Luke the physician wrote how “John's”, “father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost” after he was born, and he “prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people, And has raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David. As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began. That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant. The oath which he swore to our father Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear”, and in chapter one and verse seventy-five of his book Luke shared how Zacharias referred to how people will be, “in holiness and righteousness before him” where we read:
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
The verse reads, “In holiness and righteousness before him, ...” Luke began with the words, “In holiness” or “in piety towards God and fidelity in observing the obligations of piety” “and righteousness” which means “and in the state that a person is as they ought to be and in the condition acceptable” “before him” or “in front and in the presence of God”. Luke shared how Zacharias said the “oath” or “promise” of God to defeat their “enemies” would allow he and Israel to “worship and serve” God without being afraid and live in a state of “piety” and an “acceptable” way to God.
The verse continues, “... all the days of our life.” Luke added the words, “all the days” which means “for each, every, the whole and everyone of the sunrises to sunsets” “of our life” or “belonging to Zacharias and the people of Israel's very living”. Luke shared how Zacharias said the benefit of God keeping His promise to he and Israel would allow them to “serve and worship” God “without fear” in a state of “holiness” and “righteousness” for “all” their “lives”.
When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we discover more of the benefit of God keeping His “promise” to Israel. Not only would they be able to “minister and serve” God without being afraid, but they would do so with “piety” and an acceptable manner in the presence of God for “all their days”. God desires an “eternal” relationship with every person through His Son Jesus, and when people submit their lives to Him as their personal “Savior and Lord”, they may be assured that God will “deliver” them from their “enemies” and they can “serve” Him all the days of their life in “holiness and righteousness”.
Next time Luke shares how Zacharias says, “you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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