diatarassō

You Have Found Favor With God

Fear Not! You Have Found Favor With God

Dave Riddle - 12/17/2023

Key Passage: Luke 1:26-38

Grace

- Luke 1:28

- Greetings: Be of good cheer. Root word: grace.

- Favored one: to provide someone with special honor. Root word: grace.

- “Grace to you, oh highly favored one”

- The same message Paul has for the Ephesians.

- The same message is given to each of us in the good news of the gospel.

Mary Was Very Perplexed

- Luke 1:29

- diatarasso: very disturbed. Disturbed wholly. Agitated with alarm.

- The only time this word is used in the Bible.

Don’t be afraid. You have found favor with God

- Luke 1:30

- The message Gabriel shares with Mary is not one that most people would have associated with favor.

- Unplanned pregnancy

A natural, reasonable, very human reaction

- Luke 1:34

- Compare to Zechariah’s reasonable reaction in Luke 1:18

A supernatural, outlandish, very divine answer!

- Luke 1:35

I am the Lord’s servant

- Luke 1:38

- The Lord’s slave

- May it be done as you have said

- Blessed assurance.

- Trusting, believing, submitting to God’s way.

- Even when it seems far fetched.

Mary - Time to Get Uncomfortable

Time to Get Uncomfortable - Mary

Dave Riddle - 12/11/2022

Key Passage: Luke 1:26-38

Mary Was Deeply Troubled

  • diatarassō (διαταράσσομαι) - to disturb wholly, agitate, with alarm. Troubled, perplexed.

  • “What kind of greeting is that!?”

Mary’s Kairos moment

  • Somewhere between a speed bump and a brick wall.

  • καιρός: No direct English equivalent 

    • The right time. The critical time. The opportune moment. Implies, not the convenience of the season, but the necessity of the time at hand.

    • “Kairos is when eternity steps into time”

  • Luke 1:34 - “How can this be!?”

God’s Supernatural, Outlandish, Very Divine Answer

  • Luke 1:35

    • You don’t need to know a man like that to have a kid like this.

Mary’s Incredible Response

  • I am the Lord’s servant, may it be done to me according to your word.

    • Luke 1:37-38

    • “Perfect submission, all is at rest.”

  • Mary moved from deeply troubled to perfect submission.