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Luke chapter 1 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Luke chapter one, let us pray. Heavenly Father, we love you.
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  Lord Jesus, we thank you for another day to come and worship
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  you in spirit and truth. We thank you, Father, for your
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  eternal words. God, I pray in the name of Jesus
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  that you will give us our worth and give us our dignity.
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  Help us, Father, to know how much we are loved.
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  Thank you, Lord, for all the many blessings that you pour and
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  lavish upon us. Thank you God, for life.
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  Thank you God for family. Thank you God, for the very next
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  breath. Thank you, Lord, that you've
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  given us your infallible inerrant.
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  Thank you, Jesus Christ, for your ultimate sacrifice on the
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  cross. Thank you for the blood that
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  covers us. Holy Spirit, come in and teach
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  us. We hide the word in our hearts
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  so that we might not sin against you.
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  I decrease as you increase. Teach us your eternal paths,
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  your eternal ways. I pray in the name of Jesus
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  today, Amen. Let's start in verse one.
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  For as much as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a
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  declaration of those things which are most surely believed
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  among us, Amen. We're still talking about it
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  today. We're still talking about the
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  Lord Jesus today, friends. It is surely believed among us.
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  Can't do anything with this word of God.
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  Heaven and earth shall pass away.
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  But not one of these words, friends.
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  And here Luke is the physician. He is letting us know that he is
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  a scholar. He's letting us know that he is
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  educated. He's letting us know that what
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  we believe in is backed up up by so much evidence.
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  And here he was wanting us to have the certainty of our faith,
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  to know that what we believe in is believable.
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  Friends, it's not something that we should doubt.
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  We should know that all of this is backed up by so much history.
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  It's backed up by proven facts, and we cannot believe the lie
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  that the world is trying to sell that the Bible was written by
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  man. This is a book that man would
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  not write if he could, and he could not write it if he would.
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  We need to know that the Bible is God's word.
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  The Bible is the authority. It is the spoken word of God.
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  It is alive and active friends and here Luke is tapping into
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  it. Luke is being hijacked by the
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  Holy Spirit and being inspired to write all of these words that
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  will last the till the end of the days.
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  It will last the test of time. We need to know that this book
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  is reading us. We need to know the same thing
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  that Luke started to understand as he took this on to to search
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  all the unsearchable truths to search out and to seek out all
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  of the facts. We need to know that all of this
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  is true, All of this is testable.
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  All of this is God's holy Word and and it is trustworthy and we
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  can build our life upon it. It is the cornerstone, friends,
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  and if you will build your life upon it, you will find the peace
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  that you are searching for. It is whenever we are blown by
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  every wind and tossed by every wave is whenever the doubt comes
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  in. This is whenever the fear creeps
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  in, the anxiety and depression comes in, friends, is whenever
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  we doubt this holy word. But whenever you stand upon this
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  word, friends, you will not be shaken by every wind.
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  You will not be blown and tossed by every wave, and you can stand
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  on the solid ground of the word of God and it is trustworthy and
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  true. And that is what Luke has set
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  out to do is to give us our certainty and our surety.
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  Verse 2, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the
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  beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word.
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  We know that it's trustworthy and true because of how many
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  eyewitness accounts there that history proves the word of God.
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  Three. It seemed good to me also,
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  having had perfect understanding of all things from the very
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  first to write unto you in order, most excellent,
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  Theophilus. So here Luke is claiming to have
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  the perfect understanding. This is divine counsel, friends,
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  and he's writing to Theophilus, who is a lover of God.
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  That's what his name means. I pray that you are a lover of
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  God. Let God love you, friends, for
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  that you might know the certainty of those things
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  wherein you have been instructed.
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  We need to be instructed in the word of God.
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  We need to have the certainty of what we believe in.
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  We cannot just believe all the little lies that come our way
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  about the Bible, about Jesus, about God.
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  We cannot just latch on to all these lies.
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  We have to be sure footed friends.
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  We need to be locked step friends, and it's found by
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  getting into the Word of God for yourself and knowing the Word of
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  God for yourself and owning the Word of God for yourself and
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  reading it and learning it and knowing it and believing it and
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  not calling any of it into question.
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  That is where you're going to find an immense amount of peace,
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  friends. Five.
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  There was in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain
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  priest named Zechariah of the course of Abia, and his wife was
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  of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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  This is the birth of John the Baptist being prophesied about
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  being told about 6:00 And they were both righteous before God,
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  walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord,
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  blameless. So imagine that.
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  Look at how Zechariah and Elizabeth, they were righteous
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  friends, and they were blameless in the sight of God. 7 And they
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  had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were
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  now well stricken in years they were old. 8 And it came to pass
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  that while he executed the priest's office before God in
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  the order of his course, 9 according to the custom of the
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  priest office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into
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  the temple of the Lord. 10 And the whole multitude of the
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  people were praying outside at the time of incense. 11 And
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  there appeared unto him an Angel of the Lord standing on the
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  right side of the altar of incense.
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  So here Luke is painting the picture.
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  Luke is letting us know it's reliable.
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  Luke is giving us all the details.
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  He's giving us the history of Zechariah in the history of
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  Elizabeth, and letting us know that they were without child.
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  And it beckons us back to the same God, the same Spirit that
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  you see over whenever we are reading about Abraham and Sarah
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  and we're reading about the birth and they were being
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  foretold of Isaac. And Sarah laughed.
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  And here Zechariah is trying to figure out how him and
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  Elizabeth, who are old in age are going to have a child.
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  And isn't this just like God? You can see these themes that
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  come back up. God is such an amazing God.
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  And he does the impossible so that he gets the credit.
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  That man does not get the credit, friends, that God.
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  God gets the credit and he knows what he's doing.
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  And he takes these two older, blameless people that are well
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  in age, and he is going to allow them to have a child, their only
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  child. And here we're going to get to
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  know this child more. So here's Zechariah is in the
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  temple, and he's burning the incense. 12 And when Zechariah
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  saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
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  That's the appropriate response. When you see an Angel, you see
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  it all throughout Scripture. And immediately the Angel says,
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  Do not fear. 13 But the Angel said unto him, Fear not,
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  Zechariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth
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  shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14 And
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  you shall have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his
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  birth here. We know that this is John the
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  Baptist. We know that he's coming on the
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  scene. We know that these were his
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  parents here. And Luke is so detailed in how
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  it all came about. And many shall rejoice at his
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  birth. They beheld John as a prophet.
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  15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall
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  drink neither wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled
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  with the Holy Ghost even from his mother's womb.
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  We know that John was a Nazarite.
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  We know that he was not to touch, ferment, to drink.
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  You can see the Spirit of the Lord all upon this man and upon
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  his ministry, the forerunner of our Lord Jesus Christ. 16 and
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  many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their
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  God. He's going to come in the spirit
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  of Elijah, friends. 17 And he shall go before him in the
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  spirit and the power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the
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  fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the
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  just to make ready of people prepared for the the Lord,
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  repent and be baptized is the ministry in the message of John
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  the Baptist. We know that he was forerunner
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  for Jesus Christ and he was unworthy to even latch the shoes
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  of the Lord. You know that John the Baptist
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  came and that he was in the power of Elijah.
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  And we know that he had a leather belt girded around his
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  waist, and the camel hair for a coat. 18 And Zechariah said unto
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  the Angel, How shall I know this?
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  For I am an old man, and my wife is well stricken in years.
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  So he was doubting how this could happen. 19 And the Angel
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  answered and said unto him, I am Gabriel.
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  This stands in the presence of God.
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  And I am sent to speak unto you, and to show you these glad
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  tidings. So here Gabriel is showing
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  Zechariah that he should not doubt that Gabriel stands in the
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  presence of God. He's come as a messenger on a
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  special assignment to Zechariah in the temple that he's burning
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  the incense. 20 And behold, you shall be dumb and not able to
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  speak until the day that these things shall be performed,
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  because you did not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled
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  in their seasons. When God speaks a word should
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  not ever doubt it, friends. 21 And the people waited for
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  Zechariah and marveled that he tarried so long in the temple.
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  22 And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and
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  they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he
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  beckoned unto them and remained speechless.
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  When God speaks a word over us, friends, let's lay hold of it
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  and let's believe it. And do not doubt and let your
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  faith increase, friends, let your faith increase when God
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  speaks a word to you. And this entire word that you
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  hold in your hands is God's word.
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  And if you want to know the unrevealed will of God, start
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  obeying this revealed will that you hold in your hands.
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  God tells you what it is that He desires of you.
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  Friends, we need obedience. 23 And it came to pass that as soon
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  as the days of his administration were
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  accomplished, he departed to his own house. 24 And after those
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  days his wife Elizabeth conceived and hid herself five
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  months, saying, 25 Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days
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  where he looked on me to take away my reproach among men.
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  So here Elizabeth is able to conceive in her old age.
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  Here Zechariah is not able to speak because he didn't believe
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  Gabriel when Gabriel arrived on the scene.
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  What an amazing account that Luke is able to pin and he's
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  being inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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  He's getting to see inside of the temple as Zechariah's
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  offering the incest. He's getting to see the whole
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  event enabled to pin it down for us as a reliable source for us
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  to believe in. 26 and in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel
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  was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth.
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  We know that Jesus is the branch.
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  That is what Nazareth means, and he was a Nazarene 27 to a virgin
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  espoused to a man whose name was Joseph of the House of David,
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  and the virgin's name was Mary. So all this is probably very
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  familiar to you, but you need to know that Gabriel is arriving on
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  the scene, and we need to know that Mary was betrothed to
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  Joseph. They were not yet married, but
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  they were engaged, and that they had no sexual relations with
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  each other. She was still a virgin.
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  And here comes Gabriel to speak to her. 28 And the Angel came in
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  unto her and said, Hail, you that are highly favored, the
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  Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.
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  So here we can see that Mary is being visited by Gabriel.
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  We know that she's a virgin, we know that she's a spouse to
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  Joseph, We know that she is highly favored and the Lord is
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  with her, and that she is blessed. 29 And when she saw
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  him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind
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  what manner of salutation this should be.
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  Can you imagine this Angel visiting Mary and her being
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  troubled at this greeting from the Angel?
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  And the Angel said, 30 And the Angel said unto her, Fear not,
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  Mary, for you have found favor with God.
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  I pray that you have found favor with God.
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  I pray that the favor of God rest upon you today, friends. 31
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  And behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth
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  the Son, and shall call his name Jesus. 32 He shall be great, and
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  shall be called the Son of the Highest.
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  And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father
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  David. 33 And he shall reign over the House of Jacob Forever,
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  and of his Kingdom there shall be no end.
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  Mark it down, highlight it, underline it, circle it.
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  Friends make notes. Friends, praise the Lord God for
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  these verses. Friends, look at what Jesus is
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  going to do and what he is doing and what he has already done.
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  What is he doing? He is the Son of the highest, He
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  is the great. He is on the throne.
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  He is reigning forever and His Kingdom there is no end to
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  friends. These are eternal promises that
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  we can bank on. This is the cornerstone of our
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  faith, friends. This is what we believe in.
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  This is how we get through this life, friends.
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  It's by latching on to these promises, latching on to these
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  truths. Friends, there is no end to
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  Jesus Christ reign. He is reigning forever, and
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  there is no end. 34 Then Mary said unto the Angel, How shall
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  this be saying, I know not a man?
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  She's saying, I'm still a virgin.
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  How will I have a child? 35 And the Angel answered and
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  said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon you, and the
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  power of the Highest shall over shadow you.
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  Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of you shall
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  be called Son of God. So this was the Immaculate
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  Conception, friends, and Mary was favored, but she is not
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  divinity. She is just a human who was
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  chosen by God. 36 And behold, your cousin Elizabeth, she has
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  also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the 6th month
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  with her, who was called Baron. 37 For with God nothing shall be
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  impossible. Underline it, highlight it,
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  circle it. Verse 37 With God nothing is
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  impossible. Increase your faith today,
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  friends. 38 And Mary said, behold the handmaid of the Lord,
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  be it unto me according to your word.
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  And the Angel departed from her. Look at how she got it right in
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  verse 38. You see how Zechariah got it
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  wrong when he questioned it here Mary just took it by faith and
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  that's a word for us today. Are you more like Zechariah and
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  doubt the words of God and don't think they pertain to you, and
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  you look at the natural? Or are you more like Mary, who
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  whenever the impossible comes your way, do you take it by
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  faith and say, yes, with God anything is possible?
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  I pray that you're more like that. 39 And Mary arose in those
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  days and went into the Hill Country with haste, into a city
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  of Judah. 40 and entered into the House of Zechariah, and
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  saluted Elizabeth. 41 And it came to pass that when Elizabeth
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  heard the salutation of. Mary the babe leapt in her womb
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  and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.
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  Praise God. Hallelujah, Holy Ghost moving.
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  Holy Ghost is in the midst. Holy Ghost is leaping.
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  Holy Ghost is filling. Look at how this is happening
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  right here when you see John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ
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  being united here in this room. How amazing these two women got
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  to experience this. Friends 42 And she spoke out
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  with a loud voice and said, Blessed are you among women, and
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  blessed is the fruit of your womb.
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  Praise God real recognizes real praise God.
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  You see John the Baptist leaping within the womb of Elizabeth.
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  You see Mary housing divinity, Praise God. 43 And how is this
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  to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
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  Elizabeth got it right. She knew that Mary housed the
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  Son of God. And how is it that God would
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  come as a baby, a helpless little baby, into a Manger?
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  Friends, lock in, pay attention. You're going to learn so much
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  about God. He could have came any way that
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  he wanted to, but he chose to come as a baby, a helpless
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  little baby. And He did it for you, and he
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  did it for me, Friends, to die on a cross, a criminal's cross,
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  a perfect man who lived a sinless life so that you and I
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  could make it there with him. Praise God, Hallelujah. 43 is an
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  amazing verse 44 for lo, as soon as the voice of your salutation
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  sounded in my ears, the babe leapt in my womb for joy.
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  Do you leap for joy whenever the Lord visits you?
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  Friends, I pray that you're undone.
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  I pray that you're wrecked. Friends, I pray in the name of
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  Jesus that you are completely emptied of yourself and filled
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  with the Holy Ghost today. 45 And blessed is she that
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  believed, for there shall be a performance of those things
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  which were told her from the Lord.
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  So here Elizabeth is putting her stamp and saying, Mary, because
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  you believed. You're not like my husband over
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  here who is mute because he didn't believe.
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  When the Angel of the Lord appeared unto you, when Gabriel
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  told you what would happen, you said yes and Amen.
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  And what a word for you and for me today.
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  Friends, we need to say yes and Amen to all of the words that
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  are contained in this book. When we get in this book and we
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  uncover and discover all the truths that are in it, we need
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  to say yes and Amen to them. 46 And Mary said, My soul does
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  magnify the Lord. 47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
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  48 For he has regarded the lowest state of his handmade.
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  For behold, from now on all generations shall call me
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  blessed. 49 For he that is mighty has done to me great
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  things, and holy is his name. 50 And his mercy is on them that
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  fears him from generation to generation. 51 He has showed
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  strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud and
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  the imagination of their hearts. 52 He has put down the mighty
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  from their seats and exalted them of low degree. 53 He has
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  filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent
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  empty away. 54 He has helped his servant Israel in remembrance of
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  his mercy. 55 And he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to
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  his seed forever. 56 And Mary abode with her about 3 months,
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  and returned to her own house. So we can see that. 46 through
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  55, this is the Magnificat. We can see that Mary here, she
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  just breaks out into song. We can see here that she
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  magnifies the Lord. She here she sees that the Lord
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  has shined his face upon her. And we can see all of these
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  biblical truths that we can uncover, and we can go in and we
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  can highlight, and we can look at each one of these verses and
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  see just how God works, the nature of God Almighty.
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  We can see that Mary took him at His word and she was blessed.
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  And we can see how generations are still talking about her.
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  We can see that God is mighty. We can see that God's name is
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  holy. We can see that God is mercy.
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  We can see that He is from generation to generation.
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  We can see that he is strong. We can see that he scatters all
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  the proud and all the vain imagination of people's hearts.
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  He scatters it, friends. It's nothing to him.
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  He just speaks a word and it is scattered.
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  We can see that He puts down all of the mighty, those that want
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  to try to exalt themselves, God will humble.
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  We can see that he lifts up all those that are downcast that are
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  searching for him. We can see that He fills the
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  hungry. We can see that he sends the
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  rich away empty handed. We can see that he helps Israel.
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  He's still for Israel today, friends.
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  He's still for those people. Those are His chosen people and
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  we would do well to stand with Israel so that we can be
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  blessed. Do not turn your backs on
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  Israel. He loves Israel in His mercy.
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  He is still speaking a better word over us and over this
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  wicked and dark generation and world today.
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  Friends, we need to stand on this holy Word and be found
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  standing with Israel. 57 Now Elizabeth's full time came that
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  she should be delivered as she brought forth the son. 58 and
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  her neighbors and her cousins heard now heard how the Lord has
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  showed great mercy upon her, and they rejoiced with her.
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  Do you rejoice with people that the Lord is blessing?
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  You can tell who's really for you when you're being blessed,
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  because people should rejoice with you, they should not try to
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  break you down. 59 And it came to pass that on the 8th day they
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  came to circumcise the child, and they called him Zechariah,
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  after the name of his father. 60 And his mother answered and
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  said, Not so he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her,
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  There is none of your kindred that is called by this name. 62
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  And they made signs to his father how he would have him
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  called. 63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote,
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  saying, His name is John. And they marveled all. 64 And
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  his mouth was opened immediately, his tongue was
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  loosed, and he spoke and praised God. 65 And fear came on all
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  that dwelled round and about them, and all these things were
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  noised abroad throughout all the Hill Country of Judea.
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  So you can see here that Zechariah and Elizabeth were
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  obedient unto God. They were obedient to the words
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  that Gabriel told them that his name should be called John.
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  They were trying to name him after his father Zechariah, and
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  because he was mute, they thought that they had some kind
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  of say to it. But praise God for the obedience
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  of this husband and wife, who were blessed with John the
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  Baptist being the parents of John the Baptist.
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  And immediately, whenever he acknowledged what Gabriel had
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  told him by naming him John, now he can speak again.
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  And it was noised abroad, friends.
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  And immediately Zechariah praised God. 66 And all they
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  that heard them laid them in their heart, saying, What manner
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  of child shall this be? And the hand of the Lord was
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  with him. So we can see that John the
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  Baptist made a splash on the scene as soon as he was birthed.
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  You can see that the people were wondering what type of man this
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  should be. And we see that John the Baptist
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  ministry started before he was even conceived. 67 And his
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  father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied,
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  saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has
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  visited and redeemed his people, 69 and has raised up a horn of
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  salvation for us in the House of his servant David. 70 And he
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  spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since
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  the world began. 71 And that we should be saved from our
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  enemies, and from the hand of all that hate US. 72 to perform
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  the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his
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  holy covenant, 73 the oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
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  74 that he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of
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  the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, 75 in
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  holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our
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  life. 76 And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the
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  Highest, for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare
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  his way, 77 to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the
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  remission of their sins, 78 through the tender mercy of our
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  God, whereby the dayspring from on high has visited US. 79 to
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  give them, to give light to them, them that sit in darkness
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  and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of
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  peace. 80 And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, and was
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  in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.
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  So here we can see Zechariah is filled with the Holy Ghost.
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  We can see that he's prophesying about his Son and the life that
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  he should live. We can see so much eternal truth
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  here in these verses. You can see how Zechariah could
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  foresee. He could prophecy, he could look
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  into what manner of child this should be and what does he say
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  about him? He's filled with the Holy Ghost
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  and he starts prophesying. He says blessed is the Lord God.
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  He's visited and redeemed his people.
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  So this is after 400 years of silence from Malachi to Matthew.
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  You can see that John the Baptist is arriving on the
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  scene. And what did Jesus say about
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  John the Baptist? He said there was no greater
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  prophet than John the Baptist. But the least in the Kingdom of
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  God is greater than John the Baptist.
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  We can see how the Holy Spirit came on them, but the Holy
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  Spirit lives in US. And do you not know that you're
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  the temple of the Lord? Friends, think about it.
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  There's more power in one Christian than all the armies of
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  the entire world. There's more power in one
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  Christian. Who sold out to the King of
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  Kings and the Lord of Lords than all the nuclear bombs in the
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  entire world? Friends.
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  There's more power in US, friends, and we need to know who
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  we are and who we belong to and the power that we have and that
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  is available to us. We need to know that God has
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  visited us 69 and has raised up a horn of salvation.
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  This is strength, friends, that comes from our salvation.
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  Do you have a salvation story? What is your testimony?
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  Bring it upon your lips. Tell yourself it.
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  Tell somebody else it. Recount your salvation story.
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  There's so much strength in it, this horn.
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  The House of the servant David. So we know that Jesus Christ
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  came from the lineage of David, from the root and the stump of
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  Jesse. He we know that he's the branch.
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  70 And he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have
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  been since the world began. Think about that, friends.
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  When Noah was building a boat, he was prophesying the
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  destruction of the world. We can see it all here. 71 We
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  should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all that
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  hate us. The Jews are the most persecuted
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  people group on planet earth. They're hated for no reason.
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  They're hated because Satan knows that the Messiah would
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  come through them and he tried to destroy them.
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  But she can't do nothing with these people.
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  They're here to the end of time. 72 to perform the mercy promised
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  to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant.
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  He told them that they would not pass away from the face of the
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  earth before He came. 73 And look at us, We're still talking
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  about him. 73 The oath which he swore to our father Abraham.
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  And God is good at what he does, and he knows how to bring
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  everything in that needs to happen.
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  He knows what he's doing, Friends, we need to trust him.
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  And he told Abraham how it would be, and nothing has changed
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  since the promises that he gave to Abraham.
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  Those promises will be fulfilled from the time that He told
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  Abraham all the way into the time that Jesus comes and takes
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  His rightful place on planet earth for the thousand year
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  reign. 74 that He would grant unto us, that we, being
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  delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without
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  fear. Do not have fear, friends.
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  Serve God. 75 holiness, righteousness before Him.
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  All the days of our life we need to have this holiness and
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  righteousness that only comes from the saving blood of Jesus
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  Christ is how we get our holiness and our righteousness.
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  Friends, pray that you're clothed in the blood of Christ
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  from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet.
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  Friends, be drenched in the blood, not just dipped in the
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  water. 76 And then he talks straight to John the Baptist,
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  and he says, Child, you shall be called the prophet of the
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  highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare
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  his ways. We know this is John the Baptist
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  77 to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the
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  remission of their sins. This is the blood of Christ.
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  This is how we know that we can that we are saved.
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  You should know that you know that you know that you know that
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  you're going to bust heaven wide open.
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  You should not have a hope. So maybe so kind of faith,
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  friends, you need to have a know so kind of faith.
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  And you can have that today. Confess with your mouth that
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  Jesus is Lord. Believe in your heart that God
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  raised him from the dead. And you can know that you know
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  that you know that you know that you're going to bust him wide
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  open. 78 through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the
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  dayspring from on high has visited us.
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  I pray that the Dayspring from on high has visited you today,
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  friends, the Sun of Righteousness coming with
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  healing on his wings. I pray that you are made whole
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  today in your mind. I pray that you're made whole
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  today in your thoughts. I pray that you're made whole
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  today in your heart and in your emotions.
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  I pray in the name of Jesus that this wellspring of life is
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  coming in and filling you today, this day, Spring from on high
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  79. You can see that He is giving
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  light to us, that we do not need to sit in darkness, we do not
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  need to sit in the shadow of death, that He desires to guide
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  our feet into the way of peace. I pray that you have found this
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  way of peace. Jesus is the way, the truth and
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  the life. We need to know that He is light
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  and He will shine light on all the darkness of all the things
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  that are trying to plague you, all the things that are trying
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  to drag you away into hell. Friends, we need to shine the
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  light and have Jesus break the chains.
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  Friends, He will guide us. Acknowledge Him today and He's
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  going to guide you into the way of peace.
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  Do you have peace in your life? There is no peace apart from
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  God. Will end on 80.
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  We can see that this child John the Baptist grew.
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  We can see that he is strong in the Spirit.
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  We can see that his ministry was of a Nazarite.
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  We can see that locust and honey was his food.
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  We can see that he was the forerunner for Jesus.
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  An amazing chapter. And if you go back and think
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  about it here, Luke, this educated physician, is writing
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  all these things. And there is so much here that
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  he's writing to the common man to let us know why we believe
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  what we believe. And we would do well, friends,
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  to believe every single syllable, every jot and every
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  title. And watch how this piece comes
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  flooding in and you can walk in the spirit of the Lord today,
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  knowing that He's fighting your battles and that you are more
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  than a conqueror, and that He loves you and He's for you and
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  He's not against you. And if He's for you, then who
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  can be against you? Friends, think about it.
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  You have access to the throne room of God.
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  You have access to more riches than this earth could ever
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  provide. God is the one that created
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  everything, and everything was made by Him and for him and to
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  Him, and we need to be sold out to Him.
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  Nothing compartmentalized, nothing held back, nothing held
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  behind our backs when we go and lay ourselves on the altar as a
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  living sacrifice. And renew your mind today with
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  the washing of the word of God over it.
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  I pray that you've been blessed by this chapter.
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  I know I sure have, many times over.
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  It's trustworthy, it's true, it's reliable.
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  I'm praying for every single one of you.
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  I love you. So does God, so does our Lord
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  Jesus. I pray the Holy Spirit fills you
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  today, friend. We'll see you back here
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  tomorrow. God bless you.