Believe Again - Zechariah : Luke 1:1-25

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Heavenly Father we thank you that you do speak to us. We thank you that that you're as we read as we think please help us to believe we try this in Jesus name, I mean

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waiting waiting on you mentioned believe again remind me I feel the things that happened around the time when Jesus was born.

Introduced to Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth.

They making the days of King Herod of Judea. And so that's around for basye. And we see that Zachariah is a priest. Elizabeth Eliza a descendant of Aaron so that means she's from a family of praise. Describe them in the six. M365 righteous in God's thought they follow all of God's commands, of course Lucas and saying that they are models. They are good examples of people who leave following God's word standing members of

But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive and both of them were well along in years. Elizabeth are childless. She can't get pregnant.

No, I don't even want to pretend to be a mom wanna be a dad to your family and not be able to do it.

Must be heartbreaking and why is August all the time yet? And I must have been that way for Zechariah and Elizabeth as well.

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praying waiting over and over again and nothing changes. I will never get it. Marist because some of the neighbors would have thought that this childishness was God's judgment on them that God was punishing them for something that I've done. We can you imagine the neighborhood about the priest and he's better and why doesn't the talk yet?

Elizabeth childlessness isn't God's judgment. Remember. They're six. Isn't punishing and Elizabeth thought something else.

I'm going to have been waiting but they're about to hear some good news.

It happened sometime sometime later when Zacharias wife from home. He's in Jerusalem. He's doing he's price leaking. He's in the temple in the heart of the temple. We say I'm burning incense.

And outside of the temple membrane when suddenly is Angel with peas and Zechariah freaks out. When I am surprised when it's about an angel, but what's so scary about sharing things about angels and Christmas cards that you dropped something. angel dust

What do you say about angels to be afraid of? Well, there's a whole lot actually people worry is a word search.

Angels with it when God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 19 Angels were there when God was killed when it came to invite Jerusalem 37 and got your phone and you do the same for the world. Did you say it ever again in the Old Testament in the New Testament as well Angels? I'm not not not friendly instruments of judgment instruments of Destruction and all the sudden. destruction comes in front of you scary stuff listen to what the angel says interested thing. Do not be afraid Zechariah because your prayer has been heard. Destruction visit this is a good visit. Vicro, I don't have to be scared because they say your prayer has been heard. I was thinking in the shower last week app. Alright, well thinking date.

I was thinking about body. Angel says in his passage. Where are where it says your prayer has been heard is a child to become pregnant. I mean, that's what

They will be joy and Delight to you and many Will Rejoice at his birth. Give me something about but something was puzzling something and what he says goes Way Beyond Zechariah and Elizabeth. What comes next actually a lot bigger than just one couple and they problem of childlessness? Yes. I will have a son but this son will be someone who impacts the nation.

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Yes, yes, but there's more. Remember what was happening just before the angel. Zipper I was in the temple and that look at this time cuz this is this is important. The garage in the temple offering incense and the whole assembly of the people was praying outside. The people were praying. in Zechariah in the temple offering incense now. The prayers of the people that

Is that the prayer that God has heard?

Well, I think it is as well. He will bring them help. He will bring them anything it was renewal. history point because people had to come lock Elizabeth become Baron will the shadow of what was supposed to be? Enough about 500 years before this stuff going on. Blood returned from a place where I had been in prison before and I never changed. They were ruled by Empire after Empire of the Persians took over from Babylon the Great Chicago from the Persians.

It's not for Empire of the Fallen Empire empire soldiers and their politics and their culture and then language and negative effect on people and the following of God and the sense of identity and and moral corruption beautiful corruption spreads.

King Herod he was nothing like King David and King Solomon. You have the Magnificent Kings of Israel past. It was a puppet King. He was under the control of the Ryman.

Man, who who likes to present himself as being Jewish, but wasn't. Where was God? Where was God The God Who rescued them who would provide for them who would promise that things would get better God? No way. Gold with no way he was silence. He was quiet. prophets messages from God for hundreds of years Baron people this tired people this disappointed people pray to God for renew. I tried and I tried and I tried. for centuries But there was no answer. until now you in the days of Herod. Everything was about to change and the Chinese would begin with Zacharias and John.

Which describes the sun? He will be great in the eyes of the Lord and He will never drink wine will be. You'll be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother's womb. I noticed three things about otherwise, he will be in a second. He will never drink wine or beer. It's actually there someone from the Old Testament remind you of anyone.

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Same to me. One of them will be filled with the Holy Spirit to pay. Starting people to do certain jobs. And sorry they would give them the power of the ability to do something until I say and send me someone who would receive.

Zechariah son who be given the spirit even before he born put them all together. What does it tell you about Zechariah, son? Who told you this? To be a great prophet. Locke Samuel to accomplish great things to lock Samsung blocking David and so on. And so what exactly is this place thing that the sun's going to do?

Butane, many of the sons of Israel to the Lord a God and he will guide him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the baby to the understanding of the righteous to make ready for the Lord. I prepared people are you think they repaid a couple times United versus the word turn that up? That's what Jones Ministry is turning turning people. He will turn and we said that he will get them ready to make. What to say in verse 17 that you'll be like a large the name coming out from this passage 9 drops from the Old Testament, He is one Elijah. A larger with another famous puppet from the Old Testament and Elijah was all about turning. He lived in a time when Israel was running out to idols. And Elijah palfleet cold Israel to turn away from models and 210 back to the true.

Will Elijah leave his ministry and anyways? And many many many many years later God made a promise and we read it in Malachi chapter 4. United versus God made the promise that he would send another Elijah and sorry for that promises made it's finally coming true because zechariah's son is that Elijah he is that prophet he is the one who will get them ready for when God comes Until after all the prying off to all the wifey now. He's acting now is the time in and God will turn people back to him. And very soon God will come. God will arrive when Jesus is born in that stable in Bethlehem.

I would bet there are some people who cannot who needs to turn back to God.

Yeah, you been doing lost without him.

for some reviews you have been following. Maybe you started to turn the wire Beats. Maybe Smiley is not to wonder. Baby, your attitude toward goddess has been shifting. Your love for God has has decreased. Yeah, you come to church. You just going through the motions that sort of thing your joy in him at the crease your your your love his word your your dependence on him your your your phone if you turned away from those things.

The good news is that God wants you to turn back to him. For you to turn back to him. He wants you to come back to him. That's why he thinks I'm turning back to him. No, I want to do it tonight. It supposed to go to bed at talk to people he do it.

Let's get back into Zechariah story, but you can't believe it.

I just want the angel said Elizabeth gets pregnant. And recognize that God has finally acted and she says in verse 25 the Lord has done this for me. He is Luke's we fighter in these days to take away my two strikes to take away my embarrassment from among the people. What day is where a story gets up to? What am I looking at the rest over the coming weeks, but I just think back on what we've done.

I want to think about Zephyr rod. Ironic, he's not to the funny strange. I didn't believe when the angel told him that you have a son. Promises will come true.

This this extraordinary really Godly Man. incense work in the temple to pray believe that dog food and that's really strange.

We struggle to believe we struggle to trust God. He there praise but also that he answers I pray that he will answer.

What why is it? Why is it so hard to believe in those things?

One reason is because of the Whiting the rising would it be to believe that God he that preys an answer if my next job for a job. Heavenly father. I really need a full-time job. Please. Give me a call if it happened that quickly. It doesn't happen like that. It doesn't happen instantly. We have two white guys might be weeks months and nothing changes. Maybe maybe you're waiting for a job as well or the healing for something or for child. For a Christian to marry and you pride and you pride and you Pride. But nothing's changed. It is about this thing and nothing's happening.

It's easy. Is it to get Visa when when that happens to get disillusions on to get annoyed even that God may be angry at God? Did you not power Panda? Stop talking then why even bother praying for that anymore because it's not happening.

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I want to encourage all of us tonight. believe again believe again that God hears your prayers to believe again that God answers your prayers and I want to encourage you to keep talking to keep trying to keep hiding and to patiently wait to see what God will do.

Let's finish with these words from 1 Peter chapter 5.

Casting all your cares on him because he cares about you. What's Brian?

Heavenly Father we thank you that you do care about us. We thank you Father that as your children we can try to you. And let you hear a praise and we thank you Father that you are good faithful and trustworthy to give us the things that we need in your great wisdom and they will help us to believe again. That you would I hope I still trust you officially father with the things I have been praying for for a long time that we are waiting for. Father we pray that you wouldn't Dave turn many people towards you that this out of the next few months and wakes us as our Chris entering Christmas that many people would put that trust in Jesus as I would have locking him father. We pray this in Jesus name.