SEEKING TO SAVE THE LOST A STUDY THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF LUKE

SOVERIEGN HUMILITY PART 10 - LUKE 2:1-7

For nothing will be impossible with God. Luke 1:37 For nothing will be impossible with God.

Luke 1:38 “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.”

Romans 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

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Big Idea God sovereignly used humans to carry out His incarnation according to the exact prophecy of His word.

Matthew 1:18-19 …before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

Matthew 1:20-21 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Census

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; Daniel 2:21 He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings;

Romans 13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

City

Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

Isaiah 53:2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.

Circumstances

Philippians 2:6-8 …though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

… God sovereignly used humans to carry out His incarnation according to the exact prophecy of His word.

John 1:1-2,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God… 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Luke 1:38 …“Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.”

For nothing will be impossible with God. Luke 1:37 For nothing will be impossible with God.