And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. Luke 1:6 There is an interesting thought here that is worthy to note by way of parenthesis. Luke wrote that both Zechariah and Elizabeth were walking blamelessly in all of the commandments and statutes of the Lord. [...]

Rather than a famous king, God chooses a common man to be the father of the great John the baptist. However, he was a devout priest.

Gabriel appears to Zechariah giving him a word from the Lord.

God has revealed Himself to all of His creation in Jesus; receive and believe in Him.

If the world has rejected Jesus, then how do some (of the world) become children of God?

Jesus came and left. He is the creator of all things, including humans, yet humans didn’t recognize him.

John the Baptist was another way that God made His coming known to man by appealing to their minds.

John pictures Christ as the one who brought life to mankind – twice.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. John 1:1-3 In his use of in the beginning, John refers [...]

Before getting into his account of redemption, John provides a prologue, a sort of cliff-note of what is to come.