First Christmas Greetings

The Christian greetings exchanged by Mary and Elizabeth, and their unborn babies, stands as a model for Christian greetings.

1. Greeting with eagerness. (v.39-40)
2. Greeting with joy and honor. (v.41-44)
3. Greeting by recognizing and blessing faith. (v. 45)
   What is important to maintain? (2 Cor. 3:2-3)
   When not glad to see a Christian, what's wrong? John 3:29-30,36.
   What do we have in common; what greeting is fitting? Heb.11:31.
   How can we honor the faith of another? Eph.4:29.