The Promise
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The Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32 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:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost 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.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
The Greatest Gift
++Is connected to a Promise
++Comes from God
++Seems Hindered by the impossible
God specialized in things that seem impossible
With God nothing is impossible
With God nothing is impossible
In this text
++God is the sender
++God is the maker of the promise
++God take the Load
Mary ask a good question
Mary ask a good question
Things she knew
++To have a baby she needed a man
++She was a virgin
++She had never been with a man
She asked
++How shall these things be?
++Is there another way?
++How can God use me?
Things she didn’t know
++She was highly favoured
++The Lord was with her
++How blessed she was
She even question within herself
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
The angel’s answer
++Do not Fear
++You have found favour with God
++Walk in that favour
God had chosen her for an assignment
God had chosen her for an assignment
She was
++To be the instrument of God
++To bring forth the son of God
++To declare Him
++To make him Visible to all
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Jesus has
++Come for us
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Jesus has
Come for us
++Lived for us
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Jesus has
Come for us
Lived for us
++Died for us
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
Jesus has
Come for us
Lived for us
Died for us
++Risen for us
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
By this
++We have assurance
++We know we are his
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
We have
++been changed
++been born again
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
This birth is
++Not heredity
++Not Carnality
++Not Man’s will
++Of God
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Born of the Spirit of God
Born of the Spirit of God
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
What is the promise?
What is the promise?
Matthew called it
The Kingdom of Heaven
The Kingdom of Heaven
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The Kingdom of Heaven
++Worthy of repentance
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The Kingdom of Heaven
Worthy of repentance
++Is at hand
Mark called it
The Kingdom of God
The Kingdom of God
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
The Kingdom of God
Worthy of repentance
Is good news
++Is at Hand
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
The Kingdom of God
++Righteousness
++Peace
++Joy
The Kingdom of God in the Holy Ghost
The Kingdom of God in the Holy Ghost
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
This is the Promise
This is the Promise
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
This power enables us
++To speak the will of God
++To know way of God
++To do the work of God
His kingdom has come
His kingdom has come
It has come
++In Divine Power
++In Direction
++Strength
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.