1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:05,720 Last week Pastor Jake talked about life interruptions. 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:12,920 Zacharias and and Elizabeth's life was interrupted in a very 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:17,680 good way. But some interruptions are not 4 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:24,520 so good, like when we break a knee or come down with cancer or 5 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,800 have a stroke. All events that have interrupted 6 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,800 our personal family schedule, getting married or the arrival 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:39,160 of a baby or death in the family are all life changing events. 8 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:48,280 Our passage today tells us about a unique historical event more 9 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:53,800 unlikely to happen then the Blue Jays winning the World Series or 10 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,680 the Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup. 11 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:09,360 This morning we're going to be reading from Luke chapter 1 and 12 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,760 as we discuss them we want to focus on them as. 13 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,280 So I won't read the whole passage to start, but we will 14 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,000 read them as we come through them. 15 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:29,320 So keep your Bibles open to Luke chapter 1, verses 26 to 38, 16 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:38,280 verse 26. Now, in the sixth month, the 17 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:45,080 Angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth 18 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,400 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph of the 19 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:55,080 House of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 20 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:03,720 Gabriel was a special messenger from God who brought messages to 21 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,000 Daniel, to Zacharias, and here to Mary. 22 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,200 Mary was in Nazareth. I think Pastor Jake mentioned 23 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:21,040 that last week that it this was not some religious center, not 24 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:29,480 Jerusalem or Bethlehem. When so Gabriel brought this 25 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:34,040 bewildering message to a small town, the city of Nazareth, a 26 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:40,200 lowly place and despised Nathaniel, which was one of 27 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,920 Eventually one of Jesus's disciples commented that 28 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,280 comment. His comment was what good can 29 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:53,680 come from Nazareth? So last week Pastor Jake talked 30 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:59,520 about interruptions in life. Now Mary's life was totally 31 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:06,080 interrupted. She was engaged to Joseph and 32 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,440 was waiting for that wonderful wedding day. 33 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:17,920 But life got messy. Gabriel greeted her. 34 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:29,920 Bringing a message of joy and blessing, he said that Mary was 35 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:34,320 highly favored by God and chosen to bear a son. 36 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,400 But the earthly father was not going to be Joseph. 37 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:46,200 Joseph became the adopted father and God was the real father. 38 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:54,880 Betrothal time was a time when a couple prepared for marriage. 39 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,160 Society expected purity until marriage, and if a young lady 40 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,800 got pregnant before marriage, she could have been stoned to 41 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,280 death. Today, engagement often is 42 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,360 interpreted as a license to become more physically intimate, 43 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,399 but not in Mary's day. That could lead to death. 44 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:25,120 Instead, the individuals were almost isolated from each other 45 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,400 as they prepared for the big celebration, which sometimes 46 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:35,840 lasted up to a week. The man would often build a wing 47 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:41,240 to the parents house to live in and Joseph being a Carpenter 48 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,200 would have been working to get a place ready for after the 49 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:51,880 wedding. Verse 28 and having come in the 50 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,360 Angel said to her, rejoice highly favored one, the Lord is 51 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,240 with you, blessed are you among women. 52 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:08,360 So Mary found grace. She found she found that she was 53 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:14,800 highly favored with God. This favor was from God, was not 54 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,360 because of self, effort or personal goodness. 55 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,280 It came from an understanding of God's love and favor. 56 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,760 Grace is the attribute of God where He looks overlooks our 57 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,000 faults. We don't deserve God's 58 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,600 blessings. We're not perfect and neither 59 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:41,840 was Mary. If an Angel showed up at your 60 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:48,800 door, how would you react? What would you say? 61 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:58,920 Verse 29 says that when she saw him, she was troubled at his 62 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,800 saying and considered what manner of greeting this was. 63 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:09,680 Then the Angel said to her, Do not be afraid Mary, for you have 64 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,800 found favor with God, and behold, you will conceive in 65 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,240 your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. 66 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:27,480 We need to ask ourselves the question, have we found favor 67 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:34,280 with God? What would it take to find or 68 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:41,600 receive God's favor? In this passage we have one of 69 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:47,880 the most unique features of Christendom, the virgin birth. 70 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:53,040 God indicated this from the very beginning. 71 00:06:53,360 --> 00:07:01,760 In Genesis chapter 3, verse 15. It says that the one that would 72 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:07,040 crush the head of the serpent, Satan, was to come from the seed 73 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:10,040 of a woman. We have the next slide. 74 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:21,160 Thank you Sir. Genesis does not reference any 75 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,400 male involvement in this prophetic word written down from 76 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:32,120 oral tradition by Moses about 1500 years before this event. 77 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:40,640 Then God's prophetic word is reaffirmed in Isaiah Chapter 7 78 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:46,440 verse 14. Therefore the Lord himself will 79 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,840 give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall 80 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:54,240 conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel. 81 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,520 And Emmanuel here means God with us. 82 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:06,080 God came down and identified with humanity, being born as a 83 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,760 child and taking on the human form while keeping his divine 84 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,160 nature. When sin came into the world, 85 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:22,120 the punishment was death. We see in in Genesis chapter 2 86 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:31,000 verse 17 God said to Adam, but of the tree of the knowledge of 87 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,120 good and evil you should not eat, for in the day that you eat 88 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:42,799 of it you shall surely die. Romans 5 verse 12 says 89 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,480 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and 90 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:54,520 death through sin, thus death spread to all men because all 91 00:08:54,600 --> 00:09:01,800 have sinned, That death was not just a physical death, but a 92 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,120 spiritual death, being separated with God forever. 93 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:11,400 Until the point at where we accept Christ's forgiveness, we 94 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,400 are powerless to cleanse our own sin. 95 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:23,280 We can't do enough good deeds to make things right, Isaiah 64 96 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,760 verse 6 says. But we are all like an unclean 97 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,920 thing and all our righteousnesses are like filthy 98 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:36,040 rags. We all fade like as a leaf and 99 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,720 our iniquities like the wind have taken us away. 100 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:46,640 In the Old Testament an animal was sacrificed to cover the sin, 101 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,720 but the old covenant has been a done away with. 102 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,360 We don't have animal sacrifices anymore. 103 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,360 The new covenant began with the virgin birth. 104 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:02,920 Jesus was not just man, but he was divine. 105 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:09,880 Gabriel again repeats the message that Mary has nothing to 106 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,080 fear as she has found favor with God. 107 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,280 What kind of character do you think would please God? 108 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,840 Maybe fruits of the spirit that we find in Galatians chapter 5, 109 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,480 Lovejoy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, 110 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,360 faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. 111 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:39,880 Maybe also characteristics like purity, devotion, meekness and 112 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:45,160 humility. Mary also might have been asking 113 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:53,880 the question, why me? Do we have the kind of character 114 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:59,880 that God would be pleased with? What are the kind of struggles 115 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:03,680 that we go through? We struggle with purity, with 116 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:10,040 kindness, with self worth, self-control, irritation or 117 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:15,920 anger. What else in our lives require 118 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:22,280 God's constant forgiveness and loving mercy to correct and to 119 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,680 make us into the kind of person that Mary exemplified? 120 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:35,720 Gabriel goes on to describe what this child Jesus would be like. 121 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:44,000 Now Jesus was a very popular name in Greek and it means 122 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:50,360 Jehovah saves. In the Hebrew it was Joshua. 123 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,720 And by this name we learned that the Son of God would be the 124 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,600 Savior that God was sending to redeem his people. 125 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:11,200 In verse 32 we read he will be great and will be called the Son 126 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:16,480 of the highest, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his 127 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:22,640 father David, and he will reign over the House of Jacob Forever 128 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:29,680 and his Kingdom and of his Kingdom there will be no end. 129 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,360 So Gabriel prophesied that Jesus would be great. 130 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:42,320 John at the end of his gospel, after writing all about the life 131 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:49,480 of Jesus, he said in verse 25. There are also many other things 132 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:55,080 that Jesus did which they if they were written 1 by 1. 133 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,880 I suppose even the world itself could not contain the books that 134 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,880 could be written. But the greatest work that Jesus 135 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:09,760 did was to bridge that gap between God, God's perfection 136 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:19,000 and holiness, and our sinfulness as the Son of the Most High, the 137 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:26,640 Father, He knew no sin, and that is one of the mysteries of the 138 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:32,640 virgin birth. Another prophecy given here by 139 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,600 Gabriel was that he would profit. 140 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:38,080 He would reign over the House of Israel or Jacob. 141 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:44,600 There would be no end to his Kingdom, though we we see 142 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:49,480 through the genealogies that are written in Matthew and Luke that 143 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,240 Jesus was a descendant of the line of King David. 144 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,680 So my question whether that prophecy was fulfilled in the 145 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:02,280 first coming. But we know that Jesus was the 146 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:07,520 Savior of the world and that he was the spiritual ruler over 147 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:13,520 Israel and someday he is coming back to complete his reign and 148 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:22,240 we all anticipate that coming. In verse 34 we read then Mary 149 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,320 said to the Angel, how can this be? 150 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:30,760 I do not know a man and the Angel answered and said to her, 151 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,360 the Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power, the Most High 152 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,720 will over shadow you. Therefore also that the Holy 153 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:45,400 Spirit, Holy One, who is to be born, will be called the Son of 154 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:51,440 God. So how could a virgin become a 155 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,480 mum without a husband, without a man? 156 00:14:55,680 --> 00:15:01,520 Here it tells us that the power of the Most High would over 157 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:06,000 shadow Mary. He would be called the Son of 158 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:11,240 God because of the supernatural power to that, because of the 159 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:16,000 supernatural power that was that to create, it was needed to 160 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,800 create in Mary's womb a child from the seat of the woman to 161 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:28,240 make him fully human and the presence of God would make him 162 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:34,440 fully God. The new covenant began with 163 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:40,640 God's coming and overshadowing Mary, much like that glory that 164 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:46,200 was displayed when God's spirit filled the temple in Exodus 165 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:55,880 chapter 40 verse 34 and 35. We read there when then the 166 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,760 cloud covered the Tabernacle of meeting and the glory of the 167 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:04,240 Lord filled the Tabernacle, and Moses was not able to enter the 168 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,000 Tabernacle of meeting because the cloud rested above it and 169 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,000 the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. 170 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:19,280 That presence of God was so complete, so that presence of 171 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:25,400 God so completely enveloped Mary and was the moment the beginning 172 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,360 of Jesus becoming a child in the womb of Mary. 173 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:38,520 No longer was God's glory in the physical temple, but now it 174 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:43,760 overshadowed people and we can experience God's presence in our 175 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:49,840 lives. The level to which God can be 176 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:55,920 God can reflect His glory in US will depend on the level of our 177 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:03,480 commitment to Him, Paul declared in First Corinthians chapter 316 178 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,520 and 17. Do you not know that you are the 179 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,119 temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 180 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:17,440 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him, for 181 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:25,560 the temple of God is holy. Which temple you are to 182 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:31,760 authenticate the prophetic word. Gabriel told Mary that in verse 183 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:36,440 36. Now indeed Elizabeth your 184 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:41,560 relative has also conceived a son in her old age and this and 185 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:47,280 this is now the 6th month for her who is called Baron. 186 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:53,040 Now Mary would have not would have known about Elizabeth's 187 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:58,760 barrenness, but Elizabeth had gone into hiding for five 188 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:04,360 months, so Mary didn't know about her pregnancy yet. 189 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:11,280 This is another Rhema, another word prophecy from God to Mary. 190 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:20,840 Our next verse is a pivotal word in this passage, verse 37. 191 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:29,080 For with God nothing, no Rhema will be impossible. 192 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:39,200 Now this is a, a bit of a difficult verse to translate and 193 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,880 I always like to go back, especially when I read in 194 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,560 different versions that there's something not quite the same in 195 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,480 all of them. So then I kind of say, OK, now 196 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:55,840 what is the what's the basis for there being a difference here in 197 00:18:55,840 --> 00:19:00,760 the Scriptures? And so here we see that there is 198 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:08,920 a A word says nothing here, but really that word is Rhema. 199 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:16,440 And Rhema refers to a specific, timely and personal a personally 200 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:22,440 applied word from God, quickened by the Holy Spirit to a believer 201 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,320 for a particular situation or a need. 202 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:34,600 This concept emphasizes immediacy, personal application, 203 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:39,280 and an active living experience of God's guidance. 204 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:53,960 Mary's response to the Angel Gabriel was May it happen to me, 205 00:19:53,960 --> 00:20:00,520 according to your Rhema, your word highlighting her obedience. 206 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,480 Her obedient faith in a specific divine message. 207 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,280 So Rhema, is that specific portion of truth that comes 208 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:16,920 alive and personally relevant to an individual at a given moment. 209 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:25,840 God loves the impossible. Some of the most profound 210 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,800 statements were made with the coming of Jesus. 211 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:44,120 Here we see that because every word will not be impossible with 212 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:50,120 God, God's word will be fulfilled. 213 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,760 Most of our translations generalize this by saying 214 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,200 nothing is impossible with God, but it misses the significance 215 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:05,000 that the IT is the word of God spoken to individuals that is 216 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:11,280 spoken about here, that it will not be impossible, not be not 217 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:16,520 fulfilled. Everything that was spoken by 218 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,400 God through the prophets would come true. 219 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:24,200 Mary had just listened to and watch. 220 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:28,720 All she had to do was to watch Jesus to see the prophecies 221 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:35,280 fulfilled before her very eyes. Mary probably had some doubts 222 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,560 that she what she was hearing was really true. 223 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,400 She would not be able to confirm the truth of the angels message 224 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:48,760 for a few days, but that would only add to the impact of the 225 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,280 Word which was now coming to her. 226 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,720 She had received a special message from God and this would 227 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,160 carry her through the trials which would be coming her way. 228 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,560 Perhaps some of you have received a special word from God 229 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,080 revealing a special truth which transforms your life. 230 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:18,120 I don't suggest that that we need to be ever searching for a 231 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:23,000 Rhema from God, but as we read the Bible, certain verses speak 232 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:28,240 to us and meet our need at that precise moment in time. 233 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:35,360 I believe that this is good to look for specific answers from 234 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:39,440 the Word of God. Times when I have struggled with 235 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,520 life problems, God has spoken to me through His Word. 236 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,720 And another unique highlight in the original Greek is that 237 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,320 there's a double negative here in the verb. 238 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:59,640 The Greek has not will not be possible. 239 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,440 It's really awkward in English and so that's why they 240 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:12,480 translated the way they did. But the verb here is is the root 241 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:22,760 of it is the meaning that has power and to be able to do from 242 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:27,520 which we get words in English like dynamite, Dynamo and 243 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:34,680 dynamic. So what kind of dreams do you 244 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:40,400 have? What do you think God could do 245 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:48,080 through you? First Corinthians chapter 2 246 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:56,080 verse 9 says I has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into 247 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:01,160 the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those 248 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:08,480 who love Him. How much do you love God? 249 00:24:14,010 --> 00:24:19,490 Do you love him like Mary? Are you prepared for some 250 00:24:19,490 --> 00:24:28,080 miracles to happen in your life? What spiritual goals can you 251 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:34,000 visualize? Can you visualize family members 252 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,840 who are wayward turning back to God? 253 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:44,440 I can. Can you imagine the joy of 254 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:49,600 seeing many hearts turn to Christ because of your witness? 255 00:24:52,920 --> 00:25:00,320 I can. Can you see people who have been 256 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,560 touched by your words of encouragement going out into the 257 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,200 world and helping transform the lives of others? 258 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:16,080 Maybe you can. Could God do the impossible 259 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:21,760 through you? Why not? 260 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:30,760 If you say no, you've just put God in a box and I hope that you 261 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:36,080 unwrap him by Christmas that you can experience the greatest time 262 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:41,960 of your life this Christmas season before God will do 263 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,240 fantastic things through you. There are several things which 264 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:51,240 need to happen in your life. First of all, you need to get on 265 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:54,120 God's wavelength. Listen to Him. 266 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:00,600 Mary was used of God in a mighty way to bring His Son into the 267 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:07,800 world. As we explore this passage, we 268 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:12,680 can examine what can we learn about Mary so that we can be 269 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,400 used of God like she was to bring tremendous blessing to the 270 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:23,120 world in our generation. Don't let anything stand in your 271 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:25,320 way of doing great things for God. 272 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:33,640 Don't make sure that you allow God to accomplish what He wants 273 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:38,080 in your life. Go after the vision that God has 274 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,800 given you. Use the gifts which God has 275 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,360 entrusted to you. God can do the impossible. 276 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:49,800 God is doing the impossible and God will do the impossible. 277 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:57,280 God loves the impossible. No eye has seen, nor ear is 278 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,920 heard, nor mind is conceived what God has done and has in 279 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:07,040 store for those who love him, what a great promise from God 280 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:18,720 for those who keep His word. In verse 38, Mary said, Behold, 281 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:24,920 the maidservant of the Lord, let it be to me, according to your 282 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:29,320 word. And the Angel departed from her. 283 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,560 How do you consider your position before God? 284 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:44,320 Can you say with Mary I am the Lord's slave? 285 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:55,280 Are you willing to voluntarily submit to God and obey Him 286 00:27:55,280 --> 00:28:00,840 totally and obey His word to you? 287 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:09,200 God is exciting things waiting for you if you put your total 288 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:13,160 trust in Him. Shall we pray? 289 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:27,160 Lord, You want to do great things through each one. 290 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:31,720 Here. You have created us all with a 291 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:36,040 purpose, and sometimes that purpose is hard to find. 292 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:42,400 Sometimes we need a Rhema, a word from You to understand the 293 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,680 direction that You want our life to go. 294 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:53,640 Lord, I pray that you will touch our hearts and that You will do 295 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:59,480 the impossible through US for your kingdom's sake. 296 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:01,320 Amen.