The Characteristic of Spiritual Dumbness Luke 1 20

Read the passage: Luke 1

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(And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.)

1. Getting weary or giving up on spiritual hope. v.1...
   (for thy prayer is heard; )
   
   
2. Failing to attribute integrity to God’s revealed truth.
   v.14,15 ( And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and ...)
   
   
3. Not being sensitive to God’s greater purposes and plan.
   v. 16- (And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.)
   
   
4. Hearing God, but not hearing God.
   
   
5. Not relating Biblically revealed truth to the message of need of God’s people.
   v.17- (And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.)
   
   
6. Relying upon human (natural) evidences.
   v.18- (And Zechariah said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.)
   
   
7. Resisting God’s sent messenger who bears the truth of God.
   v.19-(And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show)
   
   
8. Failing to allow a joyful heart.
   v. 19-(and to show thee these glad tidings.)
   
   
9. Having to have sight to walk by.
   v.20- (and, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed,)
   
   
10. Failing to acknowledge God’s seasons. - a season of faith, of hope, of waiting, of trusting, of ministry, of fulfillment, of testimony.