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Hidden Christmas, Part 2 - Mary’s Dilemma

Hidden Christmas, Part 2 - Mary’s Dilemma

Pastor Adam continues Hidden Christmas by highlighting how Mary’s thoughtful questioning of the angel’s message reveals a faith that develops gradually, rather than through immediate acceptance.

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NewHope Church

7619 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 11:00 AM

BIG IDEA: Mary’s conversation with Gabriel demonstrates how ______ to the good news of Jesus.
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.

Luke 1:26-29
1. Mary responds with reason and ______ rather than instantaneous ______.
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

Luke 1:30-34
2. Mary responds in a gradual ______ rather than a ______ decision.
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,”

Luke 1:39-48
3. Mary responds with ______ after experiencing the ______ of a friend.
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