This content explains the angelic announcement to Mary, highlighting Jesus Christ as the Savior, who is great and the eternal King, offering peace and freedom from fear to those who believe in Him.
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how would you respond if an angel
suddenly stepped into your home and
brought you a special message from god
well you would probably respond the way
mary responded
the record is found in luke chapter 1
beginning at verse 26
and in the sixth month that means the
sixth month after john the baptist was conceived
conceived
the angel gabriel was sent from god into
a city of galilee named nazareth to a
virgin espouse to a man whose name was
joseph of the house of david and the
virgin's name was mary
and the angel came in unto her and said
hail thou who art highly favored the
lord is with thee blessed art thou among women
women
and when she saw him she was troubled at
his saying and considered in her mind
what manner of greeting this should be
you see mary's response shows her
humility she certainly never expected to
meet an angel in person
but it also shows her humanity
she had real feelings of perplexity and fear
fear
but gabriel soon calmed her fears by
sharing the wonderful news that he had
come from heaven to bring
the angel said unto her fear not mary
for thou hast found favor with god this
is the first time you find the word
grace in the new testament
back in verse 28 the words hail and
highly favored are a form of the word
grace but this is the first time you
actually find the word grace in the new testament
testament
fear not mary for thou hast found grace
with god and behold thou shalt conceive
in thy womb and bring forth a son
and shalt call his name jesus he shall
be great and shall be called the son of
the highest
and the lord shall give unto him the
throne of his father david and he shall
reign over the house of jacob forever
and of his kingdom there shall be no end
now please note that this message is
about the lord jesus christ it's not
about mary
this is why the message calmed her fears
fear not is one of the key messages in
the story of the gospel of jesus christ
in fact seven times in the gospel of
luke you'll find the lord jesus or
someone saying
fear not
the angel said to zacharias fear not thy
prayer is heard luke 1 13.
to the shepherds in chapter 2 and verse
10 fear not for behold i bring you good
tidings of great joy which shall be to
all people
our lord said to peter in chapter 5
verse 10 fear not from henceforth thou
shalt catch men
to jairus in chapter 8 verse 50 he said
fear not and to the disciples in chapter
12 twice he said fear not you know
people today are afraid
and yet the answer to your fears
is the grace of god
and the grace of god brings to us the
son of god
you see you and i can just like mary
experience the grace of god and the
peace of god if only we'll understand
and believe
what the bible has to say about jesus christ
christ
notice the facts that the angel revealed
about jesus christ
in verses 30 and 31 he is the savior
and the angel said unto her fear not mary
mary
for thou hast found favor or grace with
god and behold thou shalt conceive in
thy womb and bring forth a son and shalt
call his name jesus now the name jesus
means jehovah is salvation
the name jesus simply means savior
later on
joseph was going to get the message
matthew 1 21 thou shalt call his name
jesus for he shall save his people from
their sins
now people are afraid today because of sin
sin
they aren't afraid of sin because they
run ahead and commit sin the way they
feel like it but they're afraid of the consequences
