Salvation From Your Enemies
Yesterday we meditated on Mary praising and glorifying the Lord after angel Gabriel visited her.
Luke 1:49
for the Mighty One has done great things for me - holy is his name.
Today, we’ll look into Zechariah’s prophetic song after the birth of John the Baptist.
Luke 1:67-79
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us— to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant, the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
Here are some important points from Zechariah’s prophetic song:
1. God has come to His people and redeemed them - and this applies to your life and your home as well. God has come to redeem you. Just as how the sun rises from the east everyday to spread light and warmth without taking rest or shirking its duty, so is God.
2. God has raised up a horn of salvation in the house of David. If you’ve received salvation from God, that’s it!
Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
3. This had been said through the prophets long ago - the prophecies spoken over you and your life are going to be fulfilled.
4. Salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us - there will be people who hate you, but God has loved you and can never hate you.
Romans 8:35 (NLT)
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
We ourselves can be dubious about God’s love and separate ourselves from His unconditional love. Apart from that, not even Satan/Lucifer/Belzebub can separate you from God’s love. Jesus is deeply in love with you!! There is no room for doubt as He saturates us with His agape love: His unlimited, incomprehensible love !!!
5. This is to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember His holy covenant
6. This will enable us to serve Him without fear - Perhaps, the most needed freedom for a person living on planet Earth is the freedom to worship.
Exodus 7:15-16
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
We all need the freedom to worship God without fear all our lives.
We’ll continue from here tomorrow. Have a blessed day!
Luke 1:49
for the Mighty One has done great things for me - holy is his name.
Today, we’ll look into Zechariah’s prophetic song after the birth of John the Baptist.
Luke 1:67-79
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us— to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant, the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
Here are some important points from Zechariah’s prophetic song:
1. God has come to His people and redeemed them - and this applies to your life and your home as well. God has come to redeem you. Just as how the sun rises from the east everyday to spread light and warmth without taking rest or shirking its duty, so is God.
2. God has raised up a horn of salvation in the house of David. If you’ve received salvation from God, that’s it!
Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
3. This had been said through the prophets long ago - the prophecies spoken over you and your life are going to be fulfilled.
4. Salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us - there will be people who hate you, but God has loved you and can never hate you.
Romans 8:35 (NLT)
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
We ourselves can be dubious about God’s love and separate ourselves from His unconditional love. Apart from that, not even Satan/Lucifer/Belzebub can separate you from God’s love. Jesus is deeply in love with you!! There is no room for doubt as He saturates us with His agape love: His unlimited, incomprehensible love !!!
5. This is to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember His holy covenant
6. This will enable us to serve Him without fear - Perhaps, the most needed freedom for a person living on planet Earth is the freedom to worship.
Exodus 7:15-16
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
We all need the freedom to worship God without fear all our lives.
We’ll continue from here tomorrow. Have a blessed day!
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About The Author:
Dr. Damien Antony
Born and brought up in a Christian family, Dr. Damien Antony possessed an unquenching quest for truth right from his boyhood days and eventually his relentless search led him to the Bible. He is a Revival Preacher, Bible Teacher, Leadership Trainer, Author and a Life Coach. He moves under the anointing for Prophetic, Healing, Deliverance, Inner Healing and Financial Breakthrough. God has also blessed him with an Apostolic Mandate to take the Universal Body of Christ to the next level of revelation and anointing.
Born and brought up in a Christian family, Dr. Damien Antony possessed an unquenching quest for truth right from his boyhood days and eventually his relentless search led him to the Bible. He is a Revival Preacher, Bible Teacher, Leadership Trainer, Author and a Life Coach. He moves under the anointing for Prophetic, Healing, Deliverance, Inner Healing and Financial Breakthrough. God has also blessed him with an Apostolic Mandate to take the Universal Body of Christ to the next level of revelation and anointing.
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