Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 1:57-66
by: Victoria Shephard.
When Elizabeth gave birth and the time came to name the child, her husband was still mute and had been since the angel in the temple appeared to him, told him that his wife would have a son, and he doubted the angel's message. For that, God made him unable to speak.
Here Zacharias, when asked what the baby's name should be, answered in faith by writing what the angel had told him all those months ago. "You will give him the name John" (Luke 1:13). When this happened, God lifted his muteness so he was able to speak again.