{"id":57,"date":"2019-12-01T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/?p=57"},"modified":"2025-04-12T09:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T14:37:53","slug":"luke-day-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/devotionals\/luke-day-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Day 1: December 1, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the short span of just one chapter in Luke we see the births of John the Baptist and Jesus foretold and then the actual birth of John the Baptist, who \u201cwill go before the Lord to prepare his ways\u201d (v. 76). Can you imagine what Mary was feeling as the angel Gabriel came to her to tell her she would give birth to \u201cthe Son of the Most High\u201d (v. 32)? Yet, she demonstrates incredible submission and obedience because when you trust who you are serving, surrender is easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-56b41a0 ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-basic ugb-main-block\" id=\"\"><style>.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{border-radius:12px !important;background-color:#f1f1f1 !important}.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:100% !important}.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper:before{background-color:#f1f1f1 !important}.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > h1,.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > h2,.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > h3,.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > h4,.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > h5,.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > h6{color:#222222}.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > p,.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > ol li,.ugb-56b41a0 .ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper > ul li{color:#222222}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-56b41a0-wrapper ugb--shadow-3\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-56b41a0-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Luke 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dedication to Theophilus<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1&nbsp;<\/strong>Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that&nbsp;have been accomplished among us,&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>just as those who&nbsp;from the beginning were&nbsp;eyewitnesses and&nbsp;ministers of&nbsp;the word&nbsp;have delivered them to us,&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write&nbsp;an orderly account for you,&nbsp;most excellent&nbsp;Theophilus,&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>that you may have&nbsp;certainty concerning the things&nbsp;you have been taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Birth of John the Baptist Foretold<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,\u00a0of\u00a0the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.\u00a0<sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>And they were both\u00a0righteous before God, walking\u00a0blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.\u00a0<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>But they had no child, because\u00a0Elizabeth was barren, and\u00a0both were advanced in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>Now&nbsp;while he was serving as priest before God when&nbsp;his division was on duty,&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot&nbsp;to enter&nbsp;the temple of the Lord and burn incense.&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>And the whole multitude of the people&nbsp;were praying&nbsp;outside at the hour of incense.&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of&nbsp;the altar of incense.&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and&nbsp;fear fell upon him.&nbsp;<sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>But the angel said to him, \u201cDo not be afraid, Zechariah, for&nbsp;your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and&nbsp;you shall call his name John.&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>And you will have joy and gladness, and many will&nbsp;rejoice at his birth,&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>for he will be&nbsp;great before the Lord. And&nbsp;he must not drink wine or strong&nbsp;drink, and&nbsp;he will be&nbsp;filled with the Holy Spirit,&nbsp;even from his mother&#8217;s womb.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God,&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>and&nbsp;he will go before him&nbsp;in the spirit and power of Elijah,&nbsp;to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and&nbsp;the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,&nbsp;to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>And Zechariah said to the angel,&nbsp;\u201cHow shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>And the angel answered him, \u201cI am&nbsp;Gabriel.&nbsp;I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>And behold,&nbsp;you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in&nbsp;the temple.&nbsp;<sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in&nbsp;the temple. And&nbsp;he kept making signs to them and remained mute.&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;when his time of&nbsp;service was ended, he went to his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying,&nbsp;<sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cThus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me,&nbsp;to take away my reproach among people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Birth of Jesus Foretold<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>In the sixth month the angel\u00a0Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named\u00a0Nazareth,\u00a0<sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>to a virgin betrothed\u00a0to a man whose name was Joseph,\u00a0of the house of David. And the virgin&#8217;s name was Mary.\u00a0<sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>And he came to her and said, \u201cGreetings,\u00a0O favored one,\u00a0the Lord is with you!\u201d\u00a0<sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>But\u00a0she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.\u00a0<sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>And the angel said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid, Mary, for\u00a0you have found favor with God.\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>And behold,\u00a0you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and\u00a0you shall call his name Jesus.\u00a0<sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>He will be great and will be called the Son of\u00a0the Most High. And the Lord God\u00a0will give to him the throne of\u00a0his father David,\u00a0<sup>33\u00a0<\/sup>and he will reign over the house of Jacob\u00a0forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>And Mary said to the angel, \u201cHow will this be, since I am a virgin?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>35\u00a0<\/sup>And the angel answered her,\u00a0\u201cThe Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of\u00a0the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born\u00a0will be called\u00a0holy\u2014the Son of God.\u00a0<sup>36\u00a0<\/sup>And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her\u00a0who was called barren.\u00a0<sup>37\u00a0<\/sup>For\u00a0nothing will be impossible with God.\u201d\u00a0<sup>38\u00a0<\/sup>And Mary said, \u201cBehold, I am the servant\u00a0of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.\u201d And\u00a0the angel departed from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mary Visits Elizabeth<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>39\u00a0<\/sup>In those days Mary arose and went with haste into\u00a0the hill country, to a town in Judah,\u00a0<sup>40\u00a0<\/sup>and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.\u00a0<sup>41\u00a0<\/sup>And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth\u00a0was filled with the Holy Spirit,\u00a0<sup>42\u00a0<\/sup>and she exclaimed with a loud cry,\u00a0\u201cBlessed are you among women, and\u00a0blessed is\u00a0the fruit of your womb!\u00a0<sup>43\u00a0<\/sup>And why is this granted to me that the mother of\u00a0my Lord should come to me?\u00a0<sup>44\u00a0<\/sup>For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.\u00a0<sup>45\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0blessed is she who believed that there would be\u00a0a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mary&#8217;s Song of Praise: The Magnificat<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>46&nbsp;<\/sup>And Mary said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy&nbsp;soul&nbsp;magnifies the Lord,<br><sup>47&nbsp;<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and my&nbsp;spirit rejoices in&nbsp;God my Savior,<br><sup>48&nbsp;<\/sup>for&nbsp;he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For behold, from now on all generations&nbsp;will call me blessed;<br><sup>49&nbsp;<\/sup>for&nbsp;he who is mighty&nbsp;has done great things for me,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;holy is his name.<br><sup>50&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;his mercy is for those who fear him<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from generation to generation.<br><sup>51&nbsp;<\/sup>He has shown strength with his arm;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;<br><sup>52&nbsp;<\/sup>he has brought down the mighty from their thrones<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and exalted those of humble estate;<br><sup>53&nbsp;<\/sup>he has filled&nbsp;the hungry with good things,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and the rich&nbsp;he has sent away empty.<br><sup>54&nbsp;<\/sup>He has&nbsp;helped&nbsp;his servant Israel,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in remembrance of his mercy,<br><sup>55&nbsp;<\/sup>as he spoke to our fathers,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to Abraham and to his offspring forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>56&nbsp;<\/sup>And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Birth of John the Baptist<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>57&nbsp;<\/sup>Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.&nbsp;<sup>58&nbsp;<\/sup>And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord&nbsp;had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.&nbsp;<sup>59&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father,&nbsp;<sup>60&nbsp;<\/sup>but his mother answered, \u201cNo;&nbsp;he shall be called John.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>61&nbsp;<\/sup>And they said to her, \u201cNone of your relatives is called by this name.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>62&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called.&nbsp;<sup>63&nbsp;<\/sup>And he asked for&nbsp;a writing tablet and wrote,&nbsp;\u201cHis name is John.\u201d And they all wondered.&nbsp;<sup>64&nbsp;<\/sup>And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue&nbsp;loosed, and he spoke,&nbsp;blessing God.&nbsp;<sup>65&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all&nbsp;the hill country of Judea,&nbsp;<sup>66&nbsp;<\/sup>and all who heard them&nbsp;laid them up in their hearts, saying, \u201cWhat then will this child be?\u201d For&nbsp;the hand of the Lord was with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zechariah&#8217;s Prophecy<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>67&nbsp;<\/sup>And his father Zechariah&nbsp;was filled with the Holy Spirit and&nbsp;prophesied, saying,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>68\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBlessed be the Lord\u00a0God of Israel,<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for he has\u00a0visited and\u00a0redeemed his people<br><sup>69\u00a0<\/sup>and\u00a0has raised up\u00a0a horn of salvation for us<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in the house of his servant David,<br><sup>70\u00a0<\/sup>as\u00a0he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,<br><sup>71\u00a0<\/sup>that we should be saved from our enemies<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and from the hand of all who hate us;<br><sup>72\u00a0<\/sup>to show the mercy promised to our fathers<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0to remember his holy\u00a0covenant,<br><sup>73\u00a0<\/sup>the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us<br><sup>74\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,<br>might serve him\u00a0without fear,<br><sup>75\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in holiness and righteousness before him\u00a0all our days.<br><sup>76\u00a0<\/sup>And you, child, will be called\u00a0the prophet of\u00a0the Most High;<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for\u00a0you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,<br><sup>77\u00a0<\/sup>to give knowledge of salvation to his people<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in the forgiveness of their sins,<br><sup>78\u00a0<\/sup>because of the\u00a0tender mercy of our God,<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whereby\u00a0the sunrise shall\u00a0visit us\u00a0from on high<br><sup>79\u00a0<\/sup>to\u00a0give light to\u00a0those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to guide our feet into\u00a0the way of\u00a0peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>80&nbsp;<\/sup>And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was&nbsp;in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#ededed\" class=\"has-background\">The Holy Bible, English Standard Version\u00ae (ESV\u00ae), copyright \u00a9 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-divider ugb-divider ugb-bd18868 ugb-divider--v2 ugb-divider--design-basic ugb-main-block\" id=\"\"><style>.ugb-bd18868 hr.ugb-divider__hr{background-color:#dddddd !important;height:1px !important;width:50% !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}.ugb-bd18868 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:center}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><hr 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