Book: Luke
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Luke 1:26-33                        He Shall Be Great

I. The many things said concerning the child that was to be born.
        A. She was to conceive in her womb. That is while she was still a
           virgin.
                1. Thus one of the first prophecies of the messiah in the
                   Bible would be fulfilled. In the garden of Eden when
                   Eve confessed her sin declaring the serpent had
                   beguiled her, God said to the serpent, "And I shall put
                   enmity between you and the woman, and It shall bruise
                   your head, and you will bruise His heel." Genesis 3:15
                        a. The woman does not have the seed. She has the
                           ovum that is fertilized by the male seed.
                        b. Thus there is at least a hint of the virgin
                           birth of the deliverer that shall bruise the
                           head or power of Satan.
                2. Isaiah declares it more clearly. "Behold a virgin shall
                   conceive and bare a Son and shall call His name
                   Immanuel.
                3. Mary is being informed by the angel Gabriel that she
                   has been chosen by God for this special honor of
                   bringing the Son of God into this world.
        B. She was to bring forth a Son and call His name Jesus.
                1. The name Jesus is the Greek for the Hebrew name Joshua
                   which in Hebrew means "Jehovah is salvation."
                2. Later when the angel came to Joseph to allay his
                   doubts concerning the pregnant condition of the girl he
                   was espoused to he told Joseph not to fear to take Mary
                   as his wife, for that which was conceived in her was
                   from the Holy Spirit, and she was to have a Son who
                   should be named Jesus, "For He shall save His people
                   from their sins."
                3. So His name implies His mission. He came as the Savior
                   of the world, to save man from consequences of his sin.
                        a. Later Jesus was to declare, "For the Son of man
                           has come to seek and to save that which was
                           lost."
                        b. At His birth the angels announced the shepherds
                           that unto them was born that day in the city of
                           David, a Savior which was the Messiah, the
                           Lord.
                        c. The people of Samaria said to the woman who met
                           Jesus at the well, "Now we believe not because
                           of your saying but we have heard Him for
                           ourselves, and know indeed that this is the
                           Messiah, the Savior of the world.
                        d. Paul writing to Timothy concerning Jesus Christ
                           said,
2TI 1:9     Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling,
               not according to our works, but according to his own
               purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus
               before the world began,
2TI 1:10    But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus
               Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and
               immortality to light through the gospel:
        C. He shall be great.
                1. I cannot tell you how great Jesus is. He created the
                   universe.
                        a. John writing about Him said,
JOH 1:1     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
               the Word was God.
JOH 1:2     The same was in the beginning with God.
JOH 1:3     All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing
                made that was made.
JOH 1:4     In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
JOH 1:5     And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
                comprehended it not.
                        b. Paul writing about Him said,
COL 1:16    For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and
                that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether
                 [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
                powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
                2. He is the atomic glue that holds the atoms together.
                   Paul said "By Him are all things held together."
                3. He has provided us with a great salvation.
HEB 2:2     For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every
                transgression and disobedience received a just recompence
                of reward;
HEB 2:3     How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which
                 at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was
                 confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];
                4. His name is above every name.
PHI 2:9     Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a
                 name which is above every name:
PHI 2:10    That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things]
                 in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the
                 earth;
PHI 2:11    And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is]
                 Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
        D. He shall be called the Son of the Highest.
                1. In verse 35 the angel went on to say, That holy One
                   that shall be born of you will be called the Son of
                   God.
                2. The prophet Isaiah said,
ISA 9:6     For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
                the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name
                 shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The
                 everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
                        a. A Son is given, who gave His Son?
                        b. John tells us that God so loved the world that
                           He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
                           believeth in Him should not perish, but have
                            everlasting life. John also wrote in his first
                           letter, "In this God manifested His love toward
                           us in that He sent His only begotten Son into
                           the world that we might live through Him.
                        c. Paul wrote to the Galatians, "But in the
                           fullness of time God sent forth His Son into
                           the world, made of a woman.
                3. John also said,
                        a. "For this cause was the Son of God manifested
                           that He might destroy the works of the devil.
                        b. That whosoever shall confess the Jesus is the
                           Son of God, God dwelleth in Him and he in God.
                        c. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he
                           that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God.
                4. Paul opened his letter to the Romans,
ROM 1:1        Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle,
                  separated unto the gospel of God,
ROM 1:2        (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy
                  scriptures,)
ROM 1:3        Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of
                  the seed of David according to the flesh;
ROM 1:4        And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according
                  to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the
                  dead:
        E. "And the Lord shall give Him the throne of His father David."
                1. God promised to David that his seed would sit on the
                   throne forever. David rightly interpreted this is to
                   mean that the Messiah would be one of his descendants.
                2. Isaiah prophesied concerning the Messiah,
ISA 9:7     Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall
                 be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his
                 kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment
                 and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal
                 of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
        F. That He shall reign forever, and of His kingdom there should be
           no end.
                1. The book of Revelation tells us,
REV 11:15   And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in
                  heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become
                  [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he 
                  shall reign for ever and ever.
                2. Daniel in interpreting the dream of Nebuchadnezzer said
                   concerning the Stone that destroyed the governments of
                   man,
DNL 2:44    And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up
                  a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the
                  kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it
                  shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
                   and it shall stand for ever.
                3. He later prophesied of the Messiah saying,
DNL 7:14    And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom,
                  that all people, nations, and languages, should serve
                  him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which
                  shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall
                  not be destroyed.
                4. In the Lord's prayer we acknowledge, "For Thine is the
                   Kingdom and the power and the glory forever."