In his sermon on Luke 1:26–38 and 2:8–14, Stephen Davey explains how the angel Gabriel delivers three gospel announcements—first to Zacharias, then to Mary, and finally to the shepherds—each revealing a new stage in God’s redemptive plan. Gabriel announces God’s unmerited grace to Mary, declaring that she will miraculously conceive the Messiah by the Holy Spirit, and Mary responds with surrender despite the social cost she will bear. Davey contrasts Mary’s believing question with Zacharias’s unbelieving one, showing that God welcomes honest inquiry but disciplines stubborn doubt. He then highlights Gabriel’s proclamation to the marginalized shepherds that a Savior, Messiah, and Lord—God Himself—has been born for them, signaling that the gospel is for the outcast and unclean. Davey concludes that while angelic “messengers” announced Christ’s birth, God has now entrusted believers to carry that good news to the world.
At the Speed of Angels
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