Sermon Tone Analysis

“Birthing a God Thing” Pt 2

(NIV)

26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,

27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David.

The virgin’s name was Mary.

28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored!

The Lord is with you.”

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.

30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.

31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.

32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.

The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 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 the Son of God.

36 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.

37 For no word from God will ever fail.”

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered.

“May your word to me be fulfilled.”

Then the angel left her.

PP- Two weeks ago I began a series entitled, “Birthing a God Thing”.

The main thrust of the teaching is God plants, seeds, infuses into us His will, and if we allow His will to be birthed out of us, the produce, the results, or the baby, so to speak, will give him glory.

Every so often God impregnates us with something that needs to come out to the world, to your community, to the church, and family.

But we must participate.

PP- Vs. 31“You will conceive and give birth...”

Some will conceive and give birth to a degree.

Some will conceive and give birth to a business.

Some will conceive and give birth to a healthier body.

Some will conceive and give birth to a new you!

A make over in attitude!

Friend circle!

Some will conceive and give birth to a ministry.

Some will conceive and give birth to a revolutionary app for cell phones.

Some will conceive and give birth to a youth mission.

Some will conceive and create a peaceful home.

Some will conceive and give birth to a degree.

Some will conceive and give birth to a business.

Some will conceive and give birth to a healthier body.

Some will conceive and give birth to a new you!

A make over in attitude!

Friend circle!

Some will conceive and give birth to a ministry.

Some will conceive and give birth to a revolutionary app for cell phones.

Some will conceive and give birth to a youth mission.

Some will conceive and create a peaceful home.

Mary was impregnated by the holy Spirit to bring forth the Messiah.

The Messiah was the Son of God who through his blood would redeem us from sin and bring us into right relationship with the Father.

But birthing the Messiah wasn’t easy!

She had to endue the social stigma of getting pregnant, as a teen, right before before she was to marry her fiancee Joseph.

What would her parents say?

Friends?

She had to deal with the stress of possibly being divorced from him, back then it took a formal divorce to dissolve a betrothal (be-trol-thul).

There was a law that said, he could have her executed as an adulteress!

It was down right embarrassing and stressful.

Not to mention the normal physical and emotional challenges you go through with a normal birth.

But she persevered until she gave birth to the Messiah, a God thing!

We're looking at Mary’s disposition we can also learn how to “Birth a God thing!’

We’ve already learned some keys to Birthing a God Thing:

1.

Your location is God’s demarcation ()

2. Agitation is a part of the equation ()

3. Acceptation- to embrace what God is trying to bring through you.

PP- (NIV)

3. Acceptation: means to embrace something as true or valid.After being agitated, she asked, (NIV) 34“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35The 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 the Son of God.

​Mary did not seem surprised that the Messiah was to come.

It’s like when the family decides to have a holiday meal.

And then everyone votes that it’s at your house!

You knew there was going to be a meal, you didn’t know you would have to host it!Her questioning wasn’t rebuked by the angel.

Remember when Zechariah recieved a similar message from the same angel that he and Elizabeth would have a son in their old age.

The angel rebuked him and caused him to not be able to speak!

Until the child, John the baptist was born.But the angel did not rebuke Mary.

The angel obliged her.

This indicates that Mary did not doubt the angel’s words but merely wanted to know how such an event would be accomplished.But there are times when God will not give you all the particulars!

38“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered.

“May your word to me be fulfilled.”

Then the angel left her.

PP- A line from the Matrix Reloaded 2003 comes into play here.

Cornel West played the role of an elder in the city of Zion.

“Your comprehension is not a requisite of cooperation!”You can believe in something, know how it works but you still have to accept it!

you must embrace it!PP- (NIV) 38“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered.

“May your word to me be fulfilled.”

Then the angel left her.

PP-Calling herself the Lord’s servant or doulē, “ a female slave” ()She took it a step further, while she was pregnant she even wrote a praise song embracing what God was doing through her!PP- (NIV) 46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.

From now on all generations will call me blessed, PP- When God is birthing something out of you, you must accept it and submit.Mary accepted her birthing assignment!Praising through tough times is proof of acceptance of God’s will in your life!But she didn’t have all the particulars.

But she took a step and embraced the idea, that something of God was happening to her, that wouldn’t necessarily make her life comfortable in the immediate future.

She she sensed that the ramification of going through the process would achieve a greater good!

PP- Everything on the planet, every human since the beginning of time has been selected to Birth something that God has planned to bring about a glorious end!

It’s bigger than you!

All of our trials and troubles are working together to bring about something magnanimus!

Paul explains in that everything is working together!

Yes and this includes you!PP- (NIV) 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

Let’s participate in some critical explanation here.

It’s called “exegesis” a fancy term for the critical interpretation of text.Paul spoke of the creation being “subjected to frustration” (v.

20).

That was not because of some inherent fault in creation but because that is what God decided.

In punishment for his disobedience, Adam was to garner his food from ground cursed with thorns and thistles.

But the curse was not permanent.