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| Rev. George Sinclair |
By Rev. George Sinclair
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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, January 6th,
2013)
http://proxy.autopod.ca/podcasts/chum/6/10563/good_news_034_jan06.mp3
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Broadcast Notes:
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(Abridged notes of a Sermon on LUKE
1: 57–80, are below; full broadcast can be heard through the link, above.)
‘The Perennial Option’
Luke1:57-80 (ESVUK)
The Birth of John the Baptist
57 Now
the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58 And her neighbours and relatives heard that the
Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. 59 And on the eighth day
they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah
after his father, 60 but
his mother answered, “No; he shall be called John.” 61 And they said to her,
“None of your relatives is called by this name.” 62 And they made signs to
his father, enquiring what he wanted him to be called. 63 And he asked for a
writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all wondered.
64 And immediately his
mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
65 And fear came on
all their neighbours. And all these things were talked about through all the
hill country of Judea, 66 and all who heard them laid them up in their
hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was
with him.
Zechariah's Prophecy
67 And
his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us[a] from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us[a] from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80 And
the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until
the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Footnotes:
a. Luke 1:78 Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon
us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us
READ Luke 1:57-64.
1. Even in
judgment God desires our repentance.
- When I sin or fall away I can humble myself like a little child and return to following Jesus.
- “Jesus, please make us a church which seeks Your glory, longs to be holy, and always shows grace.”
READ Luke 1:67-70.
2. In the Bible
there is one message about one Messiah by many prophets speaking with one
mouth.
- I must read the Bible vertically, seeking the mind of God.
READ Luke 1:68-79.
3. The images of
salvation each point to Jesus and not to each other.
- Jesus delivers me that I may serve Him.
READ Luke 1:76-79.
4. I need to
receive mercy from Jesus and speak of the mercy of Jesus and show mercy to
others.
Let’s just bow our heads in prayer,
Jesus,
We thank you and praise you that you did everything
that needs to be done, that now I can be reconciled to God, when you died upon
the cross.
I come to you; I desire that you would be my
Saviour. Help me, Jesus, to put to death my pride and arrogance, and come to
you, and trust you.
Thank you, Jesus that you will reconcile me to God
and make me His own, forever. Amen.
Rev. George
Sinclair
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