Truth Teacher

(Part of the Faith to Move Mountain series, examples.  Taken from Luke 1:5-25) There was a priest named Zechariah...he had a wife named Elizabeth.  "They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord." Luke 1:6 Zechariah and Elizabeth walked blamelessly before God.  And then the Scripture says, "But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren." (1:7)  They served God faithfully but the one thing a Jewish man wanted was a son.  The one thing a Jewish woman needed to remove the reproach of her people was a son.  Zechariah and Elizabeth were "advanced in years", in other words, they were way past the age at which women give birth. Zechariah, while performing his duties, is visited by an angel that tells him he and Elizabeth will have a son.  The crux of the whole story and the "faith learning moment" is this, Zechariah had not ceased to pray for a son for him and Elizabeth, though it ...

Have you moved your mountain yet?  You are not alone if you said "no".  God was gracious to us to give us examples of imperfect people, who rose above the lure of the culture, to please God.  They (as we do now) lived in rebellious times when every intention of the thoughts of mankind’s heart was continually evil.  Righteous men and women found a way to live by faith.  Consider these truths: By faith, Noah... Heb 11:7 Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord Gen 6:8 Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation Gen 6:9 Noah walked with God Ge 6:9 Noah worshiped the Lord Ge 8:20 Noah was obedient Ge 6:22 Noah was reverent Ge 8:20; Heb 11:7 Noah was an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith Heb 11:7 Noah was a herald of righteousness 2 Peter 2:5 Noah, like Enoch, walked with God.  They walked by faith and they lived their lives to please God.  Noah found a way to live a righteous life in the midst of a generation who’s...