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| Luke 1:30-37 30: And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31: And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32: He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33: and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." 34: And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" 35: And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. 36: And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37: For with God nothing will be impossible." |
 Well, go with me to the first chapter of Luke.
(Luke 1: 30) We’re going to talk about the Mary miracle during this Advent
season. We’ll talk about the miracle of God, the voice of God always speaking around
us, in us, and through us, while we’re waiting for lightning and are unaware. The
angel Gabriel came to Mary. Now isn’t it interesting - all of the time life is at
this intersection of the supernatural and the natural, angels are all around us, the voice
of God continually speaking, the spirit of God continually working. But if we’re only
aware of about 10 percent of the physical of what’s going on around us, how unaware
we are of the spiritual! That is why Jesus said what is flesh is flesh and what is spirit
is spirit. Now some of us hear the angel’s voice. Look at the 30th verse. Mary heard
and the angel Gabriel say to her, "Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found
favor with God, and now you will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you will name
him Jesus. He will be great and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord
God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of
Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."Now,
there will be an end to your kingdom. There will be an end to the kingdom of the United
States of America. We’ve been around about 200 years and we look like we’re on
the downward swing of things. Do you know, America has lasted a whole lot longer than a
lot of other kingdoms in the world. It’s lasted longer than the kingdoms of ancient
Rome and ancient Greece, but we’re on the downswing, folks. "Long Live
America" will not happen. But the kingdom of Jesus Christ will be sustained forever.
There will be no end. Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?" And
the angel said back to Mary, "It’s a God thing. The Holy Spirit is going to come
upon you and God will do this." Doesn’t make sense, it’s not rational,
you’re never going to figure God out with the scientific method. And, here is what I
love, the angel says in verse 37, "For nothing is impossible with God."
Don’t you love that? "Nothing is impossible with God." |
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Life in Christ is a continuous miracle. I
share with my family often that if I die, I have had 46 years of incredible life. I mean,
what a life! See, life is an intersection between the divine and the human. There is this
intersection going on all the time between the supernatural and the natural. The Bible
calls it between the spirit and the flesh. Miracles are happening all the time - in us and
around us and through us. But, we’re waiting for lightning, and we don’t see.