By Apostle Andre Pelser, 25 December 2012.

⁶⁷     Now his father Zacharias^pwas filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:

⁶⁸     “Blessed ^qis the Lord God of Israel, For ^rHe has visited and redeemed His people,

^{69     s}And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

^{70      t}As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been ^usince the world began,

⁷¹     That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

^{72     v}To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

^{73     w}The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:

⁷⁴     To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might ^xserve Him without fear,

^{75     y}In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

⁷⁶     “And you, child, will be called the ^zprophet of the Highest;  For ^ayou will go before the face of the
         Lord to prepare His ways,

⁷⁷     To give ^bknowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,

⁷⁸     Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the ¹Dayspring from on high ²has visited us;

^{79     c}To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to ^dguide our feet into the way of peace.”

⁸⁰      So ^ethe child grew and became strong in spirit, and ^fwas in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

^[1]  There are certain aspects in Zachariah’s prophecy about his own son John that inspires us to look forward to what God is about to do in our own lives!

1. God filled Zacharias with the Holy Spirit and  he prophesied
2. God has given us redemption and salvation
3. God fulfils the word of prophecy
4. God delivers us from those who hate us
5. God remembers His Covenant Promises to us all
6. God helps us to serve Him in holiness and fear
7. God raises up prophets to prepare a people for Himself
8. God forgives our sins and show us tender mercies
9. God gives us knowledge of salvation

God can do all the same for you today – if you believe the Word of the Lord!