21/12/25 - Luke 1:26-56 - Jesus in the Womb

We are going to read God's word, the Bible together and reading today is taken from Luke's gospel. Is historical account of the life of the Lord Jesus. And if you're following in the church or I gotta go to work out the number cuz it's not in the truck. I'm going to have to pay 5810 2521. F26 256.

In the six months of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth town in gallery to a virgin pledged to be married. To a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, greetings, you who are highly favored. The Lord is with you. Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, do not be afraid. Mary, you have found favor with God, you will conceive and give birth to a son and you want to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be to the son of the most high. The Lord will give him the Throne of his father David and he will reign over Jacobs descendants forever. His kingdom will never end. How old is Bea Mary of the Angel since I am a virgin. The angel answered, the holy spirit will come on you and the power of the most high will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called, Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. No word from God will ever fail. I am the Lord's servant. Mary answered may your word to me before field? Then the angel left her.

About Time, Mary got ready and her aide to a town in the Hill Country of Judea. but she entered zechariah's hide and greeted Elizabeth When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaked in her room and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit in a loud voice. She explained to you among women. And blessed is the child you bear. But when I saw your favorite. The mother of my Lord, should come to me. As soon as the sound of your greeting, reached my ears, the baby in my womb. Leaped for Joy blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her? Ameri said, my soul, glorifies the Lord. And my spirit rejoices in God, my savior for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on or Generations, will be blessed for the mighty one has done great things for me. Holy is his name. Is Messi extends to those who fear Him from generation to generation? He has performed Mighty dates with his arm. He's got those for proud in that in my stools is brought down rulers from their Thrones, but has lifted up a humble. He has filled the Hungry with good things. I sent the rich away, empty. He has helped his 7 Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever just as he promised our ancestors. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about 3 months and then returned home.

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Let's pray. Father God, thank you for this. A familiar story of Jesus in the Wii with Mary and Laura prayers. We think he'll not saddest. I've been Sunday. Loads, that you would bring joy to us. We prank call, man. About Joy is size on Christmas cards. It's on Christmas Bible. Verse is isn't it Joy? It's meant to be on Christmas faces and I didn't Christmas Hearts TV lights Joy. Advocate, when Christmas came to a joy, bubbled up the net Christmas, but it's the years go by John Joy. Can begin to be eroded maybe by the worries and weariness of life. That's for you. Joyce been replaced by grief. Maybe Joy has become picture for some Joy, has never really been there. I put together, this three-part Advent series on the first Sunday of Advent. We looked at Jesus in the world from Isaiah, 40, on Christmas day, we're going to think about Jesus in the world from Colossians chapter 1 and today we're in Luke chapter 1 with Jesus in the womb. And Mary is joyful. But what gets her that what gets her to the place of joy. Well, I told you before that, if you were to ask me what my favorite Christmas film is, I will probably tell you it's hook.

My nail off. That is not a Christmas film but it's my opinion so you can't stop me. Anybody, as you may be aware that the way that pizza Pine is able to fly is by holding a happy thought.

You have to have joy to be able to fly. To toast. One of the Lost Boys is now growing up by the old man. I'm losing his marbles and when he finds them again, he's able to fly because his mom was on his happy thoughts. Aberdeen Hooks, Pizza. Panties grown-up. Captain. Hook is kidnapped. His children and pizza has forgotten how to fly. And Tinkerbell is trying to get him to think of his happy thought. And what is Peter's. Happy thought when he gets it, he says it was being a daddy.

His kids are his happy thoughts. And that's true for Mary. Jesus in the womb is her. Happy thoughts.

And what is it that gets her to the joy of singing. The Magnificat, what it's knowing about this child in the womb. Her understanding about Jesus leads her to Joy. Say fastly, what kind of son, what kind of son? But pregnancy can be hard. But it can also be joyful in the anticipation of it. Do you wonder what the child will be like? Today you can find out who sorts of things about babies even while they're in the womb Khan, you get an image which often looks more alien than human.

You can find out about that DNA, you can feel how they move. You may even be able to tell what they might like to eat. I went completely off broccoli with offer and also wouldn't touch it when he was a young child turns out is now his favorite vegetable. But Mary doesn't go to the hospital for a physical 12 week, scan the shape. She gets to Supernatural scan of her womb by the angel Gabriel. Some people that is like to know, do they? The chenda will Mary has no choice. Gabriel releases, the blue balloons before she's even pregnant.

That is 31 to 33. You will conceive, and give birth to a son. And you ought to call him Jesus. He will be great and he will be cooled the son of the most high. The Lord God will give him the Throne of his father David and he will reign over Jacobs descendants forever. His kingdom will never end.

What kind of sun? Ashley. He will be son of Mary. He will be son of Mary. You will conceive and give birth to a son. You married. You can say, you can give birth to a son. He will come from your room. He will be a human, boy Felicia human in every way.

Mary's Child going to be an ordinary human boy. Because he will osiobe Son of God. He will be great and will be cooled. Son of the most high.

In the Superman film. And if you say no, love that early one with Christopher Reeves, Marlon Brando is Superman's true father, jor-el from The Planet Krypton, and he delivers a great speech. As Superman's true. Father, jor-el Superman's real name is Kyle l l, is the Hebrew word for God, if she didn't know his Planet Krypton is dying. And so his father, sends his son, Kal-El it in a ship to earth. When Kal-El is old enough, he discovers his food force of solitude and there he is to buy recordings from his father. They are final speech. Is this Pia by Mom and Van Dyke? Live as one of them, Kal-El. Discover where your strength and your power on need it. Always holding your heart, the pride of your special Heritage, they can be a great people called out. They wish to be. They only like the lights to show the way. For this reason above all their capacity for good, I have sent them. You my only son I love that. 69, he's such a great character face, not real. 8:30 is based of someone real. Jesus.

And what's more? Jesus will be great and will be cooled the song. Of the most time.

Not son of Krypton. Son of heaven, son of God. Imagine being told that about the baby in your room.

I mean no one to marry felt Joy.

Fisher pillows. She was scared but it was so, wow. I mean, just wow.

Son of Mary, Son of God.

But I was more than that. Son of David. The Lord God will give him the Throne of his father David and he will reign over Jacobs descendants forever. His kingdom will never end or all of those promises of the Old Testament about a king who would Rule and reign with peace and Justice will come true in this baby. And it will be an everlasting Kingdom. What kind of sun? In the womb. I mean, we don't talk at all, we always on the 50th percentile and he's looking healthy it, we told amazing things.

But it's not only who he is, but a stone issues Mary. It's also about how it will happen.

How old is babe. That's what Mary office, isn't it first? 34, how will this be merry off? The angel since I'm a virgin.

And the angel answered I was stoeckel. Bring a little bundle of joy in the club as a joke. It didn't do that. He said how old is Play The Angel and the Holy Spirit will come on you and the power of the most high will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the son of God.

The spirit you hovered Over The Waters at the dawn of creation, will hover over the womb of Mary and bring about the most wonderful creation of oil.

I know we talked about that me and Genesis one of humanity. Being the Pinnacle of creation. We are nothing compared with this.

And even though these words sort of makes sense to us in our minds, there are still so many questions on that spirit will come on you. It is just incredible mystery, that requires faith.

This baby was not conceived in the normal. Why? It was a supernatural virgin conception.

LA Zoo service in there. Another on such a, how will it be? Not just that the holy spirit will come upon you but the other reason is for no word of God will ever fail.

All the promises from Genesis 32 Malachi are being fulfilled In This Moment.

It's a little bit like a Neil Armstrong speech, isn't as he steps out of Apollo 11. One small step for man one giant leap for mankind. Mary will give birth to one small baby.

Obey the most significant moment in all human history, one giant leap for mankind.

Why he will be the answer to all of God's promises. No word from God will ever file. And what's Mary's response verse 38? I am the Lord 7th May over to me before filled and then the angel left, her I mean, if that's the final piece of the jigsaw reason it, how will this pay? How will this pay for the holy spirit? Will come on, you know, word of God would have a fail. But Mary also needs to trust.

She needs to be willing. She needs to believe. She needs to be obedient. She needs to have faith.

And let's be honest is quite a lot of styes. Virgin path.

But then there is also quite a lot of reason to trust.

The odd, the great to Victorian Bishop of Liverpool JC Royal set. This faith, never rest, so calmly and peacefully. As when it lays its head on the pillow of God's omnipotence,

I will do it. I will not fail.

I mean, it strikes me that that is often God's answer isn't it to human worry, human anxiety and human fear. How will this be? Please go. Send someone else. Please go to icon.

Do not be afraid. I will do it. I will be with you. My wet never fails.

And Mary trusts.

She lays her head down on the pillow of God's omnipotence. Don't hire an understanding not hiring bravery and ability but Gods Almighty power. I'm sorry. It has to be off, doesn't it? Does your faith rest there? As my face, rest that.

Do you trust that? God knows best and God is able to do what's best.

And so finally, I lost question. How should we respond Mary has gone? Hasn't she on this guy popping Journey of Faith to Joy? She heard from Gabriel that Elizabeth her relative is pregnant. So, Mary rushes off to the weirdest nzt class in history, a woman, too old. And previously unable to have a child and a legend All right, I greet each other and the result is overwhelming Joy.

When Elizabeth hurt Mary screeching, the baby leaked in the womb, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and loud voice. She explains Blaster you among women and blessed is the child, you were bad but why am I so favored that the mother of my Lord should come to me as soon as the sound of your greeting, reach my the baby in my womb, leaped for Joy blessed. It was believed that the Lord would fulfill his promise to her.

I just happened to see Mary, but why am I? So favored the mother of the Lord should come to visit me Elizabeth beliefs. She's humbled, but she's also happy. I noticed Elizabeth. I Reign baby still in the womb. Is it was so joyful. As soon as the sound of your greeting, reached my ass the baby in my womb, leaped for joy.

Hi people today would probably write you off with me and say all the mothers adrenaline seeped into the baby's body and caused it to respond like that. But that's not what is going on. God is at work. God is causing great joy.

Joy has dawned and it's such a level of joy that I just as PS the womb of a pregnant lady.

This little bundle of joy, which is Alive and Kicking at 6 months leaps to join. not at the thought of eating locusts and honey, but at the thought of Jesus,

Already in the womb. He has the sense that Jesus will become greater.

there is a colossal sense of Joyful, Wonder Elizabeth John and finally Mary is joyful and as a normal Disney films, when someone feels Joy, they burst into song that night, my soul, glorifies the Lord. And my spirit rejoices in God, my savior. The Magnificat. But it reflects doesn't, it Hannah's Prayer to God's in 1 Samuel chapter 2 at the birth of Samuel that kind of began like this, my heart rejoices in the Lord.

My soul, my spirit, my heart. That is in May rejoice in the Lord.

I'm Mary's Joy is a down to her sense of wonder. Who is she? That God should come to her? Oh, he has been mindful of the humble state of his seven. It's not fake Humanity, she's genuinely in or that God would choose her.

She's really young dolphin. Typically humble.

And this sense of humility that leads to Joy is the gospel innocence. It is Jesus, isn't it? He humbled himself. He is humility in continents that God would take on flash that the immortal with died and yet they are outrageous. Humility that outrageous, humidity leads to worldwide Joy.

I bring you good news of great. Joy today in the town of David, a savior has been born.

That's why he's given the name Jesus for, he will save you from your sins.

And his humility requires our humility. We need to humbly accept that we needs to be saved. We are deep in sin, we are not right with God. We need his messy.

And when we accept that I am a sinner, I've offended God then we can receive nothing. And then the result is joy. Do you feel it? Felix Joy has dawned upon the world promised from creation. God's salvation. Now on felt hope for every nation. No, We Stand Fast from above not with scenes of Glory. How will this be? What's a humble gift of love Jesus. Born of Mary.

Someone write this. Happiness, communicated doubles itself. Grace, Grace Greater by concealing, Joy by expression. And that should be our response. It was what Mary? It was Mary's response. She received the news of Jesus and she shared her Joy with Elizabeth, she communicated it and it doubled. I mean, mathematically a tripled because Elizabeth and John cab, driver course. Let's not get lost in statistics. And this is about Joy. I'm not comp accounted. After what I what is said, here is Travis net. Greek Rose gray to buy concealing it.

When grief comes, no matter how hard it is, you do need to take small steps towards the lights to what's life? The more it's concealed. The more it grows the way out is Tool King. Am I how painful? No matter how difficult? Grief is what, three, not by hiding because grief grows Greater by concealing. Joy by expression. Joey grows greater as it is shared. So let it out.

What Mary did? My soul, magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my savior.

As we finish. What's your happy thought? So, happy thoughts. The Mary. It was Jesus, wasn't it?

Make him yours too. I'm not promising, you're going to be able to fly like Peter Pan. Your joy will soar to places unknown for God's word, never fails. That Sprite together.

Father God, we thank you for this baby in the womb. Son of Mary. Son of the most high.

As we reflect on who Jesus is Lord, we pray that you would double our joy and help us to express it to others. This Christmas reprint

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