Mary Did You Know

Isaiah 7:14-16

14 All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). 15 By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt and honey. 16 For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.

a. It Begins

Luke 1:26-38
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel
to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, 27 to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged
to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David.
28 Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord
is with you!”

b. God With Us

29 Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean.
30 “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor
with God! 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name
him Jesus. 32 He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most
High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 And
he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!” 34 Mary asked
the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”

c. God’s Will

35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of
the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy,
and he will be called the Son of God. 36 What’s more, your relative Elizabeth
has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren,
but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month. 37 For the word
of God will never fail.” 38 Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May
everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.