speak-up for jesus!
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SPEAK-UP FOR JESUS!. Anna spoke of the way found in Jesus, talking “…of [Jesus]” we learn in Luke 2:28 “…to all who were looking for… redemption (deliverance)…” (Luke 2:28) from the blinding, sandy, lostness of life. Sure – Anna was married at one time, and perhaps a mother (Luke 2:38). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SPEAK-UP FOR JESUS!
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Anna spoke of the way found in Jesus, talking “…of [Jesus]” we learn in Luke 2:28 “…to all who were looking for… redemption (deliverance)…”
(Luke 2:28)
from the blinding, sandy, lostness of life.
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• Sure – Anna was married at one time, and perhaps a mother (Luke 2:38).
• Sure – Anna was full of spunk, even though she was 84 years old (Luke 2:36).
• But Anna’s main identity, as
headlined in Luke 2:36, was prophetess (Luke 2:36) or prophet, which means literally “to speak out” or in Hebrew “to bubble forth, as from a fountain.”
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One-fifth of all American adults, 46 million, have no religious affiliation.
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Let Jesus ‘Show-Up’ On Ordinary Days
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Anna never stopped seeing and acknowledging Jesus. Why Luke 2:37 notes that Anna “…worshipped [the Lord] night and day…” (Luke 2:37) -- apparently every day -- even on ordinary days.
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Err Toward Grace, Not Pettiness
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For as Hannah praises God in 1 Samuel 2:6, Hannah praises a generous God: “The Lord…makes alive…and raises up…” (1 Samuel 2:6)
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And as Anna praises God in Luke 2:38 – Anna praises a redeeming God (Luke 2:38), best reflected in Jesus, described in Luke 2:40 as “…strong … filled with wisdom and… grace…” (Luke 2:40)
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And so for the most part “…be merciful” Jesus notes in Luke 6:36 – be sympathetic, tender, responsive, and compassionate, even as your Father is [all these].” (Luke 6:36, The Amplified Bible)
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Celebrate: We Are Family in Jesus
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I mean right
before Anna’s
story, Mary
and Joseph
and Jesus appear in the temple encountering
the godly Simeon (Luke 2:21-35)
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Right after Anna’s story, Mary and Joseph and Jesus appear in the temple encountering the Hebrew teachers.
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But right at the end of Anna’s story, Mary and Joseph and Jesus, encounter Anna (Luke 2:38).
And so a sense of family, of family in Jesus, literally surrounds Anna, in a powerful, profound way.
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“For...it was not with perishable things…that you were redeemed…but with the precious blood of Christ…Now that you have been purified….love one another deeply from the heart…”
(2 Peter 1:18; 19; 22-22).
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• Jesus is relevant on laundry day –
• Jesus is full of grace –
• Jesus gives family, even when we have no family.
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“...it was not with perishable things…that [we] were redeemed …but with the precious blood of Christ…[Thus] now that [we] have been purified ….[let us ]love one another deeply from the heart…”
(2 Peter 1:18; 19; 22-22).
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