Spirit will come upon you
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The power of the most high will overshadow you (think cloud as a visual - covering Moses, the temple and the transfiguration)
i. Luke 24:49
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The same Holy Spirit that conceived Jesus in the womb of Mary is the same Holy Spirit – the same power that dwells inside of us
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The evidence – Elizabeth – Mary’s Aunt pregnant in her old age
i. God was trying to remove any friction to belief in Mary
1. John had a purpose not just for Mary to believe
V. Mary’s response – faith – belief
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I am sure a thousand thoughts were going through her mind
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How will I tell Joseph?
(my opinion)
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What will my family and community think?
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The side glances and the whispers
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Adultery was punished by stoning.
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However, she told Joseph he did not believe her.
Not sure how long did it take for the angel to appear to Joseph?
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Again the angel to Mary proclaimed – Nothing will be impossible with God
i.
I am the Lord’s servant
1. Translates as slave girl, or slave woman
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May it be done to me according to your word
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Despite all those thousands of thoughts, emotions, situations still unanswered Mary – said may it be done to me according to your word
2. Come what may she was willing to follow the Lord
c. Elizabeth recognized Mary’s belief and her willingness
i. Believed what the Lord said they would do – Luke 1:45
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In Mary’s song (we read last week for Advent) she uses the same terminology that Gabriel did – Luke 1:48-49
i. Looked on me with favor
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Has done great things for me
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Study idea – compare Mary’s song in Luke 1:46-55 & Hannah’s (mother of Samuel) in 1 Samuel 2:1-10
VI.
Her belief would continue as Jesus walked this earth
a. Birth in the Manger
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