True – actual, reliable Truth – genuine, honest (NASB) Psalm 25:4-5   “Make me know Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.” Truth is Jesus Christ: (NASB) John 1:1 “IN THE […]

  Truth or not true?  That is the question. God’s words are true.  [True: consistent with fact or reality, reliable] God’s words are Truth. [Truth: genuine, honest.] When Zacharias was finally freed to speak, He praised God.  Zacharias, proud father of a healthy baby boy, John (the Baptist).  Then something equally extraordinary happened: (NASB) Luke […]

(NIV) Romans 11:33-36 “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 34‘Who has known the mind of the Lord?  Or who has been his counselor? 35‘Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?’ 36For from him and […]

Awe and reverential fear came to those who lived in the surrounding area where Zacharias and Elizabeth lived.  What caused this godly fear? Zacharias had been silenced for over nine months – until he declared (by writing on a tablet) that his son’s name would be John at the ceremony of circumcision.  Then he began […]

Zacharias had been silent, unable to speak for over nine months.  Not one word passed his mouth.  When the angel Gabriel had told him a son was going to be born in Elizabeth and Zacharias’ old age, he did not believe…and for this reason he was silenced.            (See Luke 1:19-20) Then on the day of […]

Elizabeth and Zacharias had communicated with each other even though Zacharias could not speak.  Not a word left his mouth in the time before and during Elizabeth’s pregnancy.  Even after John was born, Zacharias had not been able to speak, but this husband and wife knew the name which was to be given to their […]

(NASB) Luke 1:57-58 “Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.” God’s great mercy – joy, abounding joy, fulfilling joy – Elizabeth had […]

God’s words are amazing.  They reveal God, His character and Person.  God’s love for people prepared a Savior.  God’s love prepared people through His prophets.  God’s love then fulfills what He has promised. God’s Promise: (NASB) Isaiah 40:3-5 “A voice is calling, ‘Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the […]

(NASB) Psalm 105:1-5 “OH GIVE thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples, 2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. 3 Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. 4 Seek the LORD and […]

  Mary went to see Elizabeth.  Both women were miraculously pregnant, Mary being a virgin and Elizabeth who was past her childbearing years.  Mary stayed about three months then she returned home to Nazareth.  (See Luke 1:26-27, 39, 56) What Scripture does not say: What the two women talked about, what was the due date […]