Text:  Luke 1:67-80

God’s Promised Redeemer (1:67-75)

• God promised to personally come to visit and redeem His people
• God promised to fulfill His covenant and display His mercy to His people.
• God promised to save His people unto sanctified service to Him.

God’s Promised Forerunner (1:76-80)

• The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner who would prepare the way by preaching salvation through repentance and forgiveness (see Isaiah 40:3-5).
• The Messiah would come to give light and life to those in darkness and death (see Malachi 4:2).