LIVING AN
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
Luke 1:57, 67-79
THE REWARD OF EXTRAORDINARY LIVING
V:57. " Now the time had come for Elizabeth
A. Zacharias and
Elizabeth were living an extraordinary life before God blessed them
with what they
wanted most; a son.
1. In their old
age, well pass the child baring time of their lives, they were visited by
an angel who
informed them that they would have a son.
2. 397 years
prior to the birth of their son, the Prophet Malachi foretold his birth .
(Mal 3:1).
3. This barren old couple lived a righteous
life following God's commands.
4. Extraordinary
living opens the door for an Extraordinary blessing of God.
B. They were told
that they would have a son who would preach Jesus.
1. Extraordinary
living begins when you preach Jesus.
2. The Bible
says train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he
will not
depart from his training (Prov 22:6).
3. If you preach Jesus to your children,
they will grow up preaching Jesus.
APPLYING THE WORD TO YOUR LIFE
Luke 1:67-79
V:67. " And his father Zacharias was filled with the
Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying."
A. When you preach
Jesus as Lord and Savior you will get a visitor from heaven.
1. Jesus said
that if two are more gather in my name, I will be in the mist.
2. Zacharias was
in the temple performing his duties as priest when an Angel from the
Lord gave
him the good news.
3. Because
Zacharias did not believe the Angel, his speech was taken from him for 9
months.
a.
Extraordinary living comes by believing the Word.
b. Zacharias lost
the ability to speak for nine months because he didn't
believe the
Word pertaining to him and his wife.
c. Oh what
peace we often forfeit all because we do not trust Jesus.
B. After the birth of
his son, Zacharias regained his speech as the Angel promised.
1. Zacharias
learned his lesson and immediately began preaching Jesus.
(The Word
from Genesis to Revelation is Jesus.
John 1).
2. He had
another visitor from heaven; the Holy Spirit.
a. Before
the resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit visited men and women for a
season.
After the resurrection, the Spirit indwells all believers.)
3. The Holy
Spirit will confirm the Word of the Lord to you.
4. The Holy
Spirit will give you an understanding of the Word.
5. The Holy Spirit
will tell you what God wants preached, in the time He
wants it
preached and to the people He wants it preached to.
PRASING THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS
V:68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
A. One of the key's
to living an Extraordinary life is accepting Jesus as Lord
and Savior.
1. Jesus redeemed
us from a living hell.
2. Jesus is the
atonement for all our sins.
3. Jesus
satisfied God's demand for justice with His shed blood on the cross.
B. Extraordinary
living begins, when we start praising God for His greatness.
1. The Lord visited
each believer with the gift of His Son.
2. God gave us the
right to the tree of life through His Son.
3. God lives in
each believer through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
V:69. " And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In
the house of David His servant."
A. The
"horn" is a symbol of strength, power, glory and light.
1. The
"horn" is also a symbol of the altar and a kingdom.
2. Jesus Christ
is our strength.
3. Jesus is all
power.
4. Jesus is the
altar of our sacrifice.
5. Jesus is the
King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
B. The Father raised
up a new and everlasting Kingdom in Jesus Christ.
1. Jesus became
our servant giving up His life for our salvation.
2. The flesh of
Jesus came through the line of David fulfilling the prophecy
that his
kingdom will have no end.
C. Extraordinary
Living relies on Jesus for strength.
1.
Extraordinary living glories the Lord in all activities.
2.
Extraordinary living relies on the Lord for guidance and direction.
3. Extraordinary
living is serving the Lord with all our mind soul and
strength.
BELIVING THE PROMISES OF THE LORD
V:70. ". As He
spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old."
A. The Lord
fulfills His prophecies.
1. Abraham was
told by God that He would be the father of many nations before
he had a
son. Gen 15:5-6, 1900 BC
2. God told
David that his son would build a house for Him and that
his kingdom
would
have no end. 2 Sam 7:13, 1000 BC
3. Isaiah was
told that a virgin would conceive and have a son. Isa 7:14,
750 BC
4. Daniel was
given the time the Messiah would reign on earth (His first coming,
Dan 9:25,
540 BC).
5. Malachi was
told that a forerunner to the Messiah would be born;
John The Baptist. Mal
3:1, 397 BC
B. The Bible is a
record of God fulfilling His promises throughout history.
1. The Word of
God is the only truth we can rely on.
2. God has
made promises recorded in His Word to all believers that we can rely on.
3. Extraordinary living expects God to keep
His promises to us.
4.
Extraordinary living trust God in all things.
TRUSTING THE LORD WITH OUR LIVES
V:71. "
Salvation from our enemies, And from the hand of all who hate us."
A. The hand of the
Lord protects all who believe in Him.
1. The enemy
of the believer is Satan and all his demons.
2. God has
saved us from our sins.
3. Satan was
defeated on the cross, where our Messiah shed His blood.
B. The death and
the resurrection of Jesus provide salvation to all who believe in
Him.
1. The birth
of Jesus in the flesh was the beginning of His ministry of the Good
News of
salvation.
2.
Extraordinary living finds hope in the salvation of Jesus.
V:72. " To show
mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant"
A. We serve a God
of mercy.
1. Mercy is
the Greek word "eloeos" which is God's divine compassion.
2. It is
because of God's divine compassion that He sent His Son to die
on the
cross for our sins.
3. For God so
loved the World that He sent His only begotten Son to die for
our sins.
B. God made a
covenant with Abraham that he would be the father of many nations
(Gen 22:16-18
, 1900 BC).
1. Fulfillment
of the covenant of God does not depend on us or our behavior.
2. God fulfills
His covenant because of His love for us.
3. Extraordinary
living reflects on the Goodness of the Lord.
4. Extraordinary
living is a grateful spirit.
SERVING THE LORD
V:73-75. "The
oath which He swore to Abraham our father, 74 To grant us that we, being
delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, 75 In
holiness and righteousness before Him all our days."
(Gen 15: 13-14)
A. Extraordinary
living responds to God's call to serve.
1. God has a
purpose for our lives.
2. God saved us
from ourselves so that we can serve Him.
3. Through the
power of the Holy Spirit, we can resist the temptation to sin.
4. Satan Has no
power over us.
B. God saved us so
that we can live our lives according to His righteousness.
1. We were saved
to worship God and to give Him glory.
2. Extraordinary
living gives God continuous praise.
C. Zachariah and his
wife praised God for His goodness.
1. The husband
and his wife ought to be a praise team for the Lord.
2. Children learn to praise the Lord from
their parents.
D. The Lord is our
rock and our refuge. Whom shall we fear?
1. Extraordinary
living is a life that boldly proclaims the goodness of the Lord.
2. Extraordinary
living is a life without fear.
a. God has
not given us the spirit of fear, but power, love and sound mind.
b. Extraordinary living is confidence in
the Lord.
PREPARING THE LOST TO RECIEVE JESUS
76 "And thou,
child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on before
the Lord to prepare His ways."
A. God has purposed
our lives to proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
1. The job of the
believer is to proclaim faith in the death and resurrection of
Jesus as the only way to Heaven.
2. We are the
light to the lost and the encouragement to the saved.
B. Extraordinary
living takes on the obligation of evangelizing the world.
V:77. " To give
to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their
sins."
A. Zachariah and
Elizabeth were vessels that God used to produce a son that
would preach
Jesus. Mal 3:1
B. Our children
are gifts from God.
1. Parents
have the awesome responsibility of training them to know and to
honor the
Lord.
2. Parents have
the responsibility to teach their children that their purpose in life is to
serve the
Lord.
a. Extraordinary
living is a life of service so that others may see our love for the Lord.
b. Believers
should live in obedience to God's commands so that others are drawn to
Christ.
A GRATEFUL SPIRIT
V:78. " Because
of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise
shall visit us.
A. The tender
mercies of the Lord fall fresh on believers each day.
1.
Extraordinary living is a life of success because it is under the guidance and
the
direction
of the Lord.
2. God shows
us mercy each day by ordering our steps.
3. God's
divine protection makes us fearless before the enemy.
a. No
weapon formed against us can prosper.
B. Jesus is the
light of the world.
1. Jesus is the
source of wisdom and knowledge.
2. Extraordinary
living looks to Jesus for guidance and direction into all activites.
3.
Extraordinary living looks to Jesus for incite into future events.
V:79. " To shine
upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our
feet into the
way of peace."
A. Extraordinary
living seeks to know and to proclaim Jesus.
1. To know the
dignity of His person.
2. To know Him as the perfect sacrifice
for the atonement of sins.
3. To know more
about His grace and mercy.
B. Extraordinary
living seeks to be the light that guides others to Jesus Christ.
1. Believers are
at peace with the Father through faith in Jesus Christ.
2. Our Job is to
claim that peace with the Father through Jesus Christ is necessary
for eternal
life.
3. Extraordinary
living is a state of peace, joy, contentment and love.
LIVING AN
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
Luke 1:57, 67-79
THE REWARD OF EXTRAORDINARY LIVING
V:57. " Now the time had come for Elizabeth
A. Zacharias and
Elizabeth were living an extraordinary life before God blessed them
with what they
wanted most; a son.
1. In their old
age, well pass the child baring time of their lives, they were visited by
an angel who
informed them that they would have a son.
2. 397 years
prior to the birth of their son, the Prophet Malachi foretold his birth .
(Mal 3:1).
3. This barren old couple lived a righteous
life following God's commands.
4. Extraordinary
living opens the door for an Extraordinary blessing of God.
B. They were told
that they would have a son who would preach Jesus.
1. Extraordinary
living begins when you preach Jesus.
2. The Bible
says train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he
will not
depart from his training (Prov 22:6).
3. If you preach Jesus to your children,
they will grow up preaching Jesus.
APPLYING THE WORD TO YOUR LIFE
Luke 1:67-79
V:67. " And his father Zacharias was filled with the
Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying."
A. When you preach
Jesus as Lord and Savior you will get a visitor from heaven.
1. Jesus said
that if two are more gather in my name, I will be in the mist.
2. Zacharias was
in the temple performing his duties as priest when an Angel from the
Lord gave
him the good news.
3. Because
Zacharias did not believe the Angel, his speech was taken from him for 9
months.
a.
Extraordinary living comes by believing the Word.
b. Zacharias lost
the ability to speak for nine months because he didn't
believe the
Word pertaining to him and his wife.
c. Oh what
peace we often forfeit all because we do not trust Jesus.
B. After the birth of
his son, Zacharias regained his speech as the Angel promised.
1. Zacharias
learned his lesson and immediately began preaching Jesus.
(The Word
from Genesis to Revelation is Jesus.
John 1).
2. He had
another visitor from heaven; the Holy Spirit.
a. Before
the resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit visited men and women for a
season.
After the resurrection, the Spirit indwells all believers.)
3. The Holy
Spirit will confirm the Word of the Lord to you.
4. The Holy
Spirit will give you an understanding of the Word.
5. The Holy Spirit
will tell you what God wants preached, in the time He
wants it
preached and to the people He wants it preached to.
PRASING THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS
V:68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
A. One of the key's
to living an Extraordinary life is accepting Jesus as Lord
and Savior.
1. Jesus redeemed
us from a living hell.
2. Jesus is the
atonement for all our sins.
3. Jesus
satisfied God's demand for justice with His shed blood on the cross.
B. Extraordinary
living begins, when we start praising God for His greatness.
1. The Lord visited
each believer with the gift of His Son.
2. God gave us the
right to the tree of life through His Son.
3. God lives in
each believer through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
V:69. " And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In
the house of David His servant."
A. The
"horn" is a symbol of strength, power, glory and light.
1. The
"horn" is also a symbol of the altar and a kingdom.
2. Jesus Christ
is our strength.
3. Jesus is all
power.
4. Jesus is the
altar of our sacrifice.
5. Jesus is the
King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
B. The Father raised
up a new and everlasting Kingdom in Jesus Christ.
1. Jesus became
our servant giving up His life for our salvation.
2. The flesh of
Jesus came through the line of David fulfilling the prophecy
that his
kingdom will have no end.
C. Extraordinary
Living relies on Jesus for strength.
1.
Extraordinary living glories the Lord in all activities.
2.
Extraordinary living relies on the Lord for guidance and direction.
3. Extraordinary
living is serving the Lord with all our mind soul and
strength.
BELIVING THE PROMISES OF THE LORD
V:70. ". As He
spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old."
A. The Lord
fulfills His prophecies.
1. Abraham was
told by God that He would be the father of many nations before
he had a
son. Gen 15:5-6, 1900 BC
2. God told
David that his son would build a house for Him and that
his kingdom
would
have no end. 2 Sam 7:13, 1000 BC
3. Isaiah was
told that a virgin would conceive and have a son. Isa 7:14,
750 BC
4. Daniel was
given the time the Messiah would reign on earth (His first coming,
Dan 9:25,
540 BC).
5. Malachi was
told that a forerunner to the Messiah would be born;
John The Baptist. Mal
3:1, 397 BC
B. The Bible is a
record of God fulfilling His promises throughout history.
1. The Word of
God is the only truth we can rely on.
2. God has
made promises recorded in His Word to all believers that we can rely on.
3. Extraordinary living expects God to keep
His promises to us.
4.
Extraordinary living trust God in all things.
TRUSTING THE LORD WITH OUR LIVES
V:71. "
Salvation from our enemies, And from the hand of all who hate us."
A. The hand of the
Lord protects all who believe in Him.
1. The enemy
of the believer is Satan and all his demons.
2. God has
saved us from our sins.
3. Satan was
defeated on the cross, where our Messiah shed His blood.
B. The death and
the resurrection of Jesus provide salvation to all who believe in
Him.
1. The birth
of Jesus in the flesh was the beginning of His ministry of the Good
News of
salvation.
2.
Extraordinary living finds hope in the salvation of Jesus.
V:72. " To show
mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant"
A. We serve a God
of mercy.
1. Mercy is
the Greek word "eloeos" which is God's divine compassion.
2. It is
because of God's divine compassion that He sent His Son to die
on the
cross for our sins.
3. For God so
loved the World that He sent His only begotten Son to die for
our sins.
B. God made a
covenant with Abraham that he would be the father of many nations
(Gen 22:16-18
, 1900 BC).
1. Fulfillment
of the covenant of God does not depend on us or our behavior.
2. God fulfills
His covenant because of His love for us.
3. Extraordinary
living reflects on the Goodness of the Lord.
4. Extraordinary
living is a grateful spirit.
SERVING THE LORD
V:73-75. "The
oath which He swore to Abraham our father, 74 To grant us that we, being
delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, 75 In
holiness and righteousness before Him all our days."
(Gen 15: 13-14)
A. Extraordinary
living responds to God's call to serve.
1. God has a
purpose for our lives.
2. God saved us
from ourselves so that we can serve Him.
3. Through the
power of the Holy Spirit, we can resist the temptation to sin.
4. Satan Has no
power over us.
B. God saved us so
that we can live our lives according to His righteousness.
1. We were saved
to worship God and to give Him glory.
2. Extraordinary
living gives God continuous praise.
C. Zachariah and his
wife praised God for His goodness.
1. The husband
and his wife ought to be a praise team for the Lord.
2. Children learn to praise the Lord from
their parents.
D. The Lord is our
rock and our refuge. Whom shall we fear?
1. Extraordinary
living is a life that boldly proclaims the goodness of the Lord.
2. Extraordinary
living is a life without fear.
a. God has
not given us the spirit of fear, but power, love and sound mind.
b. Extraordinary living is confidence in
the Lord.
PREPARING THE LOST TO RECIEVE JESUS
76 "And thou,
child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on before
the Lord to prepare His ways."
A. God has purposed
our lives to proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
1. The job of the
believer is to proclaim faith in the death and resurrection of
Jesus as the only way to Heaven.
2. We are the
light to the lost and the encouragement to the saved.
B. Extraordinary
living takes on the obligation of evangelizing the world.
V:77. " To give
to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their
sins."
A. Zachariah and
Elizabeth were vessels that God used to produce a son that
would preach
Jesus. Mal 3:1
B. Our children
are gifts from God.
1. Parents
have the awesome responsibility of training them to know and to
honor the
Lord.
2. Parents have
the responsibility to teach their children that their purpose in life is to
serve the
Lord.
a. Extraordinary
living is a life of service so that others may see our love for the Lord.
b. Believers
should live in obedience to God's commands so that others are drawn to
Christ.
A GRATEFUL SPIRIT
V:78. " Because
of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise
shall visit us.
A. The tender
mercies of the Lord fall fresh on believers each day.
1.
Extraordinary living is a life of success because it is under the guidance and
the
direction
of the Lord.
2. God shows
us mercy each day by ordering our steps.
3. God's
divine protection makes us fearless before the enemy.
a. No
weapon formed against us can prosper.
B. Jesus is the
light of the world.
1. Jesus is the
source of wisdom and knowledge.
2. Extraordinary
living looks to Jesus for guidance and direction into all activites.
3.
Extraordinary living looks to Jesus for incite into future events.
V:79. " To shine
upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our
feet into the
way of peace."
A. Extraordinary
living seeks to know and to proclaim Jesus.
1. To know the
dignity of His person.
2. To know Him as the perfect sacrifice
for the atonement of sins.
3. To know more
about His grace and mercy.
B. Extraordinary
living seeks to be the light that guides others to Jesus Christ.
1. Believers are
at peace with the Father through faith in Jesus Christ.
2. Our Job is to
claim that peace with the Father through Jesus Christ is necessary
for eternal
life.
3. Extraordinary
living is a state of peace, joy, contentment and love.
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