A CHRISTMAS CAROL | WEEK 1
Dec 1, 2024

SCOTT BORMAN

 

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67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
Luke 1:67-79

 

 

Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is the child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
Luke 1:66

 

 

How do you respond when God’s answer to your prayer doesn’t look the way you expected—or when it arrives later than you hoped?

 

 

God Redeems Doubt with Faith

 

 

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
Luke 1:68

 

 

God Redeems Silence with Proclamation

 

 

69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
Luke 1:69-72

 

 

God Redeems the World through His Son

 

 

77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.
Luke 1:77-79