CHRISTMAS
Tags: Galilee, greetings, highly favored, Mary, Nazareth, the angel Gabriel, the Lord is with you, the Most High, the name Jesus, the Son of God, the Son of the Most High, virgin, with child
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to
Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to
be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of
David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to
her an said. “Greetings to you who are highly favored!
The Lord is with you.”
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered
what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said
to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with
God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you
are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be
called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him
the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the
house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a
virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So
the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Even
Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old
age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month.
For nothing is impossible with God.”
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me
as you have said.” Then the angel left her.
(Luke 1. 26-38).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!