"The Christmas Miracle: Nothing Is Impossible With God!" | Luke 1:34-38 ✞-word Puzzle | 12.6.23

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  1. 2. Like ___, Mary’s response (“Behold” or “here I am”) indicates that she is ready and willing to serve (Lk 1:38; cf. 1 Sam 3:4, 6, 8).
  2. 8. The true Christmas Miracle is the birth of Jesus to a ____ (Lk 1:27, 34).
  3. 9. After hearing their respective prophetic, angelic, pregnancy announcements, ___ hems and haws (Lk 1:18f.), but Mary shows no hints of hesitation (Lk 1:38).
  4. 12. (Three words) The holy baby who was born to Mary, Jesus the Christ, would be called the ___ __ ___ (Lk 1:35) by the Divine (Lk 3:21-22; 9:34-35), the demonic (Lk 4:41, 8:28), and the devoted (Ac 9:20; 2 Cor 1:19; Gal 2:20; Eph 4:13; Heb 4:14, etc.).
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  1. 1. (Two words) When the Spirit of the Lord ___ ___ someone, He brings productive power (Ac 1:8; cf. Is 32:15 LXX).
  2. 3. This relative of Mary was miraculously enabled to conceive in her old age (Lk 1:36), serving as pregnant proof that the angelic proclamation will come to pass.
  3. 4. Likely echoing the words that the angels (Heb 13:2) proclaim to Abraham and Sarah (Gen 18:1-15), Gabriel says that no-thing is ___ with God (Lk 1:37; cf. Gen 18:14; Jer 32:17, 26-27).
  4. 5. The Holy Spirit ___ Mary, not unlike how the Shekinah glory of the LORD ___ the tabernacle in a cloud (Ex 40:35-38).
  5. 6. The God of creation is also the God of ___creation (Lk 1:35; Genesis 1-2; Jer 32:17, etc.).
  6. 7. To ___ someone in a biblical sense often entails an intimate, personal relationship (Lk 1:34; Gen 4:1; cf. Mt 7:21-23; 1 Jn 2:3-4).
  7. 10. Like ___, the mother of Samuel, Mary declares that she is a servant (lit. slave) of the LORD (Lk 1:38; cf. 1 Sam 1:10-11).
  8. 11. When the angel tells them that they will miraculously conceive, Sarah ____ (Gen 18:12-15), but Mary is loyal (Lk 1:38).