"Questioning God" (Advent Sermon Series) Message by Jory Leong on 27 Nov 2016 at SSMC

1. JORY LEONG | 27 Nov 2016
SSMC
SUNGAI WAY-SUBANG
METHODIST
C H U R C H
Luke 1:5-20

3. Luke 1: 5-20
Questioning God

4. Luke 1: 5-20

5. Similarities from Luke 1
Zechariah Mary
v.19 Visited by angel Gabriel v.26-27
v.13 Promised the miraculous birth of a son v.31
v.7 Unfit to have a child v.27
v.18 Responded with equal perplexity: "How?" v.34

6. Differences from Luke 1
Zechariah Mary
v.19-20 Struck dumb v.35 Answered graciously
v.20
“Since you didn’t believe
what I said, you will be
silent and unable to speak
until the child is born.”
didn’t believe believed
v.45
“You are blessed because
you believed that the Lord
would do what he said.”

7. Lessons from Luke 1
1. Disbelief & questioning are worlds apart.

8. Josh “The more I examined the
evidence, the more it took
me to the opposite
conclusion of what I wanted
to reach - that the Bible is
the very word of God, and
Jesus Christ is His Son,
and He was raised from the
dead on the third day”.

9. Josh McDowell

12. Lessons from Luke 1
1. Disbelief & questioning are worlds apart.
2. Don’t despair when you stumble.

13. 6 And they were both righteous before God,
walking blamelessly in all the commandments and
statutes of the Lord.
64 And immediately his mouth was opened and his
tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy
Spirit and prophesied.
Luke 1 (ESV)

14. And after you have suffered a little
while, the God of all grace, who has
called you to his eternal glory in
Christ, will himself RESTORE
CONFIRM
STRENGTHEN AND
ESTABLISH YOU.1 Peter 5:10 (ESV)

15. Lessons from Luke 1
1. Disbelief & questioning are worlds apart.
2. Don’t despair when you stumble.

18. God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me