St Timothy Presbyterian Church

Scripture Passage Luke 1:46-55 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Who was Mary? During this Advent season, I did Advent series on Luke's understanding of Jesus' birth. To Luke, Mary was the central figure in the story of Jesus' birth. Mary was a very interesting person. She was born and grew up in a small town, called Nazareth. Nazareth was so small that it was not even mentioned in the Old Testament. Maybe a few hundred people at most. She was a peasant, poor and very low in her social status. One day, she had this divine moment. An angel came to her. The Angel's name was Gabriel. The meaning of angel is messenger. The angel gave her the message of God and the message was that she would give birth to a son. Mary was only a teenager. We have HiC with us today. Can you imagine that you would receive this kind of message? How would you feel? Scared. Won't you be? Of course you would be scared. It is a good news to all of us. We sing, Joy to the world . But not to Mary. It wasn't a simple good news to