Category: Walk Through the Gospels
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If Jesus came and died on the cross only to make salvation a possibility, then He does not seem very powerful does He?
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“If the good Lord’s willing, then the creek WON’T rise!”
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We need to keep in memory those times when we see the Lord at work in our lives or the lives of others.
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He said that his name was already John for he knew that God had named the child even before he was born according to the testimony of Gabriel.
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If we have the mind that we are instructed to have, then we see ourselves as part of the single body of Christ in our local congregation.
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He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. Luke 1:54-55 Mary closes her song of praise by harkening back to the promise made to Abraham in Genesis. Holpen means “to take hold of and support or help.” Sojourn in…
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He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. – Luke 1:51-53 In this portion…
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And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. – Luke 1:50 Fear does not cause God to have mercy. Fear of the Lord is the evidence of the hand of mercy upon a person. When Jonah ran from his duty to preach to Ninevah, he boarded a ship to get away. The…
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For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. Luke 1:48-49 Why was Mary so happy that she just had to sing? Because God had blessed her beyond…
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And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. – Luke 1:46-47 Mary’s song breaks forth immediately in strains of joy and gladness! Her happiness is not a superficial or temporary one. Her joy comes from deep within and acknowledges the majesty and wonder of the…