Believe God’s promises

Scripture: Luke 1:57-66

God is Faithful to Keep His Promises

 “Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. And her neighbors and relative heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.” (v57-58)

“And Jesus answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you hear and see; the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.’” (Matthew 11:2-5)

God Calls Us to Believe His Promises

“On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, but his mother answered, ‘No, he shall be called John’. And they said to her, ‘None of your relatives is called by this name.’ And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote. ‘His name is John.’” (v59-63)

“Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John; ‘What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? . . . A man dressed in soft clothing? a prophet? Yes I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is he whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.” (Matthew 11:7-10)

God Blesses Us Through His Promises

“And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.” (v64)

“Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. . . . For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.” (Matthew 11:11-15)