This month I want to focus on the Lord Jesus Christ birth and
the knowledge that we are saved by grace through the Lord Jesus Christ. I want to think about what it must be to have
the surety that when we move on into the eternal life we are in God’s house
with the Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit and Father God.
John 1: 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God –
A meeting was
called in heaven and God had it minuted that the Angel Gabriel was to go to
earth and speak to the young virgin girl Mary who was pledge to be married to a
man named Joseph. Mary was cleaning the
house when she heard a knock on her parents front door. On opening the door she saw the Angel
Gabriel. ‘Greeting, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you.’ Gabriel greeted
her. Mary ‘good day sir, please come in
and sit down. May I offer you something
to drink.’ The angel came into the house
and sat down. ‘Mary don’t be afraid, you have found favour with God. You will be with child and give birth to a
son, and you are to give him the name of Jesus.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his
father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, his kingdom
will never end.’ Eyes wide Mary said ‘How
can that be I am a virgin?’ Blushing as
she looked at the angel Gabriel. Gabriel
looked at her and said ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of
the Most High will overshadow you. So
the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have
a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth
mount. For nothing is impossible with
God.’
Mary answered
‘I am the Lord’s servant, may it be to me as you have said.’ The Angel Gabriel smiled at her and said he
needed to leave.
Mary quickly
got ready and left her home to go and visit Elizabeth. When she got to Zechariah’s house she called
out ‘Good afternoon Elizabeth.’ When
Elizabeth heard Mary’s voice the baby in her womb leaped. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and
in a loud voice she exclaimed ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed I the
child you will bear!’ She turned and
looked at Mary ‘why am I so favoured, that the mother of my Lord should come to
me? As soon as the sound of your
greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for you. Blessed is she who has believed that what the
Lord has said to her will be accomplished.’
We are going
into the season of joy and I want to encourage you today to keep your faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ. We are His
children bought by His blood.
May you have
a blessed day and may the peace, joy and love of the Lord follow you this month
and the coming year.
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