Tuesday 15 December 2015

Advent: 19 December
1st Reading: Judges 13:2-7. 24-25: The birth of Samson is announced by an angel.
Gospel: Luke 1:5-25: The birth of John the Baptist is announced by Gabriel.
Zachariah and Elizabeth, the Parents of John the Baptist: Godly Parents:
Every generation needs the example of godly parents. They were human, godly and dynamic striking examples for all today.
1.     The parents of John the Baptist:
a.     They lived in the time of Herod.
b.    The father was a priest and the mother was of a priestly family.
2.     They were parents who were righteous:
3.     They were parents with human problems:
a.     They had no child.
b.    They were elderly.
4.     They were parents who worshipped God faithfully as priest:
5.     They were parents who prayed and led others to pray:
6.     They were parents greatly favoured by God:
a.     Their worship and prayers were favoured by a visit from an angel.
b.    Their prayers were answered. They received the promise of a son.
c.      Their son was to be great.
d.    Their son was to be a prophet.
e.      Their son was to be the forerunner of the Messiah.
7.     They were  parents who found it difficult to believe the humanly impossible:
8.     They were parents who had to be disciplined by God:
9.     They were parents who saw God fulfilled His promise:
Thought: God will not allow all man to disbelieve and distrust forever. The day is coming when he will stop all disbelief and distrust just as He did with Zachariah.
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