2008-12-11 ILC Chapel — Mary, Noah, and Abraham were…
Mary, Noah, and Abraham were chosen by grace, just as we are saved by the grace of God.
Date : 2008-12-11
Speaker : Professor John Pfeiffer
Luke 1:26–27 (Listen)
Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed1 to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
Footnotes
[1] 1:27
(ESV)
Hymn: TLH 647, st. 4: O Little Town of Bethlehem
4. O holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in,
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell:
Oh, come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Immanuel!