Luke 1:18-25 - Fearful, Faithless, and Speechless

Pastor Mike Impact Ministries · Aug 10, 2024 · 5m

I believe this very first story that Luke shares with us in his Gospel is representative of so many of us. Zacharias has an amazing experience of an appearance of the angel Gabriel sent from the very presence of God to give him a very exciting message and yet he responds with fear, unbelief, and becomes speechless.

Luke tells us what wonderful people Zacharias and his wife were. He says in verse 6, “And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.” Despite the fact most of the other priests and leaders around them were corrupt and…