What Did Simeon Say?

What Did Simeon Say?
The Gospel of Luke 2.21-35

The birth of Christ

The circumcision and naming of Christ

The presentation of Christ

A. CONTEXT

1. Law
2. Location
3. Longing

B. MESSAGE

1. A divine message: the Holy Spirit

2. A public message
   Peace [29]
   Salvation [30]
   All peoples [31]
   Light [32a]
   Glory [32b]
   My eyes have seen Your salvation [30]

3. A private message

   The fall of many

   The rising of many

   Thoughts from many hearts revealed

C. RESPONSE

Jesus is the Inescapable One –sooner or later everyone must take up a position with regard to Him and must choose for or against Him. A man’s attitude towards Him reveals and defines the real quality of his character. It is not an outward “doing good” or a “good life” that counts before God and reveals the deepest inclinations and character of a man; what really matters is his attitude toward Christ.
-- Norval Geldenhuys, The Gospel of Luke