Jesus the One and Only
Chapter One
Unexpected Company
Luke 1:1-25
"Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard." (Luke 1:13)
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Our study will focus on the Gospel of Luke. In his first verses the
"beloved physician" wrote that while many others had also written
about Christ, Luke "carefully investigated everything from the beginning."
His resulting "orderly account" began in the time of Herod, king
of Judea. A priest named Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth were godly
people, but they had no children. Elizabeth was barren; and they were
both well along in years (Luke 1:6-7). Zechariah's time came to serve as
priest, and while he was serving in the temple: "an angel of the Lord
appeared to him" (Luke 1:11).
Picture that morning with me. Zechariah rose from his bed in a small
room outside the temple, amazed at the once-in-a-lifetime priestly privilege
he feared would never come; after all, he was no spring chicken.
Zechariah's mind surely detoured to h ... read full excerpt from Jesus, The One And Only ebook
