In his sermon on Luke 1:1–25, Stephen Davey explains that Luke writes his Gospel to give believers certainty—a carefully investigated, evidence-based confidence in the truth of Jesus Christ. Luke begins not with Christ’s birth, but with the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth to show that even when God seems silent, irrelevant, or absent, He is still sovereign, attentive, and at work. Living under Herod’s brutal rule and enduring decades of unanswered prayer, this faithful couple illustrates how God remains aware of every sorrow and every longing. When Gabriel announces the birth of John after 400 years of divine silence, God proves He has not forgotten their prayers—or His promises. Davey concludes that God often acts at the most impossible moment to display His faithfulness, grace, and power beyond human expectation.
Certainty!
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