What Does Luke 2:23 Mean?
By David J. Stewart
Luke 2:23, “(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every
male that openeth the
womb shall be called holy to the Lord)”
Luke 2:23 quotes an Old Testament passage found in Exodus 13:2, “Sanctify
unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of
Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.” The reason why every male
that openeth the womb (that is, came forth from the womb) was called holy
unto the Lord was simply because everyone was looking for the Messiah. Every
woman who became pregnant became the hope of Israel, wondering if she would
give birth to the expected Savior of the Jews and humanity. God's people had
been waiting for thousands of years for the promised Messiah.
Thank God for the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the
Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29, “The next
day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.” Oh listen my friend, I don't care who you are
or how deep in sin your life may be (or have gone), God wants to pardon you
of all iniquities and cleanse your sins as white as snow...
Isaiah 1:18, “Come now, and let us
reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool.”
What a precious Savior!!!
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“How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea,
sweeter
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—Psalms 119:103
“It's not the size of my faith that gets me to Heaven, it's the object of my
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“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
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God will not save anyone who is trying to
be saved, He will only save those who are trusting to be saved.
Religion is man trying to reach God
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the sacrifice of His only begotten Son on the cross.
Luke 11:28, “But he
said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep
it.”
“Repentance don't save you! Calling on the Lord don't save you!
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—Pastor Danny Castle, a quote from the needful MP3 sermon, “WHY
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1st Corinthians 1:18, “For
the preaching of the cross is to them that
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but unto
us which are saved it is the power of God.”
“But I do
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the Church is removed from this earth. Now the reason the date's not
given here is that the Church is dateless, nameless, timeless. You see,
we are heavenly people—have no name, but some of you folk thought it was
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Presbyterian, and even some of you thought it was Methodist, and some of
you thought it was Independent; but I have news for you, the Church has
no name!”
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Hosea 3:4
“The Lord gave the
word: great was the company
of those that published it.”
—Psalms 68:11
3rd John 1:8, “We therefore
ought to receive such, that we might be
fellowhelpers to the
truth.”
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