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Unexpected Calling

December 5, 2021
Posted in Christmas, Rev. Tom Berlin, Sermon
  • by kmanton@florisumc.org
05 Dec 2021
kmanton@florisumc.org Christmas, Rev. Tom Berlin, Sermon
December 5, 2021 kmanton@florisumc.org

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Mary’s life was interrupted and forever changed by the visit of an angel. Her faithful acceptance of God’s calling for her life demonstrates how attuned she was to what God was doing in the world. Mary shows us how to handle the challenge of decisions that come in ways we cannot predict. Her story also reveals how to take the next faithful step in life.

Luke 1:26-38

26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 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, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[a] the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

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