The arrival of a baby is always a significant experience.

The entrance of Zachariah and Elizabeth's child in Luke 1 was particularly remarkable.

We'll find out why today on Truth for Life as Alistair Begg sets the scene for Zachariah's prophecy.

Today's message is titled, His Name, His John.

When we have taken up the things of yourself to tell you of our desire to praise you and to

extol your marvelous grace, we come to these moments when in our study of the Bible, we continue

to worship you by the declaring of your mighty deeds, so grant to us then worshipping hearts

as we preach and listen and seek to understand the Lubei for Jesus' sake we ask it.

Amen.

Now, I invite you to turn again to Luke 1 and verse 57 as we resume our studies.

There are few of any moments in life that are equal to both in terms of their drama and

their wonder, the arrival of a baby.

Somebody says, push and certainly all the months of waiting are over and hopes and dreams

are about to be turned into reality.

If it happens in a small neighborhood, it becomes a community event.

Even in suburbia, young mothers discover that perfect strangers may come up to them and

ask about their baby or arrive at the front door of their home to offer them something having

heard that a child has arrived.

Within a very short period of time, relatives show up to offer their advice and every so

often to offer their help, but they arrive and you are inundated by this crowd of people.

Now this is a familiar experience in all of life and therefore when we come to a story

such as this, the record of the arrival of John the Baptist, we need to recognize that

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