Luke
Luke Chapter 1 Luke wanted us to have perfect understanding. He received all his information from eyewitnesses to Jesus. He tells us the story of Zachariah and Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist. Elizabeth had been barren all her life. She had prayed and prayed for a child, but she was an older woman now. How long had it been since she and Zacharias had prayed for a child of their own? How long since they had given up on that happening, believing that it was not ever going to be? When the angel Gabriel told Zacharias what was going to happen, Zacharias doubted him... and with good reason. Like Abraham and Sarah, they were both older, they were past having children and in their hearts believed that God did not and never would answer their prayer. They gave up on it and somehow got past it, yet continued to serve the Lord. Gabriel also appeared to Mary. Gabriel told Mary "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest w