<TITLE>08. Par 25-27</TITLE>L-25 This appearing of the Angel frightened the little virgin. She had been taught that the days of miracles was past. But she had seen something happen. The Angel told her, said, "Hail, Mary." "Hail" means "to stop." And He had a message for her. When an Angel comes, He's got a message for you. And the Holy Spirit, God's Angel is here tonight with a message for every believer. Just keep Him on your mind. Keep thinking about Him, how lovely He is, how sweet He is, of His promises. If you're sick, get this on your mind, "He was wounded for my transgressions; He was bruised for my iniquity: the chastisement of my peace was upon Him; and with His stripes I was healed." Keep your mind centered like that; something will happen to you. All of a sudden there'll be a--something draw nigh to you, an anointing will come on you and out of that chair you'll go. "Draw nigh unto the Lord, and He will draw nigh unto you."

L-26 And she looked at this great Angel, and His Name is Gabriel. Now, there is Angels of the Lord, many of them, and they come to the earth and bring messages. But Gabriel, when He comes, there's something major going to happen. He was the One Who announced the first coming of Christ; He will be the One that'll announce the second coming of Christ.
And He told Mary, "Thou has found favor with God." What a message to bring to her. "Thou has found favor with God." And while she was thinking on that Scripture, then that was the Scripture that was confirmed to her.
Now, if you're sick, think on that Scripture. If you're lost, think on that Scripture. If you want the Holy Spirit, think on that Scripture, and the Holy Spirit will confirm it to you.

L-27 There she was, and the Angel said, told her that she was going to have a Son. And they would call His Name Jesus. He'd save the people from their sins. And He said, "Your cousin Elisabeth is an old woman, and it's six months with her now as a mother, who was called barren." Now, Mary and Elisabeth were first cousins. Our Lord and John the Baptist were second cousins.
Elisabeth's husband's name was Zacharias. He was a just man, a priest at the temple. He was a good man. And all his life that he had been married to Elisabeth, he had prayed and held onto God, that God would give them a baby; but she was barren. And she'd got some sixty years old, and Zacharias was way in seventy, and still they had no children. So Zacharias went up to the feast to do his duty at the feast, which was to burn incense while the people were praying in the congregation. And while he was in there burning incense, he looked, standing at the right hand of the altar, and there stood Gabriel the Archangel.
Live right; do right; Angels are still living; God still has them at His command. There stood Gabriel, the Archangel, and told him what was going to happen. After this days of his administration at the--the temple, he'd go home, and his wife was going to conceive and bear a child. They called his name John. And we know the story.


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