Luke records Jesus’ birth, the shepherds’ visit, and Jesus’ circumcision which was when Simeon and Anna prophesied about Jesus’ ministry. These accounts are laden in the saving grace through Jesus to all including the Gentiles. He does not record the wise men visit nor Jesus’ need to be taken to Egypt to escape Herod’s wrath. […]
Tag: Luke 1
Luke 2:25-27 is today’s BDBD. Simeon’s Holy Spirit Revelation.
Luke records that “the Holy Spirit was upon Simeon”, a righteous and devout Jew. Quoting Tozer, “The Spirit-filled life is not a special, deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for His people. There is nothing about the Holy Spirit queer, or strange, or eerie. “Unless you […]
Luke 2:21-24 is today’s BDBD. Jesus Embarks the Covenant.
The sign of the covenant between the Lord God and Abraham was circumcision. Luke states the Law, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord.” (Exodus 13:2, 12) God Almighty said He would be Abraham’s God, as well as the God of his descendants. Abraham and his descendants were to keep their part. […]
Luke 1:15-20 is today’s BDBD. Testimony Treasures.
The shepherds went to Bethlehem and saw that the angel’s message was true. Mary, Joseph, and a newborn baby, Jesus Christ, were as was told. Jesus was in a manger. The shepherds told everyone they encountered what had been said about Jesus. Their testimony was true. Everyone was amazed. She and Joseph had not known […]
Luke 2:12-14 is today’s BDBD. Peace & Favor.
The angel gave the shepherd a sign that would enable them to find Christ, the Lord (“Christos Kyrios” in the original Greek). The sign was unusual in itself, a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger (12). The anointed was poor and destitute from birth. Christ did not work in worldly riches, glory, […]
Luke 2:11c is today’s BDBD. Christ the Lord.
The angel says of the baby Jesus, “He is Christ (Messiah) the Lord.” Christ the Lord renders a Greek expression found nowhere else in the New Testament. It literally can be translated, “Christ Lord”. Perhaps we should understand it as “Christ and Lord”. Acts 2:36 records Peter saying to the crowd on the day of […]
Luke 2:8-11 is today’s BDBD. Angel Visitation.
Jesus, the Savior, was announced to shepherds living in the fields around Bethlehem by the angel of the Lord. The angel did not appear to people living in Bethlehem who rejected the Messiah and his parents, nor the religious leaders in and near Jerusalem, nor the Jewish eccentric sect called the Essenes living in Qumran, […]
Luke 2:1-7 is today’s BDBD. As a Matter of Fact.
Luke, the author, establishes the facts of Jesus’ birth. He establishes when Jesus was born with other events that can be easily dated. Numbering years as we do now was invented by a monk in 525 AD and adopted officially in the 9th century. So, antiquity authors used well-documented and known people and events to […]
Luke 1:76-79 is today’s BDBD. Path of Peace.
Zechariah begins to direct the subject of his song to his son, John, a prophet of the Most High. Zechariah repeats and adds to the angel’s message concerning John’s mission (13-17). Zechariah’s song has hints of Psalm 23 with the stanza, “…the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living […]
Luke 1:72-75 is today’s BDBD. Serve Him Without Fear.
Nine months before this event, Zechariah was chosen by lot to burn incense in the temple. Most priests had a deep-seated fear of God, especially when this honor was bestowed upon them. Zechariah loved the Lord, but, like the rest of the Jews, he had learned to fear the Lord while living in exile in […]
Luke 1:68-71 is today’s BDBD. Redeemed!
“I am redeemed!” a title to some popular contemporary Christian and Gospel songs: one by Big Daddy Weave, another by Jessie Dixon, and another by Chris Blue. Oh yeah, there is also the one by Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist titled, “The Lord, the God of Israel has redeemed his people,” a longer […]
Luke 1:67 is today’s BDBD. Holy Spirit Filled.
Zechariah was filled with the Spirit after silent humble Bible study and prayer for over nine months. Every prophesy comes from the Holy Spirit. Peter wrote, “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but […]
Luke 1:64-67 is today’s BDBD. The Hand.
God wanted everyone to know that John was to be something special. He wanted everyone to pay close attention to the lad, for he was the forerunner of the Messiah, the Elijah who was to come (17). God introduced a prophet for the first time in four hundred years. No one is recorded as having […]
Luke 1:60-64 is today’s BDBD. Still Silent?
When it was time to name Zechariah’s and Elizabeth’s son during the circumcision, the local religious leaders were going to follow tradition and give him his father’s name. Elizabeth had learned from Zechariah that the angel who visited him in the temple said to name the boy John, which means “Jehovah has been gracious.” Zechariah […]
Luke 1:59 is today’s BDBD. Circumcised.
Zechariah and Elizabeth brought their baby son to be circumcised, as required by the Law of Moses. Circumcision was the way to bring boys into the nation and society of Israel. It is and was for purification and a seal of the covenant made to Abraham. (Genesis 17:1-3, 9-11) Circumcision is the removal of a […]
Luke 1:57-58 is today’s BDBD. Great Mercy.
Elizabeth’s neighbors and relatives rejoiced with her. They were probably some of the same people who made it hard for her to bear her previous childless life because of their gossip. However, when Elizabeth gave birth to the boy, they all rejoiced together. We may not personally like someone because we see a weakness in […]
Luke 1:46-53 is today’s BDBD. God my Savior.
Who was God to Mary? Her song answers this and more. Mary sang, “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” Mary calls God, Lord; “kryios” (a transliteration) in the original Greek. “Lord” is used in the New Testament when referring to Jesus. She calls Jesus her God. Mary called […]
Luke 1:39-45 is today’s BDBD. Blessed is She Who Believed.
Hearing the angel’s word about Elizabeth, Mary did not delay in visiting Elizabeth. Her hurry shows her need to find comfort and support from a fellow believer. Her visit was unannounced. Elizabeth and her husband, both of the priestly line, did not know she was coming. The priest lived close to Jerusalem, within a day’s […]
Luke 1:35-38 is today’s BDBD. I am the Lord’s Servant.
Mary’s decision was based on her position. Mary decided that she was the Lord’s servant. A servant believes the master’s word and, according to his word, does the master’s will. A servant is ready to go. A servant doesn’t have to understand everything, they just have to do. This is Mary’s statement of faith. Without […]
Luke 1:34 is today’s BDBD. How Will This Be?
Mary inquired how she could have a son when she was a virgin. She may have been concerned that Gabriel, who looks like a man, wanted to be the father. Perhaps she wondered if Joseph could be the father and how this would affect her relationship with Joseph. Mary wasn’t doubting God’s ability. Rather, who […]
Luke 1:31-33 is today’s BDBD. Jesus is…
The angel told Mary, “…you are to give him the name Jesus… The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David”. The religious leaders of the day understood clearly from 2 Samuel 7:12 and Psalm 89:29 that the Messiah would be a descendant of David. The Messiah’s kingship is a theocracy. Only […]
Luke 1:29-33. Lifetime Mission.
Lifetime Mission.Mary received a lifetime mission from the Lord God via an angel. BLESSINGS OF THIS MISSION:1) Mary was just an ordinary young country girl. Now she will be the mother of Jesus, the Messiah.2) Being his mother gave the blessing of seeing and hearing Jesus more than anyone.3) She was the only mother to […]
Luke 1:27-28 is today’s BDBD. Pledged to be Married.
In ancient Jewish society, to be pledged to be married was a one-year term of legal marriage without coming together. The husband would create an environment for a family to be raised in during this one year period. During this time, they would spiritually ready their hearts for the responsibility to come. When Jesus came […]
Luke 1:26-27 is today’s BDBD. Virgin Birth.
The virgin birth is important because it means Jesus was born without the natural sin of Adam’s race. Jesus has nothing to do with Adam’s sin. Jesus is called the second Adam. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice because he alone is of the seed of God. His blood alone in the entire human race is […]
Luke 1:21-25 is today’s BDBD. Living the Unexpected
Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth, discovered that living the unexpected was unlike what they had understood in the retelling of gallant stories of heroes past. For example, Abraham had no permanent home, humiliatingly had no son, and lived as an alien and a stranger in this world (Genesis 23:4; Hebrews 11:9). David spent most of […]
Luke 1:18-20 is today’s BDBD. Believe the Unexpected.
Miracles are everywhere, and often, if I just notice and believe. Zechariah’s day at and in the Temple was filled with miracles. 1) He was selected out of over a thousand priests to burn incense in the Temple. 2) An angel appeared next to the altar of incense. 3) The angel told him his prayer […]
Luke 1:11-17 is today’s BDBD. Expect the Unexpected.
According to Numbers 4:3, the eligible age to serve as priest was 30 to 50 years old. To serve before the Lord would require that Zechariah be ceremonially clean. With so many priests available and being old, Zechariah could not have taken the time to serve as a priest in the temple. Zechariah could have […]
Luke 1:7-10 is today’s BDBD. No Answer.
Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes. They served God. Yet, though they prayed for a son, they did not have one, even into old age. Why do bad things happen in righteous people’s lives, especially things that they have little or no control over? One is discipline and training. Another is to prove […]
Luke 1:5-6 is today’s BDBD. In the Time of Herod…
Luke chapters 1 and 2 are about the remnant of God’s people in a dark time in Judea’s history. An elderly priestly couple, Zechariah and Elizabeth, were among the few who held onto faith in the Lord God and the coming Messiah. Oppressive and mighty Rome took control of the partially Hellenized territories, Judea and […]
Luke 1:4 is today’s BDBD. Things You Have Been Taught.
Bible Reading, if it is to be profitable, will not be the pleasant diversion sometimes pictured in the religious ads, a peaceful pastime with which to while away a tired evening. The Bible is a serious book, probably the most serious in the world, and it will not submit to being used for light amusement. […]
Luke 1:1-3 is today’s BDBD. They Were Handed Down.
Luke, the author of this gospel, is a historian who wrote an accurate, orderly, and factual account. Luke was not the first to write what the disciples had been saying concerning Jesus’ ministry. Mark and Matthew’s accounts are believed to have been finished by this time. The introduction found at FreeBibleStudyHelp.com has more information. The […]
