John, The First Christmas Witness and His Legacy: Luke 1:5-25

Malachi 4:5 Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. 6 He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.

1st John’s Godly Father, Zacharias & Mother Elizabeth 5-7

• A Legacy of Righteousness: By Faith!

Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith

Romans 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed form faith to faith, as it I written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH!

Galatians 3:11 Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, FOR THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH”

• A Legacy of Blamelessness: Their Walk Micah 6:6-8

• A Legacy of Ministry: Their Priesthood

2nd John, A Godly Son And Messiah’s First Witness 8-25

A Long Forgotten Prayer Answered! Verse 13
A Medically Impossible Birth Promised! Verse 13
A Son Who Will Bring Great Joy and Gladness to His Family,
to the World!
A Son Great in the Sight of God

1 Samuel 16:6-12 – Children After God’s Own Heart.

Great in Man’s Sight: Fame, power, numbers, achievement, wealth, titles and recognition.

Great in God’s Sight: Faith, Obedience, Humility, Faithfulness to Calling, Decaring Christ, Holiness and Devotion:

A Witness Filled With and Dependent on the Holy Spirit (Eph 5:1)

The Forerunner of Christ Who Possess Power For a Witness for Christ!

ϖ A Witness that Turn People Back to their Lord. (Luke 3:1-14)

ϖ The Witness that Turn Hearts of Children and Fathers towards One Another (Malachi 4:6)

ϖ The Witness Whose Ministry Turns the Disobedient to the Attitude of the Righteous: Preparing People for the Lord. (John 1:6-8;19-37)

ϖ The Witness that Exalts Christ. (John 3:22-36)

Matthew 11:11 “Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Acts 1:8 You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.

3rd Zachariah’s Journey to Christmas Faith: 18-25

Yet, What God Says, He Does! No Matter What: 18-25

One Last Word: Luke 1:39-45