“John’s name & Zechariah’s deliverance” (Luke 1:57-80)
Published 19 Dec. 2025
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Designed for Personal Bible Study or for Bible Teaching
⚠️ Lessons Learned – Warnings
- 1️⃣ Doubt can delay God’s work but never cancels it (Luke 1:18–20).
- 2️⃣ Public opinion often resists God’s revealed will (Luke 1:59–61).
- 3️⃣ Silence can be a form of divine discipline (Luke 1:20).
- 4️⃣ Tradition can oppose obedience when God acts unexpectedly (Luke 1:62–63).
- 5️⃣ Fear spreads when God’s power is misunderstood (Luke 1:65).
💥 Lessons Learned – Failures
- 1️⃣ Zechariah initially failed to believe God’s promise (Luke 1:18).
- 2️⃣ The crowd assumed God would follow family customs (Luke 1:59).
- 3️⃣ Many failed to recognize the prophetic moment unfolding (Luke 1:66).
- 4️⃣ Silence replaced worship until obedience occurred (Luke 1:20).
- 5️⃣ Fear overshadowed understanding of God’s mercy (Luke 1:65).
🚫 Lessons Learned – Sins
- 1️⃣ Unbelief questioned God’s faithfulness (Luke 1:18).
- 2️⃣ Presumption replaced obedience (Luke 1:59).
- 3️⃣ Fear distorted perception of God’s work (Luke 1:65).
- 4️⃣ Silence delayed praise (Luke 1:20).
- 5️⃣ Expecting God to conform to tradition resisted revelation (Luke 1:62–63).
🏆 Lessons Learned – Successes
🌱 Lessons Learned – Spiritual Growth
- 1️⃣ Obedience unlocks spiritual freedom (Luke 1:63–64).
- 2️⃣ God uses discipline to deepen worship (Luke 1:20).
- 3️⃣ Faith matures in quiet seasons (Luke 1:80).
- 4️⃣ God prepares servants before revealing their mission (Luke 1:76).
- 5️⃣ Praise flows from fulfilled promise (Luke 1:67).
🧭 Lessons Learned – Leadership Principles
- 1️⃣ Leaders obey God even when misunderstood (Luke 1:63).
- 2️⃣ Public obedience strengthens communal faith (Luke 1:65–66).
- 3️⃣ God restores leaders who respond humbly (Luke 1:64).
- 4️⃣ Leaders prepare the next generation intentionally (Luke 1:76).
- 5️⃣ God shapes leaders in obscurity before influence (Luke 1:80).