A REASON TO SING (3 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Luke 1:57-76, Luke 1:78-80
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A Reason to Sing (3 of 5)
Series: The Christmas Story
Scott Maze
Luke 1:57-80
Take a panoramic picture of the few gathered today for fun. We gather here today to explore The Christmas Story. And we are doing specifically through the eyes of Luke. He tells us the Christmas story in two chapters and today we finish the longest chapter in the New Testament. Today, I want to look at what made an old father sing nearly 2,000 Christmases ago.
Today’s Scripture
Read Luke 1:57-80
Luke has written the first two chapters of his gospel as a mini-story in the larger story of his gospel. This is obvious when we consider that his story begins the narrative by telling us the story of old man, a priest, in the Temple, and closes with the young boy, Jesus, in the Temple. Today’s story is really the completion of a story that we looked at weeks ago.
The present passage falls into three parts: the birth of John (Luke 1:57–58), the naming of John (Luke 1:59–66), and Zechariah’s song (Luke 1:67–80).
First, though, let’s back up a bit. Who is this guy Zechariah, and what’s the big deal about his being the father of John?
1. The Coordination of a Major Event
Event coordinator is listed as one of the most stressful jobs among surveys in recent years. Where the event itself might be a wedding or a political meeting crucial to a candidate’s future, the pressure is on the coordinator. The events often have high stakes for the coordinator. And logistics interests us. Companies such as Amazon, who are branding themselves as the Everything Store, promise next day deliver on so many items. For anyone who’s given serious consideration of the Great Pyramids in Egypt, one of the questions that perplexes us is the logistics of such a feat. Just how did these ancient people move the six million tons necessary to build even the Pyramid of Giza? God is coordinating the events of thousand of years and millions of people. Indeed, He is aligning everything up a ...
Series: The Christmas Story
Scott Maze
Luke 1:57-80
Take a panoramic picture of the few gathered today for fun. We gather here today to explore The Christmas Story. And we are doing specifically through the eyes of Luke. He tells us the Christmas story in two chapters and today we finish the longest chapter in the New Testament. Today, I want to look at what made an old father sing nearly 2,000 Christmases ago.
Today’s Scripture
Read Luke 1:57-80
Luke has written the first two chapters of his gospel as a mini-story in the larger story of his gospel. This is obvious when we consider that his story begins the narrative by telling us the story of old man, a priest, in the Temple, and closes with the young boy, Jesus, in the Temple. Today’s story is really the completion of a story that we looked at weeks ago.
The present passage falls into three parts: the birth of John (Luke 1:57–58), the naming of John (Luke 1:59–66), and Zechariah’s song (Luke 1:67–80).
First, though, let’s back up a bit. Who is this guy Zechariah, and what’s the big deal about his being the father of John?
1. The Coordination of a Major Event
Event coordinator is listed as one of the most stressful jobs among surveys in recent years. Where the event itself might be a wedding or a political meeting crucial to a candidate’s future, the pressure is on the coordinator. The events often have high stakes for the coordinator. And logistics interests us. Companies such as Amazon, who are branding themselves as the Everything Store, promise next day deliver on so many items. For anyone who’s given serious consideration of the Great Pyramids in Egypt, one of the questions that perplexes us is the logistics of such a feat. Just how did these ancient people move the six million tons necessary to build even the Pyramid of Giza? God is coordinating the events of thousand of years and millions of people. Indeed, He is aligning everything up a ...
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