Verse of the Day 12/3

Verse of the Day 12/3

Luke 1:37-38

English Standard Version

37 For nothing will be impossible with God." 38 And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant

 of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

Our Tuesday Men's Bible Study went through some of the miraculous births in the Bible this monring from Isaac through Jesus and including our second birth, being born again.  Today's verses come from the Christmas story in Luke 1 where the angel Gabriel had just spoken to Mary directly about the coming of the "Holy Son of God", Jesus, through her.

The Messiah had been pointed to from the book of Genesis and through the prophets including Isaiah where have many predictions of His coming.  After 400 years of silence after the book of Malachi things began to come together for the coming Savior.  Zechariah had  been visited and John the baptist was on the way and then the Gabriel broke the news to Mary, most likely a teenager of 13 to 16 years of age.

Her reaction is amazing, "let it be to me according to your word".  Step back and ponder that one for a few minutes.  Can you imagine that, can you imagine your child or grandchild reacting and accepting something like that.  Yet God chose to fulfill His prophecies through a teenage girl.

Try to imagine in this coming season what must have been going through her mind that God's deliverer was residing in her.

1. Come, thou long expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.

2. Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all sufficient merit,
raise us to thy glorious throne.

Blessings,

Mike

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Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV

Luke 1:26-38

English Standard Version

Birth of Jesus Foretold

26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed[a] to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, "Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!"[b] 29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."

34 And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?"[c]

35 And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born[d] will be called holy—the Son of God. 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will be impossible with God." 38 And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant[e]

Luke 1:26-38 ESV - - Bible Gateway

 of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.