Let it be to me according to your word
I just wanted to share with anyone who may read my blog the material that our pastor Matt Kinnell based his sermon upon. He cited various passages that are essentailly promiese or claims made by Yahweh for his chosen believers. This also incorpotates Jesus Christ as the son of God the father (Yahweh). These particular verses brother Matt Kinnell intertwined in reference to when Mary the mother of Jesus was encountered by Gabriel whom had said to Mary:
”Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. Gabriel then said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." Then Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." Then Gabriel departed from her.
Matt Kinnell then begun to recite various passages from the old and new testament that illustrated Mary's declaration of “let it be to me according to your word.” I will now list those various passages of scripture in which God makes declarations to his faithful believers.
Ezekiel 36:26 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”
1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wing like eagles, they shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint.”
James 1:5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path.”
Psalm 91:4-6 “He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day. Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.”
John 11:25-26 “Jesus said to her “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?””
Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed upon You. Because he trusts in You.”
2 Thessalonians 3:3 “The Lord in faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.”
1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:37 “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors though Him who loved us.”
Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this very good thing, that He who has begun a good thing in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”
I wish you a Merry Christmas.