Today’s Scripture passage is about the prophecy on John, the son of Zachariah. Zachariah was married to Elizabeth but she couldn’t have a baby before she became old. Having a child was their heart’s desire, so they had been always praying to God for a child. In the meantime, Zachariah’s turn to give sacrifice to God came around. When he was burning incense in the Temple of the Lord, an angel appeared said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John” (Luke 1:13). That is how Zachariah heard and saw an angel. In the past our Lord Himself and His angels used to appear in person before people and His servants. This was a common case in the Old Testament days before Jesus came to this earth as Savior.

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After Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River to take over the sins of mankind, He was tempted by Satan before He began His ministry of preaching the Truth. Satan tempted Him by asking Him if He was really the Savior of mankind and the Son of God, and whether He really believed in God. Through this account, Jesus Christ is teaching us about the temptations that may come in our way—that is, He is teaching us how to overcome the temptation of Satan by showing us how He Himself was also tempted by Satan, and how He overcame it.

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Christmas is upon us. It would be truly wonderful if all Church members were doing God’s work with one faith and one heart, but my heart is troubled when this is not the case. Throughout his lifetime of ministry, the Apostle Paul also struggled the most when he found some people in God’s Church who did not believe in the righteousness of God even as they claimed to believe in it. Referring to such people, the Apostle Paul said that they were interested only in their own greed. That’s because even though these people professed to believe in Jesus as their Savior, they actually cared only about their own flesh rather than believing in the righteousness of God.

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