Luke 2:24, "And to offer a sacrifice according to
that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two
young pigeons."
LUKE 2:21-24
21
On the eighth day, when it was
time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had
given him before he was conceived.
22
When the time came for the
purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took
him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23
(as it is written in the Law of
the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord” ),
24
and to offer a sacrifice in
keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or
two young pigeons.”
The Old Testament passage being quoted is
from Lev. 12:6-8.
There the Lord commanded a lamb and a young pigeon or a turtledove as the prescribed sacrifice.
If the woman was unable to offer a lamb, then two young pigeons or two turtledoves were acceptable. Mary would not have offered the lesser offering if it had been in her power to provide the lamb.
This reveals that Joseph and Mary were not well off financially, yet the Lord chose them to be the earthly parents of His only begotten Son.
The Lord doesn't choose the way man chooses. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart (1 Sam. 16:7).
Mary and Joseph were chosen when they were without: without fame, without position, without money. God entrusted the most precious gift He had to a couple who would surely have been overlooked if men had been conducting the search.
God isn't looking for ability, but rather availability.
D. L. Moody once heard a preacher say, "The world has never seen what God can do with one man who is totally yielded to Him."
In response, D. L. said, "By the grace of God, I'll be that man."
This uneducated man went on to shake three continents for God.
God will choose you too, if you'll make yourself available to Him (1 Cor. 1:26-28).
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
There the Lord commanded a lamb and a young pigeon or a turtledove as the prescribed sacrifice.
If the woman was unable to offer a lamb, then two young pigeons or two turtledoves were acceptable. Mary would not have offered the lesser offering if it had been in her power to provide the lamb.
This reveals that Joseph and Mary were not well off financially, yet the Lord chose them to be the earthly parents of His only begotten Son.
The Lord doesn't choose the way man chooses. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart (1 Sam. 16:7).
Mary and Joseph were chosen when they were without: without fame, without position, without money. God entrusted the most precious gift He had to a couple who would surely have been overlooked if men had been conducting the search.
God isn't looking for ability, but rather availability.
D. L. Moody once heard a preacher say, "The world has never seen what God can do with one man who is totally yielded to Him."
In response, D. L. said, "By the grace of God, I'll be that man."
This uneducated man went on to shake three continents for God.
God will choose you too, if you'll make yourself available to Him (1 Cor. 1:26-28).
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
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