Luke 1:18 - The Message18 Zachariah said to the angel, “Do you expect me to believe this? I’m an old man and my wife is an old woman.” Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176918 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition18 And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know and be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible18 Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? My wife and I are very old.” Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version18 And Zechariah said to the Angel: "How may I know this? For I am elderly, and my wife is advanced in years." Ver Capítulo |
Abraham didn’t focus on his own impotence and say, “It’s hopeless. This hundred-year-old body could never father a child.” Nor did he survey Sarah’s decades of infertility and give up. He didn’t tiptoe around God’s promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said. That’s why it is said, “Abraham was declared fit before God by trusting God to set him right.” But it’s not just Abraham; it’s also us! The same thing gets said about us when we embrace and believe the One who brought Jesus to life when the conditions were equally hopeless. The sacrificed Jesus made us fit for God, set us right with God.