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Ep 3 | Mary's Christmas | Warren W Wiersbe | My Time with God | BTTBI | Back To The Bible India | YouTubeToText
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The passage explains the divine conception of Jesus through the Holy Spirit to Mary, emphasizing God's power to accomplish the impossible and encouraging faith in His word.
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the angel gabriel gave mary some
startling news mary was to be the mother
of the messiah
by god's grace she would conceive in her
womb and give birth to the very son of god
god
we read in luke 1 beginning at verse 30
and the angel said unto her fear not
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
he shall be great and shall be called
the son of the highest and the lord god
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
well mary knew what was going to happen
but she did not know how it was going to
happen and therefore she asks in verse 34
34
then said mary unto the angel how shall
this be
seeing i know not a man
now mary's question was not born out of
unbelief as was the response of
zacharias back in verse 18.
when the angel told zacharias that his
wife would be bearing a son
the priest said how shall i know this
for i am an old man and my wife
well-stricken in years
well he was struck dumb because of his
unbelief according to verse 20
because thou believest not my words
which shall be fulfilled in their season
now mary knew that god could do the
impossible but how would he enable her
to conceive when she was not yet married
and more than that how could a mother
who admitted that she needed a savior
give birth to the sinless son of god who
can bring a clean thing out of an
unclean asked job 14 verse 4 and the
answer is given not one
and in job 25 4 the question is asked
how can he be clean that is born of a
woman now that was mary's concern
how would god bring about this wonderful
birth of the sinless son of god
well gabriel gave to mary a threefold
answer to her question and as we
consider this threefold answer i think
it's going to encourage us
to face the impossible and trust god i
don't know what you're facing today you
may have a physical problem or an
emotional problem there might be
something in the family or something in
your finances your business
perhaps you are discouraged with the
ministry of the church i don't know but
i want you to know as we study the word
of god today our god is the god of the impossible
impossible
first in verse 35 gabriel gave to mary a
word of enlightenment a word of explanation
explanation
the angel answered and said unto her
the holy spirit shall come upon thee and
the power of the highest shall
overshadow thee
therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of thee shall be
called the son of god you see he
enlightens her and tells her exactly how
god is going to perform this miracle
would you notice that not one word is
said about joseph
mary was engaged to joseph among the
jews at that time engagement was the
next thing to marriage i mean you did
not break an engagement except by divorce
divorce
and if an engaged girl was found
unfaithful to her fiance it was treated
like adultery
and so mary is wondering how this can be
done and the angel says it's not going
to be through joseph
it's going to be through the power of
the holy spirit of god now this is the
miracle of the virgin birth the virgin
conception and birth of our lord jesus
christ this was predicted back in the
old testament in isaiah chapter 7 and
verse 14.
in fact when god explained all of this
to joseph some three months later this
joseph thou son of david fear not to
take unto thee mary thy wife for that
which is conceived in her is of the holy ghost
ghost
and she shall bring forth a son and thou
shalt call his name jesus for he shall
save his people from their sins
now all this was done that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken of the lord
by the prophet saying and here's isaiah
7 14
behold a virgin shall be with child and
shall bring forth a son and they shall
call his name emmanuel which being
interpreted is god with us
you see the angel says that what is born
is going to be holy now the word holy
means set apart special unique
belonging to god in this case it means sinless
sinless
the sinless son of god
first peter 2 22 informs us that jesus
did no sin that's an interesting
statement in order to do no sin you must
have no sin in you and that's what we
find out in first john 3 5.
first john 3 5 states that in him is no
sin and this is why he did no sin first
peter 2 22
in fact second corinthians 5 21
underscores this by saying he knew no
sin that is he never experienced it now
of course he knew what sin was being god
and he knew what sin did
in fact he knows far better than we do
for he can see the end from the
beginning but jesus christ when he was
born is that holy thing the son of god
now the key word here is the word overshadowed
overshadowed
and the power of the highest shall
overshadow thee this is the same word
that is used in exodus chapter 40 verse
35 talking about the tabernacle let me
read it to you i'll begin with verse 34
of exodus 40.
then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation
congregation
and the glory of the lord filled the tabernacle
tabernacle
and moses was not able to enter into the
tent of the congregation because the
cloud abode thereon and the glory of the
lord filled the tabernacle now in the
greek translation of the old testament
the word abode in verse 35 of exodus 40
is the same as the word overshadow in
verse 35 of luke chapter 1.
it's the greek word
episkeyazo which means to overshadow
it's a picture of the shekinah glory
settling down in the holy of holies in
the tabernacle in other words
mary's body became the very temple of god
god
and the glory of god overshadowed her
and the power of god performed a miracle and
and
jesus was conceived in her virgin womb
this word over shadow is the same word
used in matthew mark and luke describing the
the
cloud at the transfiguration
where the cloud overshadowed them
as they were there on the mount with the
lord jesus now you and i
live under the shadow of the almighty we
live in the holy of holies if you are a
christian god has overshadowed you more
than that god lives in you by the power
of his holy spirit and the presence of
his holy spirit
therefore also that holy thing which
shall be born of thee shall be called
the son of god in hebrews 10 5 the lord
jesus says a body hast thou prepared me
this was done by the holy spirit of god
you see adam was given a body directly
by god
without a man or a woman
eve got her body from the man
but cain and abel got their bodies from
a man and a woman
the lord jesus got his body through a
woman through the power of the holy
spirit without the intervention of the man
man
god prepared a body for his son well a
word of enlightenment then in verse 36
there's a word of encouragement
and behold thy cousin or thy relative
elizabeth hath also conceived a son in
her old age and this is the sixth month
with her who was called baron you'll
recall that elizabeth had been hiding
herself for five months according to
verse 24. now apparently mary didn't
know about this elizabeth knew about it and
and
zacharias of course knew about it but
mary didn't know about it it's likely
that elizabeth and zacharias lived about
a hundred miles away from nazareth
probably in the priestly town of hebron
now we aren't told specifically but many
bible students believe that they were
living in hebron and so
mary had no way of knowing what was
happening to elizabeth
and now she gets the good news that her
aged relative this word cousin in the
greek means any kind of a relative
her aged relative was going to give
birth in her old age to a son now this
is a remarkable thing it's a word of encouragement
encouragement
it's as though the angel is saying now
mary god is able to do anything
now john the baptist of course was born
naturally through the begetting of the
father the conception of the mother
jesus was not born that same way he was
conceived by the holy spirit of god but
the point he's making is simply this god
is working out his plan god has a timetable
timetable
god is going to accomplish his purposes
and god is able to do not only the
difficult but the impossible
john the baptist himself admitted that
the lord jesus christ was sinless when
jesus came to be baptized john said i
have need to be baptized of you and do
you come to me
john the baptist recognized that though
john was born miraculously it was
nothing like the birth of the lord jesus
the birth of the lord jesus was unique
verse 36 gives us a word of
encouragement i get encouraged when i
hear of what god is doing for other people
people
when i hear what god is doing in other
radio ministries some of my friends who
share the word of god on the radio it
encourages me it blesses me to know how
god is using his word to accomplish his
purposes so there's a word of
enlightenment in verse 35
and there's a word of encouragement in
verse 36. that's why we need one another
that's why you and i must go to the
house of god and fellowship with the
people of god we need the encouragement
to know what god is doing in the lives
of others finally there's a word of
enablement verse 37 for with god
nothing shall be impossible
earlier in the broadcast our good news
singers sang that song that means so
much to us here at back to the bible
broadcast nothing is impossible
well this is a good testimony isn't it
for with god nothing shall be impossible
god said that to abraham back in genesis chapter
chapter
and verse 14 when god announced to
abraham that sarah was going to have a
son and like elizabeth sarah was old and
beyond the years of bearing
genesis 18 14 is anything too hard for
the lord
at the time appointed i will return unto
thee according to the time of life and
sarah shall have a son is anything too
hard for the lord the answer is no
nothing is too hard for the lord
in numbers 11 23
the lord said to moses is the lord's
hand waxed short
thou shalt see now whether my word shall
come to pass unto thee or not so god
said to abraham
i can do the impossible god said to
moses my hand is not paralyzed or shortened
shortened
remember what we read in job 42 job
learned a good lesson didn't he then job
answered the lord and said i know that
thou canst do everything
and that no thought can be withholden
from thee now i like these testimonies
is anything too hard for the lord
is the lord's hand waxed short
i know that thou canst do everything
then there's jeremiah's testimony in
jeremiah 32 17
ah lord behold thou hast made the heaven
and the earth by thy great power and
stretched out arm and there is nothing
too hard for thee i don't know what
you're facing today but you better lay
hold of that
jeremiah 32 17. his arm is not shortened
it's stretched out and there is nothing
too hard
for the our lord jesus
has the same message
in matthew chapter 19 and verse 26
with man this is impossible but with god
all things are possible
there is a translation of luke 137 that
really excites me
for no word of god shall be void of power
power
for with god nothing shall be impossible
why because his word has power and when
he says something
it is accomplished
and so he gives her a word of enablement
how is god going to do this by his word
how did he bring about creation through
his word how did he bring about the
birth of the lord jesus the power of the
holy spirit fulfilling the word of god
how did mary respond to all of this
the angel gave her a word of
enlightenment and a word of
encouragement and then a word of
enablement and mary said behold the
handmaid of the lord that word hand made
mean slave
the lowest kind of slave
behold the handmaid of the lord be it
unto me according to
thy word she believed the word of god
and the instant she believed the word of
god the miracle took place in her life
and she became a part of a miracle you
know you can make your life a miracle
just by believing the word of god god
comes to you and says you're facing the
impossible i am the one who majors on
the impossible now look
just trust my word surrender yourself
totally to me and i will accomplish my purposes
purposes
well mary received the grace of god and
mary believed the word of god and mary
yielded her body to the spirit of god
and the next thing we're going to find
is mary singing a song of praise
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