FROM TODAY’S READING (12/13/2021)…
CHRISTMAS THOTS…
Luke 1:34-35 (NLT) Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.”
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.”
“Those of us who have experienced the birth of Christ within us have also experienced the presence of God and the miraculous life-giving work of the Holy Spirit as he has come upon us, bestowing life within…This is one of the wonders Christ offers each one of us—new life from above—something we cannot do for ourselves—something palpable and living and growing—something we can know for sure!”
R. Kent Hughes
Luke, Vol. 1 - That You May Know The Truth
John 3:6 (NLT) Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
Romans 8:16 (NLT) For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.
1 Corinthians 12:13 (NLT)…But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.
Image: Public Domain. Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) “The Annuncitation”
