The Realization Of God’s Guidance-4

The REALIZATION Of GOD’s GUIDANCE-IV—

Luke 1:67b-80(:57-80)

Attention:

PETA's Response to Obama's Fly “Execution”—June 18, 2009

Exerpted from: OneNewsNow.com, Reuters, ABC News.

In 2009, then U.S. President Barak Obama(2008-2016) stopped during an interview, to swat & kill a fly that was buzzing around his head. “Get out of here,” the president fussed at the fly. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up & then smacked it dead!

“Now, where were we?”, Obama asked his interviewer. Then he added: “That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker.”

As a result, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) called the fly incident an “execution”, & scolded the President to show more compassion...”

Bruce Friedrich, the then V.P. for Policy at PETA stated, “We support compassion for even the smallest animals”, “We support giving insects the benefit of the doubt.” Friedrich said that PETA support “brushing flies away rather than killing them” & was disappointed that the president had killed the fly.

The group sent the president a ‘Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher’, which traps bugs & allows their safe release back into nature.

PETA was way over-the-top in their assessment of the ‘fly-execution’ situation. !Given that flies are known vectors for disease, PETA was in need of some ‘common-sense’ guidance.

Similarly, we ALL stand in need of guidance, BUT more pointedly, we ALL stand in need of the ‘common-sense’ of GOD’s perfect GUIDANCE!

1:76-79—““And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God, With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us; To give light to those who sit in darkness & the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.””(cf.-Isa. 9:6-7; Isa. 40:3-5;)

God’s ‘GUIDANCE’ can come to any individual, thru their willful & conscious, personal trust in Jesus Christ.

And the ‘evidence’ of the Savior’s ‘salvation’ in a person, is seen in that person’s trust in Jesus as ‘the Lord’ of their life, as they allow God to ‘guide’ their life choices.

And by means of a person’s living a life guided by God, His GUIDANCE becomes a priceless gift that is made available to & for others to apprehend by their own personal faith.

BUT the ‘touchstone’ for the arrival of God’s promised GUIDANCE, was the birth of John-the-Baptist. With John’s birth, God’s promise began to be realized in real time.

Need:

There is a battle that continually rages in us, between the offer of God’s guidance versus our own fleshly choices. And that battle describes the dilemma we constantly answer thru freewill!

So all people stand in need God’s ‘Guidance’ & direction!

Willfully AVOIDING God’s ‘Guidance’ & direction, leaves your life devoid of real answers to the most troubling quandaries of life.

On the other hand, willfully RECEIVING God’s ‘Guidance’, gives a beautiful & peaceful, clarity & purpose to your life!

Luke records prophetic events surrounding the birth of John the Baptist.

The means towards God’s ‘guidance’(1:79) was realized thru the birth of John the Baptist.

God’s ‘guidance’(in the way of peace) has been historically realized.

But:

?How is God’s guidance realized for you & me today?

We are attempting to answer that question by examining...

...6 Realizations that bring God’s Guidance to us.

So far we’ve found that ‘God’s ‘Guidance’ is realized thru a’:

1. Prophetic BIRTH(:57-58)

2. Prophetic RITUAL/CUSTOM(:59)

3. Prophetic ENCOUNTER(:60-64)

& a:

4. Prophetic GRASP(:65-67a)

And TODAY we’ll find that:

5—God’s ‘guidance’ is ALSO realized thru a Prophetic...

REVEALING(:67b-79)[Part-1--:67b-69]

Explanation:(:67b-79)[part-1--:67b-69]Expose/Disclose/Make known

:67—“Now his father, Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, & prophesied, saying:”[See: 'The REALIZATION Of GOD’s GUIDANCE-3']

:68—“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited & redeemed His people,”

By “the Holy Spirit”, Zacharias proclaims that “the Lord the God of Israel” is such a treasure to His people, that He is “blessed” by them, & is to be “blessed” by all.

God thru Zacharias, wanted all to know, that the events surrounding the birth of Zacharias’ son John, were intended as an obvious sign that “the Lord” had “visited” or ‘shown up’ for His people Israel, in answer to God’s promise!

As did the fulfilling of the promise of John’s birth, SO, there is the nearness & certainty of Messiah-Jesus’ coming! God had indeed accomplished “redemption” for those whom He calls His own.....

*‘REDEEM’—‘To release by the payment of a price’, or ‘to buy back.’

•In God’s scheme of things, people must be “redeemed” from their personal sin with it’s resulting sinfulness. The MEANS to be “redeemed” is offered to all people, by God, thru Jesus Christ only!