The Christmas Story - Zechariah and Elizabeth

Use these discussion questions for the various events in the Christmas Story.

Zechariah and Elizabeth (Luke 1:5-25)

• What do we know about Zechariah and Elizabeth?
• How are they related to Mary?
• How do you think they felt to have been unable to have children for so long? Was their response justified?
• What are some things of God that you have doubted in your own life?
• Why do you think God took away Zechariah’s ability to speak?
• What was John’s mission to be? How do you think his parents felt after learning of a son and what he would do?
• In what ways might Zechariah’s and Elizabeth’s wishes for a child and what he would become have differed from what God wanted for their child?
• How do you think their lives changed after knowing they would have a son?
• How do you think they felt when he was actually born? What fears, doubts, expectations might they have had?
• What are some things that Zechariah’s song reveal about him?
• What are some of the themes? What does it say about his view of God? What does it say about God’s plans?
• What are some lessons, truths, attitudes, and responses can we learn from Elizabeth and Zechariah?

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