Commentary.
......When I think of our world today I weep sometimes because it seems less and less people could fit the description of Zechariah and Elizabeth's love and devotion to God. As husband and wife they walked in all the commandments of God as blameless. What sweet life they must have tasted within. Not by wealth or fame, not by worldly applause or human success in this world, but by the souls reward from really constantly being faithful and obedient to God.
We live today in the prophetic times of the scripture that sin would be all over the place abounding in the last days. Few there be that are really sanctified and set apart for the Master by sincere love for him shown in their faithful obedience as Zechariah and Elizabeth were. These few among us today that do make the cut, when their friends turn left against the Lord they turn right and follow him. When it becomes politically incorrect to call upon the name of Jesus Christ publicly, they run and shout His Name on the house tops loving not their lives and fearing no threat of man or beast. But today, few are to embarrassed to shout his name so boldly. What will the neighbors think they say. Our family and friends will call us fanatical. Christ enemies will attack us. Friends nowhere in the scriptures have I found a word from Jesus telling us to put our light under a basket as if to be silent. Have you found one?
Well Zechariah and Elizabeth seemed to not care what the neighbors thought or didn't think about their deep devotion to God. Their delight was in the Lord and as our text tells us they delighted in keeping his commandments. What peace and joy must have been theirs thru the years of such sincere sanctification. A married couple loving and walking with God on earth.
Such sincere love and devotion to God always gets Gods attention. Psalms 91:14-16 reveals this truth and it reveals the rewards that can come upon the faithful ones when such true and sincere devotion is found. Zechariah and Elizabeth were about to find out that their love for the Lord and his commandments had gotten Gods attention.
At the right place and at the right time frame of Gods redemption work, Zechariah and Elizabeth were found to be in the right position to get an Angelic visitation with a glorious message from God. They were at the right place to be amongst the few on earth to hear from heaven that the dispensation for the visitation of Christ, Immanuel, which means God with us, had finally arrived on earth. They were even to become chosen to be vessels unto a special honor. They were going to be honored to bring forth Elijah, the great prophet known as John the baptist, to prepare the people for the visitation of Jesus the Lord of heaven.
Friends faith shown in obedience to God constantly, such sincere devotion lines us up for blessings and rewards, and sometime even special rewards. God has plenty of them to go around and He is the rewarder of those who obey him and diligently SEEK HIM (Hebrews 11:6).....But we must also say, sometimes they can cause us to experience the thorns of persecution. Our Lord fore told us that also. But Jesus said when we are persecuted for righteousness sake, he said for us to rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for that persecution means great is your reward in glory.
........Verse seven commentary coming soon.....deno....Thank you Jesus.
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