• Introduction

    • Written to Theophilus, who here is referred to as a specific person.

    • Luke was the writer. The Holy Spirit was the author.

  • Filled with the Spirit (Luke 1:15-17; 41-42)

    • “Filled with” speaks, not of quantity, but of motivation. It speaks of cause and effect.

    • Luke 6:11

    • Acts 5:17-18

    • Acts 13:45

    • Acts 5:3

    • Acts 9:17-18

    • Ephesians 5:18-20

    • Luke 1:41-42

  • Luke 1:38 – This was a great demonstration of faith on Mary’s part, knowing that what she had just been told would be a miraculous feat.

  • Luke 1:50 – God will be merciful to the faithful in the judgment. Compare II Timothy 1:18.