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Mike for missions moment
Introduction
Boy who cried wolf.
Snake and the file.
Man, son, donkey.
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
At their face, the moral is clear and simple.
Over analyze and we end up with either a broken story or mixed up morals.
We can make the same mistake with scripture…be careful, hear this clearly...
This certainly applies to two characters in our passage today.
Each of them faces a “heaven meets earth” moment when visited by an angel.
They are then put in the position of being at the joining point of two realities that we should find familiar and likely struggle with ourselves.
The now and the not yet.
The now...
The not yet...
We have to live in the tension between those two realities every day.
Both up close, the things we anticipate, the things we believe God has called us to and yet we find doors closed.
Also far off, as we anticipate eternity and the great wedding feast of the lamb, when Christ returns to take us home.
We can learn an important lesson this morning if we can learn to do this one thing.
Lean on the story above the study.
Tell the story
Luke 1:
The Stories of Faith
Zechariah and Mary
Now that we’ve read the passage in Luke, let’s forget about it for a moment and look at three separate stories which both Zechariah and Mary would have known well.
Education of Zechariah and Mary
Abraham and Sarah (God makes and keeps Unbelievable promises)
Moses (God chooses the guilty to display his mercy)
Genesis 15:1
Exodus 3:5-1
And God goes deeper in explaining this great name by which he will be known...
Exodus 33:17-
Exodus 34:5-
Gideon (God uses the weak to shame the strong)
Judges 6:11-
The Priest
luke 1:5-
The one who knew the stories best, in the original languages, understood all the commentaries and theological ins and outs…missed the point.
The Surprised Mother
luke 1:
We will come back to Liz next week.
The Really Surprised Mother
Luke 1:26-
The one who had the most childlike understanding of faith, had the deepest faith when it became practical.
This season as you read God’s word, as you hopefully are reading through the narrative here in Luke, maybe Matthew, in addition to all your other reading.
Lean on the story above your study.
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