Luke 1:26-38
The Promise of God’s Greatest Gift
Booker T. Washington describes meeting an ex-slave from Virginia in his book Up From Slavery : "I found that this man had made a contract with his master, two or three years previous to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the effect that the slave was to be permitted to buy himself, by paying so much per year for his body; and while he was paying for himself, he was to be permitted to labor where and for whom he pleased.
"Finding that he could secure better wages in Ohio, he went there. When freedom came, he was still in debt to his master some three hundred dollars. Notwithstanding that the Emancipation Proclamation freed him from any obligation to his master, this black man walked the greater portion of the distance back to where his old master lived in Virginia, and placed the last dollar, with interest, in his hands.
In talking to me about this, the man told me that he knew that he did not have to pay his debt, but that he had given his word to his master, and his word he had never broken. He felt that he could not enjoy his freedom till he had fulfilled his promise.
Promises can define you. One of the most important indicators of a man’s character is how he handles promises. Edmund Burke said, “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” I like how Norman Vincent Peal puts it, “Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.”
Promises can define you. A man’s integrity cannot be divorced from his ability to keep the promises he makes. Our ability and willingness to trust that man is directly determined by whether that man does all he says. And if he’s a man of his word, there is nothing else that can make us look forward to the future with hope and confidence then one of his promises. Nothing can make us look to the future with expectancy and anticipation then the word of a man who has consistently kept his word.
Main Point
But there is not such a man. Only God - God is not a hypocrite. God, in His Word, is a God of promises. Promises are important to God because His character is attached to His promises. That’s why we see so often in the Bible God deepest concern is for His Name. His Name will be revered. His Name will be feared. His Name will be glorified.
Why does it matter if God is trustworthy to me? Because trusting God is the only thing that saves you from an eternity in hell. And God knows that we need to know He is trustworthy, and so we see His chief concern in Scripture is the reputation of His Name. Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” Man may fail his own word, but, God will never fail to make good on His word. His promises are to be trusted because He is trustworthy.
In our passage this morning we see the fulfillment of the promise of Messiah’s coming dawning in the life of a peasant girl in Nazareth of Galilee. The time has come and in Luke 1:26-38 we are only the length of a pregnancy away from the arrival of God in the flesh. We are only 9 months from John 1:14 that says, “And the Word became flesh”.
Context
Luke was the only Greek author of the four Gospel writers. He was a physician, and, also authored the book of Acts. Luke labored with the Apostle Paul through much of his missionary work. As one author said, “Luke was aimed at the Greek mind and, therefore, had to be written in a comprehensive, logical, and orderly manner. There are portions of the book which approach Classical Greek Literature. Luke has been called ‘the most beautiful book ever written.’” Reading through this book we would find the physician makes an emphasis on the humanity of Jesus Christ, and presents Him as the perfect Man.
In the first 38 verses of chapter 1 we are watching the angel Gabriel carry out a monumental ministry. Gabriel is mentioned only several times in the Bible, and each time he appears he is giving information regarding the coming of Christ. [He might be called the angel of the advents] because the significant information we have on the 1st and 2nd comings of Christ were given by Gabriel. We see this first in the book of Daniel. Now in Luke, we see Gabriel is sent again to give a message about the 1st coming of Christ to those who are directly involved.
So, in the first 38 verses we see the 2-Fold ministry of the angel of Gabriel. God sends him to the two families that will be directly involved with the coming of the Christ into the world.
First, in verses 5-25 God sends him to Zacharias and Elizabeth to tell them that they were going to have a son named John, and that he would be full of the Holy Spirit, and he would be the forerunner of the nation’s long-awaited and hoped for Messiah. Because John the Baptist would go to Israel before Jesus, his parents were visited first. He would be the forerunner for Jesus.
The amazing thing is that they had no children because they were physically never able to. Also, they were past the years of being able to have children. They couldn’t produce life on their own, and if they were, it was going to have to be by the grace and the power of God. Do you see the picture of salvation here? Man cannot produce eternal life on his own. Man needs salvation and eternal life and only God’s power and grace can accomplish it.
Second, in verses 26-38, we see our focus for today, which is the second-part of Gabriel’s mission: to give the message to the mother of the Messiah. And in verses 26 and 27 we see Gabriel is sent Galilee.
It was the sixth month since Elizabeth became pregnant with John the Baptist. Verse 24 says she was in seclusion for 5 months after she became pregnant, and, then in verse 26 Luke says in the sixth month Gabriel went to Mary in the city of Nazareth in Galilee, a town that does not have a great reputation.
It is important to note two things in verse 27 that relate to the necessary credentials of the Messiah. These are credentials that God said the Messiah would have, and, they also serve as promises concerning the Messiah.
First, in verse 26, that Gabriel went to a virgin named Mary is important because the Messiah was going to be born to a virgin. This would fulfill the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14 more than 700 years earlier that said, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.”
Second, the Messiah must be born a descendant of David. In 2 Samuel 7:12-13, “When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom forever. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” Joseph, the man that Mary was engaged to was a descendent of David.
The question that might arise is “If Jesus was not Joseph’s biological son, how can Jesus be a descendant of David?” The reason is that although Jesus was not physically the son of Joseph, He was legally the son of Joseph. Mary became pregnant with Jesus while engaged to Joseph but before they were married. If Joseph married her then he was legally declaring the child to be his. This is how the prophecy was fulfilled. That is how God fulfilled the promises He made, and, how He made sure that the Messiah had the correct credentials.
Gracious Salutation (v 28-30)
Next, in verses 28-30 we see the Gracious Salutation. “The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.’ Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But, the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.’”
Gabriel uses the word “favored” twice in this greeting. This word in the Greek is used in the N.T. to describe God’s gracious favor towards people. It is His sovereign act and attitude of kindness towards us. It’s His generous honoring of us that is in no way deserved.
The only reason you or I are saved today is that very favor that God gives. When we think about the promises God makes to us, they are completely based on His divine grace, decided by His sovereign will. We have no claim and no right to His promises because of our merit. God, simply because He makes promises, keeps them for His names sake. He will prove Himself faithful and be known as faithful by always making good on every word He has spoken. “The LORD is faithful to all His promises” Psalm 145:13. “God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful” 1 Corinthians 1:9.
Notice what this favor God has towards us does for us: It eliminates fear. The angel tells her not to be afraid because she has found favor with God. The grace of God removes fear. Without the grace of God, we have every reason to be terrified of Him, “whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.” Our sin would bring His just wrath upon us.
But, where we used to be His enemies because of our sin, we have become His children because of His grace, “Because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy made us alive … - it is by grace you have been saved.” His grace changes our relationship with Him from objects of His wrath, to objects of His mercy. His grace changes us from children of disobedience, to children of God. His grace, according to Hebrews 4:16, allows us to “approach [His] throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy [from Him] and find grace [from Him] to help us in our time of need.”
The Giving of a Great Son (v 31-33)
Then, we see in verses 31-33, The Giving of a Great Son. “You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name 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.”
The promise God makes to her is that she will be pregnant and the son she will have is going to be great. He is going to be great in 3 ways.
First, He will be great because He will bring forgiveness of sins. Matthew tells us that after Gabriel went to Mary, He then went to Joseph because Joseph was going to back out of the marriage and blow the whole plan. In 1:21, Gabriel tells Joseph, “Mary will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” The name Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means “The Lord saves”. The Lord was going to save His people from their sins. His name describes His mission. That’s why Joseph and Mary were to name this great son “Jesus.”
Second, He will be great because He will be famous, “He will be CALLED the Son of the Most High.” Verse 35 gives the reason why Jesus will be called the Son of the Most High, because, “the Holy Spirit will come upon Mary, and the power of the Most High will overshadow her. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of the Most High.”
But, Jesus will be recognized as the Son of God. God recognized Him in Mark 1:11, “And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well-pleased.’” John the Baptist said, “I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God.” John the Gospel writer recognized Jesus as the Son of God and
Third, He will be great because He will be first over all. He will be given the throne of His father, David. God promised David in 2 Samuel 7:12, 13 and 16, “When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.” There was an immediate fulfillment of this promise in David’s son, Solomon. Solomon succeeded David on the throne and built the temple that David wanted to build.
But, there is the future fulfillment that is coming still. There is a throne and a kingdom that will endure forever that is yet coming. Jesus Christ is that One who will sit upon that throne and reign over that kingdom that will be forever. Someday He is coming back and will fulfill this promise to David.
This is the promise made to Mary: the Giving of a Great Son. Do you think Joseph could ever top that? I can’t help but think also about the sibling rivalry in that family. How would you like to be the younger brother of Jesus trying to compete with this great son?! Mary always saying, “Why can’t you be more like your big brother Jesus?”
Do you ever think Mary lectured them and said something like, “Next time you think about running around acting like a bunch of Gentiles – getting into trouble and disgracing the family name - I want you to ask yourselves, ‘What would Jesus do?’ I should make some bracelets for you guys just to remind you of that!)
The Guarantee and Security (v 34-38)
At this point, Mary is confused. Unlike Zacharias, she believes the angel. In verse 18, Zacharias wanted to know how he could be sure his old wife could have a baby. In other words, he didn’t believe Gabriel’s message, and I love Gabriel’s response to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.” He goes on to say that Zacharias will be not able to speak anymore until John’s birthday. But, Gabriel says I stand in the presence of God. That is, he stands in the presence of the Holy God who is eternal and is source of all that is true. Gabriel says, “I’m around truth at all times, I am surrounded by it, I hear it at all times, I see it and stand next to Him who is true from all eternity and you, a mere man, have the audacity to question if what I say is true? I am saying to you the message that comes from the true God.”
Mary, on the other hand, in verse 34, believes, but doesn’t understand. “How will this be since I am a virgin?” And then we see the Guarantee and the Security offered by Gabriel in verses 35-37, “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 month. For nothing is impossible with God.”
It is by the power of God that this virgin would become pregnant. It was by the power of God that Elizabeth, who was barren and old, was pregnant. Mary could know this would happen because Elizabeth was pregnant, which is why she took off to go see her right away in verse 39. Two women, who humanly could not have been pregnant, became pregnant by the power of God. “With God all things are possible”.
We hear a similar statement by Jesus in Matthew 19. His disciples ask Him, ‘who can be saved?’ Jesus says, “With man this is impossible, but, with God all things are possible.” Salvation is impossible if it’s left into the hands of men. But, with God, salvation is possible. These miraculous pregnancies were directly related to the salvation that God was accomplishing. The Savior was being miraculously born. He came into the world by a miracle. He performed miracles. He was raised from the dead miraculously.
The same power that made these women pregnant with life, has made us full of eternal life. The promise is that a great Savior has come and saved us from our sins, and given us eternal life. That is a guarantee. Put your trust in God’s Son so that you can have God’s salvation.
The Promise of God’s Greatest Gift
Booker T. Washington describes meeting an ex-slave from Virginia in his book Up From Slavery : "I found that this man had made a contract with his master, two or three years previous to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the effect that the slave was to be permitted to buy himself, by paying so much per year for his body; and while he was paying for himself, he was to be permitted to labor where and for whom he pleased.
"Finding that he could secure better wages in Ohio, he went there. When freedom came, he was still in debt to his master some three hundred dollars. Notwithstanding that the Emancipation Proclamation freed him from any obligation to his master, this black man walked the greater portion of the distance back to where his old master lived in Virginia, and placed the last dollar, with interest, in his hands.
In talking to me about this, the man told me that he knew that he did not have to pay his debt, but that he had given his word to his master, and his word he had never broken. He felt that he could not enjoy his freedom till he had fulfilled his promise.
Promises can define you. One of the most important indicators of a man’s character is how he handles promises. Edmund Burke said, “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” I like how Norman Vincent Peal puts it, “Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.”
Promises can define you. A man’s integrity cannot be divorced from his ability to keep the promises he makes. Our ability and willingness to trust that man is directly determined by whether that man does all he says. And if he’s a man of his word, there is nothing else that can make us look forward to the future with hope and confidence then one of his promises. Nothing can make us look to the future with expectancy and anticipation then the word of a man who has consistently kept his word.
Main Point
But there is not such a man. Only God - God is not a hypocrite. God, in His Word, is a God of promises. Promises are important to God because His character is attached to His promises. That’s why we see so often in the Bible God deepest concern is for His Name. His Name will be revered. His Name will be feared. His Name will be glorified.
Why does it matter if God is trustworthy to me? Because trusting God is the only thing that saves you from an eternity in hell. And God knows that we need to know He is trustworthy, and so we see His chief concern in Scripture is the reputation of His Name. Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” Man may fail his own word, but, God will never fail to make good on His word. His promises are to be trusted because He is trustworthy.
In our passage this morning we see the fulfillment of the promise of Messiah’s coming dawning in the life of a peasant girl in Nazareth of Galilee. The time has come and in Luke 1:26-38 we are only the length of a pregnancy away from the arrival of God in the flesh. We are only 9 months from John 1:14 that says, “And the Word became flesh”.
Context
Luke was the only Greek author of the four Gospel writers. He was a physician, and, also authored the book of Acts. Luke labored with the Apostle Paul through much of his missionary work. As one author said, “Luke was aimed at the Greek mind and, therefore, had to be written in a comprehensive, logical, and orderly manner. There are portions of the book which approach Classical Greek Literature. Luke has been called ‘the most beautiful book ever written.’” Reading through this book we would find the physician makes an emphasis on the humanity of Jesus Christ, and presents Him as the perfect Man.
In the first 38 verses of chapter 1 we are watching the angel Gabriel carry out a monumental ministry. Gabriel is mentioned only several times in the Bible, and each time he appears he is giving information regarding the coming of Christ. [He might be called the angel of the advents] because the significant information we have on the 1st and 2nd comings of Christ were given by Gabriel. We see this first in the book of Daniel. Now in Luke, we see Gabriel is sent again to give a message about the 1st coming of Christ to those who are directly involved.
So, in the first 38 verses we see the 2-Fold ministry of the angel of Gabriel. God sends him to the two families that will be directly involved with the coming of the Christ into the world.
First, in verses 5-25 God sends him to Zacharias and Elizabeth to tell them that they were going to have a son named John, and that he would be full of the Holy Spirit, and he would be the forerunner of the nation’s long-awaited and hoped for Messiah. Because John the Baptist would go to Israel before Jesus, his parents were visited first. He would be the forerunner for Jesus.
The amazing thing is that they had no children because they were physically never able to. Also, they were past the years of being able to have children. They couldn’t produce life on their own, and if they were, it was going to have to be by the grace and the power of God. Do you see the picture of salvation here? Man cannot produce eternal life on his own. Man needs salvation and eternal life and only God’s power and grace can accomplish it.
Second, in verses 26-38, we see our focus for today, which is the second-part of Gabriel’s mission: to give the message to the mother of the Messiah. And in verses 26 and 27 we see Gabriel is sent Galilee.
It was the sixth month since Elizabeth became pregnant with John the Baptist. Verse 24 says she was in seclusion for 5 months after she became pregnant, and, then in verse 26 Luke says in the sixth month Gabriel went to Mary in the city of Nazareth in Galilee, a town that does not have a great reputation.
It is important to note two things in verse 27 that relate to the necessary credentials of the Messiah. These are credentials that God said the Messiah would have, and, they also serve as promises concerning the Messiah.
First, in verse 26, that Gabriel went to a virgin named Mary is important because the Messiah was going to be born to a virgin. This would fulfill the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14 more than 700 years earlier that said, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.”
Second, the Messiah must be born a descendant of David. In 2 Samuel 7:12-13, “When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom forever. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” Joseph, the man that Mary was engaged to was a descendent of David.
The question that might arise is “If Jesus was not Joseph’s biological son, how can Jesus be a descendant of David?” The reason is that although Jesus was not physically the son of Joseph, He was legally the son of Joseph. Mary became pregnant with Jesus while engaged to Joseph but before they were married. If Joseph married her then he was legally declaring the child to be his. This is how the prophecy was fulfilled. That is how God fulfilled the promises He made, and, how He made sure that the Messiah had the correct credentials.
Gracious Salutation (v 28-30)
Next, in verses 28-30 we see the Gracious Salutation. “The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.’ Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But, the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.’”
Gabriel uses the word “favored” twice in this greeting. This word in the Greek is used in the N.T. to describe God’s gracious favor towards people. It is His sovereign act and attitude of kindness towards us. It’s His generous honoring of us that is in no way deserved.
The only reason you or I are saved today is that very favor that God gives. When we think about the promises God makes to us, they are completely based on His divine grace, decided by His sovereign will. We have no claim and no right to His promises because of our merit. God, simply because He makes promises, keeps them for His names sake. He will prove Himself faithful and be known as faithful by always making good on every word He has spoken. “The LORD is faithful to all His promises” Psalm 145:13. “God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful” 1 Corinthians 1:9.
Notice what this favor God has towards us does for us: It eliminates fear. The angel tells her not to be afraid because she has found favor with God. The grace of God removes fear. Without the grace of God, we have every reason to be terrified of Him, “whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.” Our sin would bring His just wrath upon us.
But, where we used to be His enemies because of our sin, we have become His children because of His grace, “Because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy made us alive … - it is by grace you have been saved.” His grace changes our relationship with Him from objects of His wrath, to objects of His mercy. His grace changes us from children of disobedience, to children of God. His grace, according to Hebrews 4:16, allows us to “approach [His] throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy [from Him] and find grace [from Him] to help us in our time of need.”
The Giving of a Great Son (v 31-33)
Then, we see in verses 31-33, The Giving of a Great Son. “You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name 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.”
The promise God makes to her is that she will be pregnant and the son she will have is going to be great. He is going to be great in 3 ways.
First, He will be great because He will bring forgiveness of sins. Matthew tells us that after Gabriel went to Mary, He then went to Joseph because Joseph was going to back out of the marriage and blow the whole plan. In 1:21, Gabriel tells Joseph, “Mary will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” The name Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means “The Lord saves”. The Lord was going to save His people from their sins. His name describes His mission. That’s why Joseph and Mary were to name this great son “Jesus.”
Second, He will be great because He will be famous, “He will be CALLED the Son of the Most High.” Verse 35 gives the reason why Jesus will be called the Son of the Most High, because, “the Holy Spirit will come upon Mary, and the power of the Most High will overshadow her. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of the Most High.”
But, Jesus will be recognized as the Son of God. God recognized Him in Mark 1:11, “And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well-pleased.’” John the Baptist said, “I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God.” John the Gospel writer recognized Jesus as the Son of God and
Third, He will be great because He will be first over all. He will be given the throne of His father, David. God promised David in 2 Samuel 7:12, 13 and 16, “When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.” There was an immediate fulfillment of this promise in David’s son, Solomon. Solomon succeeded David on the throne and built the temple that David wanted to build.
But, there is the future fulfillment that is coming still. There is a throne and a kingdom that will endure forever that is yet coming. Jesus Christ is that One who will sit upon that throne and reign over that kingdom that will be forever. Someday He is coming back and will fulfill this promise to David.
This is the promise made to Mary: the Giving of a Great Son. Do you think Joseph could ever top that? I can’t help but think also about the sibling rivalry in that family. How would you like to be the younger brother of Jesus trying to compete with this great son?! Mary always saying, “Why can’t you be more like your big brother Jesus?”
Do you ever think Mary lectured them and said something like, “Next time you think about running around acting like a bunch of Gentiles – getting into trouble and disgracing the family name - I want you to ask yourselves, ‘What would Jesus do?’ I should make some bracelets for you guys just to remind you of that!)
The Guarantee and Security (v 34-38)
At this point, Mary is confused. Unlike Zacharias, she believes the angel. In verse 18, Zacharias wanted to know how he could be sure his old wife could have a baby. In other words, he didn’t believe Gabriel’s message, and I love Gabriel’s response to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.” He goes on to say that Zacharias will be not able to speak anymore until John’s birthday. But, Gabriel says I stand in the presence of God. That is, he stands in the presence of the Holy God who is eternal and is source of all that is true. Gabriel says, “I’m around truth at all times, I am surrounded by it, I hear it at all times, I see it and stand next to Him who is true from all eternity and you, a mere man, have the audacity to question if what I say is true? I am saying to you the message that comes from the true God.”
Mary, on the other hand, in verse 34, believes, but doesn’t understand. “How will this be since I am a virgin?” And then we see the Guarantee and the Security offered by Gabriel in verses 35-37, “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 month. For nothing is impossible with God.”
It is by the power of God that this virgin would become pregnant. It was by the power of God that Elizabeth, who was barren and old, was pregnant. Mary could know this would happen because Elizabeth was pregnant, which is why she took off to go see her right away in verse 39. Two women, who humanly could not have been pregnant, became pregnant by the power of God. “With God all things are possible”.
We hear a similar statement by Jesus in Matthew 19. His disciples ask Him, ‘who can be saved?’ Jesus says, “With man this is impossible, but, with God all things are possible.” Salvation is impossible if it’s left into the hands of men. But, with God, salvation is possible. These miraculous pregnancies were directly related to the salvation that God was accomplishing. The Savior was being miraculously born. He came into the world by a miracle. He performed miracles. He was raised from the dead miraculously.
The same power that made these women pregnant with life, has made us full of eternal life. The promise is that a great Savior has come and saved us from our sins, and given us eternal life. That is a guarantee. Put your trust in God’s Son so that you can have God’s salvation.
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