Savior Anticipated
Stephen Whitney
Luke 1:68-70
In July and August of 1854 something was killing thousands of people in London. The people thought, ‘‘It must be the bad air.’’
Because at that time they believed that most communicable diseases were caused by the inhaling contaminated air.
As the unseasonable heat baked the sewage that was dumped into the Thames River which flowed through the center of the city the smell become so bad that it was known as, ‘‘The Great Stink.’’
To help control the smell they poured lime into the river.
But the worst problem wasn’t the air. Research by Doctor John Snow would show that contaminated water was the cause of the
cholera epidemic an infection that spreads through contaminated food and water.
In Mark 7:15 When Jesus said, ‘‘Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them,’’ he was not referring to physical diseases. He was diagnosing the spiritual condition of our sinful heart. He then said, ‘‘It is what comes out of a person that defiles them.’’ We are born with a sin nature so we naturally sin.
J.C. Ryle - ‘‘The wickedness of men is often attributed to
bad examples, bad company, peculiar temptations or to the snares of the devil. It seems forgotten that every man carries within him a fountain of wickedness. We have within us the
beginning of every sin under heaven.’’
We need a Savior who will forgive us of our sins.
FREEDOM :67-68
Zechariah’s last words in the temple to the angel, who told him he would have a son, were of doubt and unbelief that God could give him a son because he and his wife were too old to have children.
His first words after his son was born and his speech restored are
a song of praise focusing on the great expectations of the coming Messiah who would save his people from their sins.
:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel - was a common form of expressing thanksgiving or praise to God for what he had done.
Psalm 72:18 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Is ...
Stephen Whitney
Luke 1:68-70
In July and August of 1854 something was killing thousands of people in London. The people thought, ‘‘It must be the bad air.’’
Because at that time they believed that most communicable diseases were caused by the inhaling contaminated air.
As the unseasonable heat baked the sewage that was dumped into the Thames River which flowed through the center of the city the smell become so bad that it was known as, ‘‘The Great Stink.’’
To help control the smell they poured lime into the river.
But the worst problem wasn’t the air. Research by Doctor John Snow would show that contaminated water was the cause of the
cholera epidemic an infection that spreads through contaminated food and water.
In Mark 7:15 When Jesus said, ‘‘Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them,’’ he was not referring to physical diseases. He was diagnosing the spiritual condition of our sinful heart. He then said, ‘‘It is what comes out of a person that defiles them.’’ We are born with a sin nature so we naturally sin.
J.C. Ryle - ‘‘The wickedness of men is often attributed to
bad examples, bad company, peculiar temptations or to the snares of the devil. It seems forgotten that every man carries within him a fountain of wickedness. We have within us the
beginning of every sin under heaven.’’
We need a Savior who will forgive us of our sins.
FREEDOM :67-68
Zechariah’s last words in the temple to the angel, who told him he would have a son, were of doubt and unbelief that God could give him a son because he and his wife were too old to have children.
His first words after his son was born and his speech restored are
a song of praise focusing on the great expectations of the coming Messiah who would save his people from their sins.
:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel - was a common form of expressing thanksgiving or praise to God for what he had done.
Psalm 72:18 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Is ...
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