John Calvin: New Testament Volume 1 (#10): Luke 1.18-20

Zacharias "gets whacked" in the Temple for momentary unbelief. Guilty as charged. Penalty: 9 months of an inability to speak. God forgives and restores this errant and sinning father of John the Baptist. He wrongly measures the possible by his own lil' brain (like libboes).

One can imagine the consequences of this story for himself (in after-action reflections), his wife Elizabeth, and lil' John the Baptist to come. UPSHOT: Respect for God and His Word of promises.

Even this godly priest gets whacked. And he and his wife are godly, as previously noted by Luke, but Zacharias has a moment of insolent unbelief. Great discussion by Monsieur Jean (as usual).



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