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response to Jerry; check Luke 1:39-

Gabriel did not say you have concieved but that she will concieve. Mary seems to misunderstand this. Mary is by scripture espoused (engaged)to Joseph. If read carefully this is a direct prophetic calling to give notice of what will be !

jump for at theNAME OF THE LORD

The angel Gabriel said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" ( Luke 1:28). The phrase "full of grace" is a translation of the Greek word KECHARITOMENE. It therefore expresses a characteristic quality of Mary. The traditional translation, "full of grace," is better than the one found in many recent versions of the New Testament. The grace given to Mary is at once permanent and of a unique kind. Kecharitomene is a perfect passive participle of charitoo, meaning "to fill or endow with grace." Since this term is in the perfect tense, it indicates that Mary was graced in the past but with continuing effects in the present. So, the grace Mary enjoyed was not a result of the angel’s visit, it is extended over the whole of her life, from conception onward. She was in a state of sanctifying grace from the first moment of her existence.

The women after Christ's resurrection, Noah, Moses, David, Gideon, and Jael are NOT considered by the bible as KECHARITOMENE. ONLY FOR MARY is the word KECHARITOMENE used in the bible as a proper name, clearly showing the singular way God has blessed her with His grace and holiness. The fullness of such grace and holiness would not at all be consistent with any presence of sin, giving us an indirect statement of Mary's complete freedom from sin.

very intresting to read the chapter

Most assuredly the reason for “Right to Life” .

I love the Lord.His Holy Words is true.He's the Kings of Kings,Lord of Lords.The Bible is real. Thank You Lord

I stand, always, amazed at the workings of our Lord and Savior. By just looking at the blood lines of Zacharia/Elizabeth, Joseph/Mary coming together to bring forth the Gospel of Christ, Wow and AMEN! This, alone, could change a sinner's thought processes about who Jesus is when they would come to the realization of it's power. It's the blood, the precious blood that has all power to cleanse, save, and heal. AMEN (again)

yet it is exactly as said, nothing is impossible with God.

Thank you Lord for having Luke share this declaration with Theophilus and then preserving it for us to enjoy. Now we can know the 'certainty' of Your ministry while here on earth.

Sad it may be, but it's only inspirational if true. To be true, certain events must have actually occurred. If they did not occur then it is myth and for this reason alone it is worth engaging with the difficulties that I have previously outlined.

Here is some of the mystery of God 1Tim 3:16 helps you to understand Jesus gave a great commission to the world, In the begining God lead his people out of the wilderness thru his servant Moses. But now in the end of the world he came into the world by the sacrifice of himself Hebrews 9:1-28 talking about himself coming as the second veil (meaning flesh)to put away sin Hebrews 10:5 where he talks about a body he prepaired himself so that he could shed blood for the sins of the world, because the bible says that wiithout the shedding of blood there was no remission for sins Hebrews 2:14,9:7,12-14,18-22. Being the great God that he is, he placed himself in a virgin woman called Mary (womb) to be born as a son in the flesh and as he was born the angel had already spoke to her and said his name shall be called Jesus which is the name above every name( Luke 1:27-35)The Holy Ghost is the spirit of the Lord, so he became flesh ( John 1:1-14). Jesus gave Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and on the day of pentecost Peter answered the question of how to be saved when the people ask (men and brethen what shall we do ?) Please read carefully with an open heart to God's word. Whosoever obey shall be saved (Acts:1 and 2). God's Blessings!!

God is my rock He is the one and only God. praise his holy name.

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Great reading this. I will ask also for prayer while I am here(Just feel lead). I am preparing to teach in Japan if God opens the door there again, and want to later bring the wife and baby girl aged 1 yet in one of the places away from the March 11th area.

It's a great commission from God, as in vs. 19-20 telling us to be baptized in the name of the father, son and the Holy Ghost is all wonderful, but where alot of us get the wrong thought is not understanding what's the name? As in human nature we come to this world in the flesh born of a woman as a son or daughter but we do not name our children son or daughter do we? (No) we give them a name, so take a look at this scripture and search it out for the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. Read John 14:8-10 the differance is the flesh and spirit, God planted himself in a virgin woman name Mary to become flesh Read Hebrews 10:5, Luke 1:30-35 pay attention to the repeat of SON, God overshadowed her with his spirit so that he can come to the world to shed his blood for us, because no one else was worthy so he made himself a body using a woman never been touched by man physically and we know when Mary birth him his name was called JESUS! Read Hebrews 9:12-15 & 26. Father is spirit,Son is flesh and Holy Ghost is spirit that indwells us when we receive him in our temple. If you would like to here more and see more scriptures please feel free to ask and God Bless you all. God's word you have to search and find the mystery of him read 1 timothy 3:16 (Anita)

God has a divine plan and we are all a part of it. It is beautiful when we can believe everything that is written in the Bible by God for us.

The inspired word of God is fantastic to read. There is nothing else like it. Sad to see odd comments on this Web Site that shoud be used for inspiration.

Luke Chapter 1 is just that God has use someone to spake for him and the people is did not listen so bless Elisabeth with a child name John that he shall lead the for our Jesus,because GOD believe that the people heart had become hard.Jesus came that we may believe in God

[quote]in particular verse LUKE 1:35 IT IS THE HOLY GHOST OF THE FATHER THAT IS COME UPON MARY. AND THE HOLY THING THAT IS BORN THROUGH MARY IS CALLED THE SON OF GOD AS SIMPLE AS THAT AND NOTHING TO BE COMPLICATED THAT THERE IS ONLY BUT ONE GOD.[/quote]

Alas, that is not entirely true nor is it that simple, because the modern doctrine of the Trinity (which I concede is not Biblical; though most Christians wouldn't) teaches that there are three deities; all apparently equal in status and none of which is supreme! Ergo; modern Christians believe in three Gods, though they don't like to admit it. Those Christians who persisted in maintaining a belief in one God, that is to say; one superior to both the Son and the Holy Spirit, have been declared heretics since the 4th century!

in particular verse LUKE 1:35 IT IS THE HOLY GHOST OF THE FATHER THAT IS COME UPON MARY. AND THE HOLY THING THAT IS BORN THROUGH MARY IS CALLED THE SON OF GOD AS SIMPLE AS THAT AND NOTHING TO BE COMPLICATED THAT THERE IS ONLY BUT ONE GOD.

I see nobody wants to discuss the elephant in the room! It seems like a classic case of 'when faced with a thorny issue', make dark foreboding noises or talk about something else. If anyone has the wherewithal to tackle my concerns seriously, either with historical fact or scripture I will be happy to respond. Until such time I shall rest my case which is essentially that Matthew and Luke are both unreliable historically and in scripture!

How could the Holy Spirit make Mary pregnant? Luke 1:35 has some more explanation. Further, I suppose the process was a spiritual principle that God uses repeatedly. The creation of our world was an idea of God, which He spoke into being. For God's purpose to be fulfilled in humankind, I notice, there is usually a human statement of agreement required; i.e. with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. In the conception of Mary specifically, the angel Gabriel spoke this act of God and Mary confirmed it for completion (see Luke 1:31 & 38). If God could breathe the life of humanity into a full grown man (Adam), surely he could fertilize an egg without a human father. 1 Cor. 15:45 says the first Adam was made a living soul (being), the last Adam was made a quickening (life giving) spirit. The life element in this transaction was the WORD aspect of God becomming human flesh ( John 1:14).

There were naysayers in the OT when Nehemiah went back to Jerusalem to rebuild the city. So understand this, either you’ll meet Jesus when you die or you’ll see him come in the Glory of his father. That is if you believe.

In figurin Zacharias and the 24 course of Abia his 7 days was the 8th course and he held it from June 13 to the 19th. So he left for home on the 20th and it took 3 days to get home so he was home on the 23rd. I`ll be back this is a work in progress. If any one has it done let me know. Please.ty

There are several modes of being God's son. Lu. 3:38 says "Adam was the son of God". He was God's created son and received his life from God. 1 Jn. 3:2 says "Beloved, now are we the sons of God", (adopted sons through "Christ, who is our life" Col. 3:4). Jesus is the only begotten Son of God because no other human mother ever conceived by a work of the Holy Spirit, without a human father. All descendants of Adam inherited the sin curse and passed it on to their children. As I see it, the only way God could have; adopted human children, is to by-pass the father role and to enter humanity to become a human mediator for us. Through the legal transaction of believing and confessing that God raised His Son Jesus from the dead for (me) anyone becomes God's son and heir along with Jesus(males and females alike). Awesome grace.

This is an account of conception. Mary conceived her Child Jesus when John Leaped in the womb of Elisabeth, Mary`s cousin, a levite, Marys blood line are levites/PRIEST! Zacharias was a Priest and had just finished the 8th course of Abia and it took about 3 days for him to get home and when all is done Jesus was born on Sept 25 and conceived on Christmas day. If you don't seek the truth you won't find it.

Think about what the Bible says about the names of the One True God of Heaven and earth.

Genesis 3:13,14 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Psalm 83:18 - That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

John 1:1,14 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Luke 1:31-33 - And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Revelation 19: 13,16 - And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God....And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

It's not a question of belief. Luke's account of the nativity is impossible, placing as it does the annunciation within the reign of Herod and the birth at the time of the great census. Events which are separated historically by at least a decade. Moreover Luke's genealogy for Jesus certainly does not dovetail with its source in the OT. Compare it for yourself; there are whole generations missing. There is also the little matter of what the genealogy is trying to achieve. It seems that in their zeal to fulfill a prophecy some gospel writers overlooked a basic fact of biology; either Jesus was the son of God and the virgin Mary or the biological son of Joseph and a distinctly non-virginal Mary. You may take your pick, but you can't have it both ways; if the former then the genealogy is pointless and if the latter then the prophecy is fulfilled but at the price of Jesus not being the son of God. As to whether John the Baptist was prophesied in the OT, rather depends on how you view the apocrypha. If you pretend they don't exist (in which case I'd like to know on who's authority) then it looks as if Malachi is the last word of the OT and possible a harbinger of J the B. However if you restore Maccabees together with some 500 years of Jewish history to their rightful place then Malachi is just another failed prophet from the exile period, or even earlier, predicting the restoration of the Jewish monarchy. Finally and in view of the above it really doesn't matter if or how these Essenic families were interrelated. It's a bit like saying Robin Hood must have existed because Will Scarlet was the cousin of Friar Tuck.