Luke 1 -- Packed With God's Presence

Man, there’s a ton of stuff in this one chapter!  Zacharias gets the chance of a lifetime to offer sacrifices in the Holy Place, then doubts that God could produce a baby for him and his wife in their old age.  But God showed him!

Mary, though, “knew what would happen, but she did not know how it would happen.  Her question was not an evidence of unbelief; rather, it was an expression of faith.  She believed the promise, but she did not understand the performance.”

“Gabriel was careful to point out that the Baby would be a holy thing and would not share the sinful human nature of man.  Jesus knew no sin; He did not sin, and He had not sin.”

In Mary’s praising of God, she mentioned the opening of a prison door and the winning of a battle … “When you trust Jesus Christ as Savior, you are delivered from Satan’s power, moved into God’s kingdom, redeemed, and forgiven … He sets us free, not to do our own will, because that would be bondage, but to do His will and enjoy His freedom.”

Father, thank You for loving us despite our unloveliness, despite our sin and rebellion, and for sending Your perfect Son to die for our sin.  Keep us away from Satan and free from his influence.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford