Zecharih and You.

Now prior to the Birth of Jesus was a priest named Zechariah who had a wife named Elizabeth? They were old and had no children. Zechariah was on this normal rotation of priest that went into the Holy Of Holies the temple of the Lord. They case these lots and they fell on Zechariah, I can't imagine how these guys felt when the lots fall on them, because they tied a rope around that persons leg, incase that priest fell dead while in there. This was known to happen back then. Anyway while Zechariah was in the temple of the Lord he saw an angel of the Lord and that angel told him that he was fixing to have a child and that child would do all sorts of things and he was to name the child John. Will after hearing all this he did not believe at first, and told the angel how can the be I'm old and so is my wife? Because of your own disbelieve the angel made him unable to speak and until the child was born. And all that the angel told him happened. One thing I want to point out here is this, If you are standing her today saying that that religious stuff is a bunch of crap or standing here thinking that you are a bad person because you just can't believe all this stuff these Ministers keep throwing out at me, then let me tell you something about this guy Zechariah, the bible says he and his wife not only observed all the Lords commandments but that they were upright and blameless in the sight of the Lord. Now how many of us can say that? Not me. The point I'm trying to get at here is this, Zechariah saw an angel and still did not believe, let me tell you this is normal but you must overcome this disbelief crap the enemy puts in front of you. If the enemy can do this to someone blameless in the sight of the Lord then, he can do it to you too. Please be open to what God has to say to you, believe in Him and His Son that was born to take on yours and my sins so that we can get that free ticket to heaven.
Okay let’s get back what God wants me to share with you, when Elizabeth's became with child her cousin showed up and she had Jesus in her, Elizabeth’s baby jumped in her womb and received the Holy Spirit of God. Awesome stuff, Later when John was born it came time to name the baby and the family tried to name him something other than John. But Zechariah asks for a writing board and wrote no his name is John. Suddenly Zechariah could speak and this is what he had to say: in Luke 1: 67His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: 68"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. 69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), 71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us— 72to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, 73the oath he swore to our father Abraham: 74to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear 75in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven 79to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace." 80And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the desert until he appeared publicly to Israel.Now what does all this mean for us, I think God is letting you know that, even if you aren't blameless in his sight, that doesn't mean that He doesn't love or that He has forgotten about you. If you are having a problem with Drugs or Alcohol that seems to take you over, I promise you that God is here to help you with that. If you are broken down and dishearten the Lord is here to heal you. You can be His next miracle here and now, and all you have to do, is stand with me over here and say I want to know this Lord, I want to receive His Holy Spirit and be healed and get that free ticket to heaven today.
Amen.