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 Luke chapter 1, beginning at verse 39.

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 Today's sermon text is Luke chapter 1, verses 39 through 56.

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 This is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, authoritative word for you, His people.

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 We read in verse 39 that Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste to a city of Judah

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 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

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 And it happened when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary that the babe leaped in her womb,

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 and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said,

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 Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

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 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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 For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears,

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 the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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 Blessed is she who believed,

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 For there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.

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 Verse 46.

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 And Mary said,

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 My soul magnifies the Lord,

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 and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

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 for He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant.

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 For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

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 For He who is mighty has done great things for me.

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 And holy is His name,

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 and His mercy is on those who fear Him,

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 from generation to generation.

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 He has shown the strength with His arm.

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 He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

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 He has put down the mighty from their thrones,

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 and exalted the lowly.

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 He has filled the hungry with good things,

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 and the rich He has sent away empty.

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 He has helped His servant Israel.

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 In remembrance of His mercy,

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 He has spoken to our fathers,

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 as He spoke to Abraham and to His seed forever.

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 And Mary remained with her about three months,

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 and returned to her house.

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 The Word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades,

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 but the Word of the Lord stands forever.

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 As Gabriel said in Luke 1.37,

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 no word from God shall be void of power.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, I ask that You will illumine Your Word,

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 and by the ministry of the Holy Spirit,

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 that Your Word will go forth with power.

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 And I ask, Lord, in front of my brothers and sisters today,

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 what I've been asking You this week,

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 that through the ministry of the Word,

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 You will stir our hearts to worship You.

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 Please do this today, Lord.

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 Amen.

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 I've been burdened for You,

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 and I know there are some who are visiting today,

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 maybe for the only time.

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 What I want to make very clear,

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 my understanding from Scripture,

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 is that the peace promised at Christmas,

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 it's not for everyone.

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 I don't want you leaving here

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 with a false assurance of salvation.

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 Would you look at Luke 2, verse 14?

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 The angels declare peace on earth

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 among those with whom God is pleased.

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 It's only on those upon whom God's favor rests.

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 That's who the peace of Christmas is for.

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 It's not for everyone.

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 It is for everyone who will repent and believe.

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 But it is not unconditional.

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 The condition is the one that Christ Himself

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 has already fulfilled.

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 And your response is to receive it by faith

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 and worship Him.

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 For those who don't fear God

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 and who don't worship Him,

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 you have no peace with God.

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 Think about the first coming of Jesus Christ.

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 It was not peaceful for most people.

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 At the first coming of Jesus Christ,

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 the demons trembled in terror.

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 It's not peaceful for them.

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 The first coming of Christ was confusing

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 for the legalists.

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 Not peaceful.

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 The first coming of Christ was infuriating

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 for the self-righteous.

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 They hated Him to the point of killing Him.

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 Christ's second coming will only be good news

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 for you and me

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 if you first have been convicted

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 of the bad news

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 that before the Holy God,

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 you and I are sinners

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 and we deserve God's wrath.

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 The second coming of Christ

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 will be a nightmare

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 for anyone who remains unrepentant.

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 You've been warned.

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 Now here's the good news.

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 To be ready for the second coming of Christ,

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 it's all of God.

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 It's all God's work in your life

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 for His glory.

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 It's all the ministry of the Holy Spirit

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 to prepare you for His second coming.

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 Now if you're in Christ,

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 this is great news.

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 But don't get a false assurance

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 and grab something that you don't truly have.

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 Today I want to talk to you about the Holy Spirit

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 preparing His people for Christ's coming.

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 And I believe what we see

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 in the way that the Holy Spirit worked

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 to prepare people for His first coming

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 is instructive for us now

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 who are waiting for His second coming.

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 The Holy Spirit.

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 Luke, inspired by God, the Holy Spirit,

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 he references the Spirit 110 times.

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 It's something like 39 times

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 in this book of Luke,

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 this Gospel according to Luke,

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 and then the rest,

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 you know, whatever that would be,

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 49 or 50 times or so

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 in the book of Acts.

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 Or 69 times.

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 It's in Luke and Acts

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 almost more than anywhere else

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 besides Paul in the New Testament.

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 It's the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

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 And we can't miss that

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 in our sermon text today.

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 So that's my encouragement for us

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 in this passage.

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 It's how the Holy Spirit

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 gets you, God's people,

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 ready for Christ.

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 That's what the Holy Spirit does.

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 How the Holy Spirit gets you

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 ready for Christ.

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 Our confession

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 summarizes Scripture this way,

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 chapter 2, paragraph 3,

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 that the Bible's teaching

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 on the Trinity,

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 God the Father,

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 God the Son,

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 incarnate,

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 That is the foundation

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 of all our communion with God

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 and our comfortable dependence

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 on Him.

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 What that means is

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 we need to understand

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 how God the Father,

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 Son,

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 and Holy Spirit work

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 in order to have

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 a comfortable dependence

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 and communion

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 with the true God

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 of the Bible.

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 So in our sermon text,

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 let's see this

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 in five ways.

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 First,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 makes you embrace

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 God's Word.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 is the one working

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 and actively

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 causing you

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 to receive

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 and embrace

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 and hold on

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 to God's Word.

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 Last week,

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 we saw how

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 the Word of God

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 came to Mary

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 through the angel Gabriel

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 who stands

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 in the presence

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 of God

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 and then how

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 the Holy Spirit

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 promised

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 through Gabriel

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 that Mary

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 would be overshadowed.

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 Her womb

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 would become

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 the Holy of Holies

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 and in her body

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 she would carry

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 the Son of God,

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 God the Son Himself.

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 We continue

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 in verse 39

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 how Mary then,

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 after hearing

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 this glorious announcement,

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 we're told in verse 39,

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 Luke 1, 39,

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 she arose

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 in those days

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 and went

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 into the hill country

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 with haste.

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 In other words,

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 after receiving

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 this announcement,

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 right away,

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 she starts to travel.

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 She did not go

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 as some say

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 to hide her pregnant tummy

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 because she went

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 with haste.

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 Right away,

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 she got going.

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 It was likely

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 not yet visible.

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 We can only imagine

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 what would have been

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 going through

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 Mary's mind

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 as she traveled

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 from Nazareth

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 further north

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 in Galilee

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 all the way

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 to the hill country

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 we read in verse 39

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 to the city of Judah

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 so the foothills

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 around Jerusalem

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 most likely

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 and this distance

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 is about 90 miles.

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 I calculated

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 how long would it take

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 for a person

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 to travel that distance

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 by foot

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 on those roads

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 and it's about six days

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 if you don't take

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 too many breaks.

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 Six days of travel.

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 There's a lot of questions

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 we don't have answered

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 in the scripture.

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 I'll admit to you

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 I got a little bit lost

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 and spent way too much time

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 with so many questions

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 I was trying to understand

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 and work out.

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 We don't know

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 if Mary traveled alone

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 or with help

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 and companion.

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 We don't know

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 for sure

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 when was the last time

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 that she had been there

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 to visit Jerusalem

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 and to see Zacharias

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 and Elizabeth.

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 Most likely

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 she had been there.

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 If you look in

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 Luke chapter 1

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 verse 10

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 it's when Zacharias

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 goes as the priest

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 and he's offering

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 the incense to the Lord

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 and the great multitude

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 is gathered at the temple

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 that's most likely

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 Yom Kippur

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 the annual

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 day of atonement

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 where all the believers

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 from Israel

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 would come

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 and from around the world

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 to Jerusalem

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 and because

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 they're close relatives

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 she would have most likely

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 stayed with Elizabeth

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 and heard

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 of why Zacharias

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 is now mute

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 and not able

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 to hear or talk.

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 And so

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 this makes sense

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 in my mind

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 that this is why

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 it's the place

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 where Mary should go back

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 after hearing from

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 the angel Gabriel

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 she just heard

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 this wonderful report

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 that's also terrifying

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 about Zacharias

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 and so here's a couple

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 most likely

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 in their 60s or so

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 or 70s

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 that would understand

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 this miraculous

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 revelation

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 that the angel Gabriel

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 gave to her.

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 We read in

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 Luke chapter 1

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 verse 7

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 it was

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 Elizabeth

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 and Zacharias

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 who had no children

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 because they were both

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 well advanced

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 in years.

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 Well when God

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 promised

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 to this barren

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 older couple

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 that Elizabeth

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 would become

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 pregnant

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 the angel Gabriel

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 gave to Zacharias

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 this glorious promise

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 I want you to see it

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 with your own eyes

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 look at Luke chapter 1

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 verse 15

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 your son John

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 will be filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 even

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 in his mother's womb

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 why is it that

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 God

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 through the angel

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 and through

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 what's kept in scripture

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 for us

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 would make sure

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 we know this

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 that John

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 as a fetus

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 inside of Elizabeth's womb

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 would be filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 he wants us

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 to know that

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 because

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 even before

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 John can be born

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 and speak

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 he's already

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 prophesying

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 he's already

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 doing the work

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 of declaring

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 here's the Messiah

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 look at verse 41

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 in our sermon text

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 Luke 1

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 41

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 and it happened

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 when Elizabeth

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 heard the greeting

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 of Mary

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 that the babe

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 leaped

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 in her womb

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 the word is

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 jumped

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 like a gazelle

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 in the mountains

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 leaping

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 and jumping

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 and that's

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 John the Baptist

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 in the womb

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 filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 already prophesying

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 someone said

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 he is the most

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 weird looking prophet

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 in all of the Bible

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 transparent skin

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 about six inches long

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 already leaping

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 filled with the Holy Spirit

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 from Mary's perspective

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 this would have been

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 a tremendous encouragement

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 God

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 the Holy Spirit

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 can work

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 physically

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 miraculously

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 in the womb

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 of a mother

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 he did for

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 barren Elizabeth

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 and he can

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 and will

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 for me too

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 what an encouragement

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 to her faith

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 well this messenger

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 is the promised

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 forerunner

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 of Messiah

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 all of the

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 expectations

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 of God's people

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 in the old covenant

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 are put on Messiah

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 the anointed one

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 and those who knew

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 those messianic prophecies

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 know that there's

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 going to be one

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 coming before him

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 leading the way

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 preparing the path

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 Malachi 3.1

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 says behold

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 I send my messenger

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 and he will prepare

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 the way

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 before me

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 says God

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 the forerunner

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 is preparing the way

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 for God himself

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 well what does that say

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 about this baby

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 in Mary's tummy

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 I picture Luke

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 the physician

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 the historian

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 going back

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 and interviewing

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 Mary much later

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 decades later

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 when she's

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 most likely

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 an elderly woman

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 and now turn in your Bible

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 and see Luke chapter 2

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 verse 19

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 Luke notes for us

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 that Mary

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 treasured up

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 all these things

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 pondering them

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 in her heart

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 and then look at Luke

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 chapter 2

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 verse 55

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 his mother Mary

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 treasured up

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 all these things

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 in her heart

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 so as he's

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 listening to Mary

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 recount these

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 glorious events

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 and tell from her

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 perspective

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 this is something

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 that struck Luke

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 the historian

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 there's a sign here

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 to help Mary

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 embrace God's word

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 and ponder

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 the glorious truth

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 that God has revealed

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 in her heart

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 receive God's word

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 as true Mary

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 now turn back

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 to Luke chapter 1

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 verses 3 and 4

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 here's what Luke

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 is seeking to do

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 with this account

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 of these historical events

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 his standard

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 is complete

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 certainty

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 by faith

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 he writes

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 to Theophilus

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 which means

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 lover of God

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 I'm recording

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 these events

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 including these signs

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 and these

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 first hand

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 eyewitness accounts

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 because these

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 are gifts

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 for you

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 that you can have

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 a certainty

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 on the things

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 that happened

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 about the incarnation

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 of God the Son

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 and it's recorded

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 in the scripture

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 for us

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 as a gift

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 as well

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 we hear

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 the word of God

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 we can go back

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 in our imagination

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 and picture

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 Mary and Elizabeth

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 and John the Baptist

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 and this glorious

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 encounter

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 and this sign

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 we receive

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 as true

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 we believe it

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 by faith

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 just like Mary

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 and Elizabeth

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 did

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 see isn't God

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 so gracious

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 he gives us

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 these details

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 in his word

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 even these signs

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 like John the Baptist

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 leaping in the womb

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 that sign

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 is an encouragement

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 of his promise

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 his word

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 is true

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 that's what signs

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 do

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 we carry around

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 if you're married

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 a sign on your finger

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 you made vows

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 and it's a visible

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 reminder

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 of a marriage

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 a bond

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 that you share

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 so God

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 gives us

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 in his word

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 signs

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 and an interpretation

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 of the sign

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 and he makes it

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 so clear in the Bible

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 so that we can receive

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 his word

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 as a gift

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 and embrace it

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 by faith

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 so my invitation

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 to us

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 is to do just that

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 ponder

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 these things

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 exactly how God

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 acted in

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 redemptive history

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 ponder them

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 in your heart

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 because that's how

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 the Holy Spirit

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 makes you his people

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 ready for his second coming

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 he trains you

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 more and more

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 and more

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 to receive

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 and embrace

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 his word

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 the second way

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 the Holy Spirit

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 prepares you

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 for God's coming

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 the second time

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 is that he makes you

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 embrace Jesus

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 his son

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 as God

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 it's that simple

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 there are children

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 here today

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 the Holy Spirit

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 God the Spirit

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 who is active

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 he wants to make you

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 receive Jesus Christ

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 as God

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 who he is

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 you would want to

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 reject Jesus as God

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 if you were left

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 on your own

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 but if he's

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 giving you that faith

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 to receive Jesus

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 as God

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 that's the work

00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:43.100
 of the Holy Spirit

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 in your life

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 be encouraged

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 well we saw

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 how even in the womb

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 John the Baptist

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 was filled

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:51.000
 with the Holy Spirit

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 but the Holy Spirit

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 is not done working

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:54.279
 look at what happens next

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 at the end of verse 41

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 Luke 1 41

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 and to get the context

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.519
 go back to verse 40

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 Mary approaches Elizabeth

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 with this ancient Jewish greeting

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 the example would be like

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 when Jacob comes back

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 with caravans and gifts

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 going before

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 and then he makes himself low

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 to make it very clear

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 in this relationship

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 I'm below you

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 you're above me

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 I'm here to pay you honor

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 and so this greeting

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 would have taken

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 hours of conversation

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 and an exchange

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 if it's done

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 the polite

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 traditional way

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 so Mary comes

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 most likely 13 or 14 years old

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 and then here's Elizabeth

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 the wife of the priest

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 who presided over the

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 day of atonement

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 for all of Israel

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 months ago

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 and Mary makes herself low

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 and greets her

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 and tells her

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 I'm here

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 I've traveled

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 all this way

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 to tell you about

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 what also happened to me

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 the angel Gabriel showed up

00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:52.759
 now look at Elizabeth's

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:54.839
 part in the dialogue

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:56.380
 at the end of verse 41

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 we're told

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:58.319
 Elizabeth was now

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 filled with

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 the Holy Spirit

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 see in Acts 2

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 the Holy Spirit

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 is poured out

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 on every believer

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 but up until this point

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 in redemptive history

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 the Holy Spirit

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 moves in a measured way

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 will fill a person

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 for example Samson

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 and take Samson

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 on like a garment

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 as someone said

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 and accomplish what God

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 needs to do

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 and then release Samson

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 that's how the Holy Spirit

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 fills a prophet

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 to do his mighty acts

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 in the Old Testament

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 and so the Holy Spirit

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 will fill Elizabeth now

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 so that she can give

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 an interpretation

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 to the sign

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 in verse 42

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 Elizabeth spoke out

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 in a loud voice

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 something out of the usual

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 is happening

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 in the middle of this greeting

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 and this exchange

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 when a person

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 is filled by the Spirit

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 and then speaks

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 in a loud voice

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 in the Old Testament

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 it's so that

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 you will hear

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 what they have to say

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 for example

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 Deuteronomy 27

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 14 and 15

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 God says

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 the Levites

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 shall speak

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 with a loud voice

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 now the Levites

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 were the ones

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 in charge of

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 slaying all those

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 who turn to false gods

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 and what are the Levites

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 to declare to God's people

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 in a loud voice

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 cursed is the one

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 who makes an idol

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 an abomination

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 to the Lord

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 and all the people

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 shall answer

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 and say amen

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 well now

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 it's Elizabeth

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 being filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 and saying loudly

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 blessed are you

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 among women

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 and blessed

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 is the fruit

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 of your womb

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 she blesses

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 Mary

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 blessed are you

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 and then she blesses

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 God the Son

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 taking on the flesh

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 Jesus

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 blessed is the fruit

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 of your womb

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 in verse 43

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 she blesses

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 herself

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 for being part of this

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 verse 43

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 why is it granted

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 to me

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 the mother

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 that the mother

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 of my Lord

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 should come to me

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 for indeed

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 as soon

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 as the voice

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 of your greeting

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 sounded in my ears

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 the babe

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 leaped in my womb

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 for joy

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 that's her interpretation

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 of what just happened

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 she tells us

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 why it was

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 that John

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 in her tummy

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 leaped

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 do you see that

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 at the end of verse 44

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 he leaped in my womb

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 for joy

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 see what the Holy Spirit

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 does

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 even in the womb

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 fills a person

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 with joy

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 at the sound

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 of Jesus

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 this continues

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 in John's ministry

00:21:33.419 --> 00:21:34.740
 in John chapter 3

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:36.500
 verse 29

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 John the Baptist

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 says

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 the one

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 who has the bride

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 is the bridegroom

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 the bride

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 is the church

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 and the one

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 who has the church

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.419
 God's people

00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:47.960
 is God himself

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.019
 God the Son

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:50.240
 John the Baptist

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 said

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 the friend

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 of the bridegroom

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 who stands

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 and hears him

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 rejoices greatly

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 at the bridegroom's voice

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 therefore

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 this joy of mine

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.520
 is now complete

00:22:01.520 --> 00:22:02.880
 the joy

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.900
 that the Holy Spirit

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:05.020
 put in John the Baptist

00:22:05.020 --> 00:22:06.240
 in the womb

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.260
 began

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 and it kept growing

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 and when he finally

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:11.120
 got to see Jesus Christ

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.860
 being ready

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.380
 to be filled

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.940
 by the Spirit

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.940
 and begin his ministry

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:15.120
 now his joy

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:16.000
 is complete

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:20.920
 there's another reversal

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.840
 that's happening

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.759
 in this greeting

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:24.339
 remember when the angel

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.419
 Gabriel greets Mary

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:26.759
 she's shocked

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 at what kind of greeting

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.439
 this is

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 because here's Gabriel

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:31.019
 who stands in the presence

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.639
 of God

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:33.839
 telling her she's blessed

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:35.439
 well the same thing

00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:36.379
 happens again now

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:38.720
 in verse 43

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 Elizabeth is making

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.939
 herself low

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 and she's saying

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:43.019
 I'm so blessed

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 to even be near you

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 and look at what she says

00:22:45.679 --> 00:22:47.099
 specifically in verse 43

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:48.759
 why is this granted

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.359
 to me

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.799
 that the mother

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:52.019
 of my Lord

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.039
 should come to me

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:55.659
 she calls Mary

00:22:55.659 --> 00:22:57.219
 the mother

00:22:57.219 --> 00:22:58.619
 of my Lord

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 when a priest's wife

00:23:01.699 --> 00:23:02.740
 the high priest's wife

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:04.379
 refers to the Lord

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:06.339
 you only mean one thing

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.699
 you mean God

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:10.219
 26 times

00:23:10.219 --> 00:23:11.339
 in chapters 1

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.039
 and 2

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.679
 of Luke

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:14.960
 the word Lord

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:16.039
 is used in reference

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.120
 to God alone

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:19.560
 for example

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.600
 Luke 117

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.360
 you can turn there

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.720
 it's close to where you are

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:24.440
 Luke 117

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:26.259
 make ready

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.220
 a people

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.380
 prepared for

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:29.240
 the Lord

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:31.440
 a people

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.539
 prepared for God

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.259
 Luke 1

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.960
 verse 28

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.560
 rejoice

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.700
 highly favored one

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.660
 the Lord

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.500
 is with you

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.220
 God

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.019
 is with you

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:42.879
 so now Elizabeth

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.400
 says

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.720
 you are the mother

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:46.059
 of my Lord

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:47.240
 you are the mother

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.980
 of God

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:50.579
 now that expression

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.920
 mother of God

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.960
 has been used wrongly

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:54.099
 by the Roman Catholic Church

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.299
 because God is eternal

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.480
 he has no beginning

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.779
 he has no mother

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.279
 but Mary is

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.980
 the mother

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.920
 of God

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.619
 the son

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.639
 who took on flesh

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.599
 she is the mother

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.180
 of Jesus

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.639
 it's through Mary

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.339
 that Jesus

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.720
 Jesus the Christ

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.799
 has his human nature

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:10.680
 but divinity

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.500
 is not confined

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.419
 to Jesus

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:12.899
 the man

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.399
 because

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:14.500
 God the son

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.059
 is eternal

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.940
 co-equal with

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.599
 God the father

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:18.680
 but it cannot

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.399
 be confused

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.159
 that Elizabeth

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:21.720
 has any other

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.119
 view

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:23.720
 of the man

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.759
 inside of Mary

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.680
 as God

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.819
 the mystery

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.779
 of the incarnation

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:30.539
 see how the work

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.379
 of John the Baptist

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:31.819
 even

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:33.079
 with the spirit

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.019
 filling his mom

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.720
 is being accomplished

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.940
 to confirm

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.460
 to Mary

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.880
 that you can embrace

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.600
 Jesus

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.960
 as God

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.920
 this fulfills

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:43.120
 what Isaiah prophesied

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:44.380
 in Isaiah chapter 4

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:46.059
 verses 3 through 5

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:47.640
 this forerunner

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.319
 of the Messiah

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:50.200
 will be a voice

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.259
 crying in the wilderness

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.400
 prepare the way

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.059
 for the Lord

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.620
 make straight in the desert

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.180
 a highway

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.960
 for our God

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:58.519
 every valley

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.160
 shall be

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:00.500
 exalted

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.600
 and every mountain

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.680
 and hill brought low

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.940
 the crooked places

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.480
 shall be made straight

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.660
 and the rough places

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.519
 smooth

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.740
 and the glory

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.860
 of the Lord

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.759
 the God

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.680
 of all

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:13.000
 shall be revealed

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.720
 in this Messiah

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:16.400
 and all flesh

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:18.460
 shall see it together

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.599
 for the mouth

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.339
 of the Lord

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.539
 has spoken

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:24.819
 see this prophecy

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:26.140
 about the coming

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.839
 of God

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.700
 in the flesh

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:30.299
 describes the glory

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.460
 of the Lord

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.799
 as being revealed

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:34.079
 in this Messiah

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:37.879
 this can only mean

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:39.339
 the glory of God

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.119
 himself

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.879
 Isaiah 42

00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:42.859
 verse 8 says

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:44.419
 in the words of God

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.000
 the Lord

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.699
 he says

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:47.059
 I am the Lord

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.699
 that is my name

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:50.439
 and my glory

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.720
 I will give

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:53.079
 to no other

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:55.659
 God does not share

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.199
 his glory

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:57.079
 with any other

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.699
 being

00:25:57.699 --> 00:25:59.699
 and yet the prophecy

00:25:59.699 --> 00:26:00.519
 about the Messiah

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.720
 is that the glory

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.740
 of the Lord

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.640
 shall be revealed

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.220
 in him

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:06.359
 the only conclusion

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.120
 we can draw

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:08.660
 is that Jesus

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:10.220
 in Mary's womb

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.160
 is God

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:13.039
 and the glory

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.620
 of God

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:15.019
 is in Jesus

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:18.880
 Elizabeth

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:20.440
 ends this greeting

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.220
 in verse 45

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.859
 by saying

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.019
 blessed is she

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.200
 who believed

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.019
 that's referring

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.599
 to Mary

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:27.500
 Mary you believe

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.740
 this is the Lord

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.819
 himself in your womb

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.980
 this is God

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.119
 and his glory

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.919
 being displayed

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:34.460
 for there will be

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.039
 a fulfillment

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.259
 of those things

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.980
 which were told

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.359
 her from the Lord

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:41.659
 do you believe

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.859
 Jesus is God

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:46.819
 filled with the Holy Spirit

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:48.899
 this word

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.559
 from Mary

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.659
 is for you as well

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.700
 blessed are you

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.899
 if you believe

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.879
 for God

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:55.119
 will fulfill

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.200
 every word

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.679
 about his son

00:26:57.680 --> 00:27:00.039
 Jesus came to earth

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.740
 the first time

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:02.000
 according to God's word

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.080
 and Jesus is coming

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:04.279
 a second time

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.840
 according to the word

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.580
 of God

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:08.900
 believe that Jesus

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.600
 is God

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:12.220
 the third way

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.200
 that the Holy Spirit

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.420
 prepares God's people

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.240
 for his coming

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:17.120
 is that the Holy Spirit

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:18.019
 magnifies

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:19.500
 to your soul

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:21.519
 God's attributes

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:23.180
 the Holy Spirit

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.860
 magnifies to your soul

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:26.519
 God's attributes

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:29.539
 look at verse 46

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.779
 Luke 1 46

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.639
 Mary said

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.299
 my soul

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:34.099
 magnifies the Lord

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.680
 verse 47

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.660
 and my spirit

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:38.059
 has rejoiced

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:39.000
 in God

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.139
 my Savior

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.920
 to magnify

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.579
 means to

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.359
 increase

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.839
 to enlarge

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:46.139
 exalt

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.879
 elevate

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.819
 raise

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.799
 in estimation

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:51.200
 Mary's saying

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.720
 my soul

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.240
 is swelling up

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.660
 with the attributes

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.680
 of God

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:58.779
 and what she goes

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.160
 into

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.799
 in the verses

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.460
 that follow

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.799
 is called

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.759
 by the Latin phrase

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.859
 the magnificat

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:05.980
 scholars have

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.000
 pointed out

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:08.019
 it's a lyrical

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.539
 poem

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:10.660
 the poet

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.460
 Wadsworth said

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.740
 all lyrical poetry

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.920
 is the spontaneous

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.779
 overflow

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.160
 of powerful

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 feeling

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:18.859
 a commentator

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.599
 named Plummer

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.740
 commented that

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.579
 it was neither

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.380
 a response

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.099
 to Elizabeth

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:24.659
 nor a prayer

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.199
 to God

00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:25.519
 rather

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.419
 it was a

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.959
 meditation

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:28.519
 it was a

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.939
 psalm

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.719
 just like we

00:28:29.719 --> 00:28:30.139
 have in the

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.639
 Old Testament

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.899
 of personal

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.519
 reflection

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:34.079
 upon the

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.719
 incarnation

00:28:34.719 --> 00:28:36.639
 this

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:38.279
 spirit breathed

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.039
 New Testament

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.759
 psalm

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:42.199
 was uttered by

00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:42.899
 a Jewish

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:44.000
 peasant girl

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.179
 whose cultural

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:46.019
 background was

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.879
 the Old Testament

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.480
 scriptures

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.779
 the writings

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:48.799
 the writings

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.220
 of the Old

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.559
 Testament

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.000
 is what

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.640
 she had

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.180
 been raised

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.460
 on

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.500
 and the

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.759
 Bible

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.259
 itself

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.099
 supplies

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:55.000
 Mary

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.099
 the phrases

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.819
 to use

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.700
 in this

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.839
 outpouring

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.400
 of her

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.799
 praise

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.819
 it's the

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.339
 language of

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.680
 scripture

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.599
 that Mary

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.079
 had known

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.720
 by heart

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.839
 by the time

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.339
 she was a

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.700
 teenager

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.680
 that became

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.360
 the natural

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:08.220
 vehicle

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.140
 of her

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.599
 praises

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:12.480
 I want to

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.779
 point out

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.559
 three attributes

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.219
 of God

00:29:14.219 --> 00:29:14.759
 in verses

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.299
 48

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.740
 49

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:17.299
 and

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.599
 into the

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.159
 next section

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.599
 the first

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.919
 one is

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.259
 God's

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.879
 compassion

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:22.379
 the Holy

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.779
 Spirit

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:24.179
 leads Mary

00:29:24.179 --> 00:29:25.379
 to magnify

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:26.339
 the compassion

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.039
 of God

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.359
 in verse

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.859
 48

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:29.059
 he has

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.599
 regarded

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.919
 the lowly

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.319
 state

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.240
 of his

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.039
 maidservant

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.939
 God

00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:36.059
 regards

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:37.199
 the lowly

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.759
 slave

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:39.279
 God

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.660
 who is

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.139
 on the

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:40.460
 throne

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.899
 over all

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.500
 creation

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.079
 has

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.799
 compassion

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.899
 on the

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.399
 lowly

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.119
 the

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.879
 bondservant

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:48.099
 for behold

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.039
 henceforth

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.059
 all generations

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.180
 will call me

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.639
 blessed

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:54.079
 this is similar

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.839
 language to what

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.399
 we read in

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:56.420
 2nd Corinthians

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.539
 1 3 and 4

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.519
 praise be

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.420
 to the God

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.059
 and Father

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.539
 of our

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.180
 Lord Jesus

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.740
 Christ

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:03.240
 the Father

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.539
 of compassion

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.759
 and the

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.119
 God

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.819
 of all

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.700
 comfort

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.980
 second

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.360
 the Holy

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.680
 Spirit

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.480
 magnifies

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.559
 through Mary's

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:12.880
 words

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.519
 God's

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.120
 might

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:15.720
 in verse

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.259
 49

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.860
 he who is

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.380
 mighty

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.279
 has done

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.420
 great things

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.299
 for me

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:23.039
 Isaiah

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.819
 9 6

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.900
 he the

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.340
 Messiah

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:26.240
 shall be

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.620
 called

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.340
 wonderful

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.940
 counselor

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.759
 mighty

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.620
 God

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.559
 everlasting

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.220
 father

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.100
 prince

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:33.180
 of peace

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.860
 the Holy

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.200
 Spirit

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.799
 magnifies

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.160
 God's

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.779
 compassion

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.680
 God's

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.060
 might

00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:39.420
 and God's

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.039
 holiness

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.900
 also in

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.640
 verse 49

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.779
 Mary declares

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.279
 holy

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.180
 is his

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.600
 name

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:48.080
 see the

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.779
 attributes of

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.320
 God are on

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:50.140
 display in the

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.720
 person of

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.160
 Jesus

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:52.720
 incarnate now

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.779
 growing in the

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.480
 womb of Mary

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.759
 the holy

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.500
 God

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.480
 in Luke 4

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.539
 34 even a

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.860
 demon

00:30:58.860 --> 00:31:00.220
 calls Jesus

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.080
 the holy

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.799
 one of

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.159
 God

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:03.980
 you see

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.279
 what the

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.779
 consistent

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.599
 effect is

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:05.899
 of being

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.419
 filled with

00:31:06.419 --> 00:31:06.899
 the Spirit

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:08.579
 in John

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.480
 it's joyful

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.419
 leaping

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:11.779
 in Elizabeth

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.879
 it's joyful

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.519
 blessing

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.960
 in Mary

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.819
 it's to

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.419
 magnify

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.200
 all these

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.759
 things come

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.180
 from the

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.500
 Lord

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.279
 it's his

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.759
 generous

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.619
 outpouring

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.639
 of grace

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:23.399
 when the

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:24.019
 Holy Spirit

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.859
 fills a

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.339
 person

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:27.299
 your only

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.240
 desire is to

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.180
 magnify God

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.599
 never yourself

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:32.359
 and that's

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.659
 how God

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.240
 prepares us

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.559
 for his

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.199
 second coming

00:31:34.199 --> 00:31:34.679
 the Holy

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:35.119
 Spirit

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.219
 magnifies

00:31:36.219 --> 00:31:36.740
 in your

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.079
 soul

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.879
 the glory

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:39.099
 the majestic

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.759
 attributes

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.439
 of God

00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:42.879
 well the

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.299
 fourth way

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.759
 that the Holy

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.059
 Spirit

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.740
 magnifies

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.179
 to your

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.579
 soul

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.839
 preparing you

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.339
 for God's

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.959
 second coming

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:48.839
 is to

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.459
 make it

00:31:49.459 --> 00:31:50.019
 very clear

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.379
 to you

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.059
 that God

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.179
 is faithful

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:53.699
 the Holy

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:53.959
 Spirit

00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:54.619
 magnifies

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.099
 God's

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.480
 covenant

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.759
 faithfulness

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:58.680
 see this

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:58.920
 in the

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.140
 verses

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.779
 that follow

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.059
 verse 50

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.700
 is one

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:01.940
 of the

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.440
 bookends

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.359
 and then

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.160
 verses 54

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.779
 and 55

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.619
 are the

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.240
 other bookends

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.619
 they both

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:06.960
 have this

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.660
 similar theme

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.440
 of God's

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.920
 covenant

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.099
 faithfulness

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:11.079
 look at

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.680
 verse 50

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.819
 God's

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.440
 mercy

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.559
 his

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.759
 compassionate

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.220
 loving

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.700
 kindness

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.680
 is on

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.079
 those who

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.640
 fear him

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.759
 from generation

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.859
 to generation

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.720
 he is faithful

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.500
 from one

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.940
 generation

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.720
 to the next

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.380
 and it's

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.779
 the Lord

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.319
 who causes

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.880
 his people

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.779
 to fear

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.079
 him

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:29.019
 by his

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.200
 own

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.640
 grace

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.660
 in verse

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.400
 54

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.200
 at the

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.380
 end

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.600
 of the

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.000
 bookend

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.180
 Mary says

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.839
 that God

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.480
 has helped

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.000
 his servant

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.519
 Israel

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.620
 in remembrance

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.220
 of his

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.620
 mercy

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:40.640
 in John

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.259
 1 14

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.759
 we read

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.200
 that God

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.940
 became flesh

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.559
 and dwelt

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.140
 among us

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.740
 and we

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.259
 have seen

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.000
 his glory

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.880
 glory as

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.180
 of the

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.900
 only son

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.759
 from the

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.140
 father

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.339
 full of

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.839
 grace

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.880
 and truth

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.980
 see in the

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.460
 coming of

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.880
 Jesus

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.779
 God

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.319
 proves

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.860
 his

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.279
 covenant

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.360
 faithfulness

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.900
 he will

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.440
 carry out

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.660
 this

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.019
 covenant

00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:00.079
 of grace

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.660
 in verse

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.160
 55

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.799
 she says

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.259
 he spoke

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.579
 to our

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.980
 fathers

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.019
 to Abraham

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.579
 and to his

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.180
 seed forever

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:07.079
 and he is

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.900
 doing the

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.480
 very thing

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.400
 he promised

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.259
 so those

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.680
 are the two

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.079
 bookends

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.700
 the mercy

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.519
 of God

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.180
 from generation

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.960
 to generation

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.579
 and he

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.140
 says that he

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.480
 will be

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.120
 faithful to

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.740
 his promise

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.400
 that he gave

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.120
 to his

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.460
 seed

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.180
 the seed

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.680
 of Abraham

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.339
 which is

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.740
 Jesus

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.680
 forever

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:25.039
 well what's

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.460
 in between

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:25.960
 these two

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.460
 bookends

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.240
 what else

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.840
 fills up

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.620
 Mary's

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:28.920
 song

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.720
 of magnifying

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.140
 God

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:32.440
 I want to

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.759
 point out

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.100
 to you

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.539
 three

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:35.200
 descriptions

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.840
 of the

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.140
 people

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.460
 who are

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.920
 recipients

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.560
 of God's

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:37.920
 grace

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:39.240
 it's the

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.560
 helpless

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:40.660
 the humble

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.440
 and the

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.779
 hungry

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:43.519
 from generation

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.220
 to generation

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.880
 God shows

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.340
 mercy

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:46.100
 to the

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.460
 helpless

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.360
 that's what

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.860
 she declares

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.240
 in verse

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.740
 51

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.880
 God has

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.720
 shown strength

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.100
 with his

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.360
 arm

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.959
 he has

00:33:51.959 --> 00:33:52.339
 scattered

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.559
 the

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.939
 proud

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.599
 in the

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.359
 imaginations

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:55.059
 of their

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.479
 hearts

00:33:55.479 --> 00:33:57.439
 we've reviewed

00:33:57.439 --> 00:33:58.099
 how lowly

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.740
 Mary is

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.199
 how out of

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.439
 the way

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:00.959
 Nazareth

00:34:00.959 --> 00:34:01.519
 is

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.939
 Israel as a

00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:03.399
 nation is

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.919
 under the

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.339
 powerful

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.199
 Roman Empire

00:34:05.199 --> 00:34:06.419
 when she

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.939
 travels down

00:34:06.939 --> 00:34:07.500
 to Jerusalem

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.699
 it's run

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.099
 by the

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.480
 corrupt

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.099
 powerful

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.519
 elite

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.859
 who are

00:34:10.859 --> 00:34:11.500
 compromising

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.299
 and making

00:34:12.299 --> 00:34:12.819
 money off

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.359
 of religion

00:34:13.359 --> 00:34:14.900
 and here

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.500
 are the

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.839
 poor

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:17.019
 the remnant

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.699
 the few

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.819
 truly waiting

00:34:18.819 --> 00:34:19.179
 for the

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.460
 coming

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.079
 of the

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.519
 Messiah

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:22.480
 and God

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.880
 helps

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.639
 those who

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.260
 are helpless

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.519
 Elizabeth

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.720
 Zachariah

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.440
 Mary

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.579
 Simeon

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.539
 here comes

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.900
 God

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.980
 to show

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.159
 them

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.679
 I'm faithful

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.039
 to my

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.500
 promise

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.220
 you are

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:33.599
 helpless

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.400
 I am

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.539
 your

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.039
 strength

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.599
 so God

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.960
 helps

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.519
 the

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.880
 helpless

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.679
 number

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:38.940
 two

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.720
 from generation

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.519
 to generation

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.199
 God shows

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.900
 mercy to

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.920
 the humble

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.639
 look at

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.320
 verse 52

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.860
 God has

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.380
 put down

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.840
 the mighty

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.320
 from their

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.760
 thrones

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.480
 and exalted

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.760
 the lowly

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:52.020
 this is

00:34:52.020 --> 00:34:52.480
 confirmed

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.220
 when the

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.580
 work of

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:53.840
 Christ

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.320
 is finished

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.600
 and the

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.040
 Holy Spirit

00:34:55.040 --> 00:34:55.460
 is poured

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.740
 out on

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.120
 the church

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:56.800
 1 Corinthians

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.960
 1 20

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.780
 through 24

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.760
 Paul points

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.020
 out

00:35:00.020 --> 00:35:00.880
 has not

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.400
 God made

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.960
 foolish

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.820
 the wisdom

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.180
 of the

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.500
 world

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.440
 it pleased

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.880
 God

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.640
 through the

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:05.960
 folly

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.440
 of what we

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.780
 preach

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.540
 to save

00:35:07.540 --> 00:35:07.900
 those

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.880
 who believe

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.900
 we preach

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.440
 Christ

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.300
 crucified

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.680
 and it's

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.340
 foolishness

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.640
 to the

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:13.920
 world

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.500
 and it

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.920
 humbles

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.460
 the proud

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.520
 it scatters

00:35:16.520 --> 00:35:17.140
 the arrogant

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.019
 who are

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.799
 puffed up

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.039
 in their

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.179
 own

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:20.039
 imaginations

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:21.199
 because

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.739
 Christ

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.440
 is both

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.940
 the power

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.500
 of God

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.739
 and the

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.139
 wisdom

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:26.099
 of God

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.259
 and God

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:28.059
 shows mercy

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.940
 to those

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.299
 he has

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.719
 humbled

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:32.159
 finally

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:33.819
 in Mary's

00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:34.139
 song

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:35.579
 she confirms

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.199
 that from

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.980
 generation to

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.440
 generation

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.199
 God shows

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.619
 mercy

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.539
 to the

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.920
 hungry

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.420
 look at

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.139
 verse 53

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:42.500
 God has

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.000
 filled the

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.359
 hungry

00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:44.379
 with good

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:44.879
 things

00:35:44.879 --> 00:35:45.659
 and the

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.000
 rich

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.460
 he has

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.039
 sent away

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.779
 empty

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:51.380
 see in

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:51.739
 first

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.199
 corinthians

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.960
 1 27

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.960
 we were

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.500
 among those

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.940
 fools

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:57.039
 those lowly

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.279
 in the

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.480
 world

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.000
 that God

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.659
 by grace

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.460
 has chosen

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.300
 to shame

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.880
 the wise

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:02.219
 God

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.960
 chose

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.360
 what is

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.639
 weak

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:03.900
 in the

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.179
 world

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.980
 to shame

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.659
 the strong

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.320
 God

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.659
 chose

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.980
 what is

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.380
 low

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:08.300
 and despised

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.559
 in the

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.779
 world

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.079
 even

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.420
 things

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.679
 that are

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.059
 not

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.880
 to bring

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.099
 to

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.539
 nothing

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.179
 things

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.699
 that are

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.439
 listen

00:36:13.439 --> 00:36:14.879
 so that

00:36:14.879 --> 00:36:15.379
 no

00:36:15.379 --> 00:36:16.219
 one

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.699
 might

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.219
 boast

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.980
 in the

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.399
 presence

00:36:18.399 --> 00:36:19.079
 of God

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.319
 if you

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:20.699
 come to

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.039
 God

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.879
 full

00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:23.299
 needing

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.739
 nothing

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:25.299
 you will

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:25.919
 go away

00:36:25.919 --> 00:36:26.939
 with nothing

00:36:26.939 --> 00:36:27.519
 from God

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:29.119
 it's for the

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.500
 hungry

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.559
 the humble

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.439
 the helpless

00:36:31.439 --> 00:36:32.659
 that the Holy

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.219
 Spirit has

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.960
 drawn before

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.419
 the Holy

00:36:34.419 --> 00:36:34.799
 God

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.839
 that's who

00:36:35.839 --> 00:36:36.359
 he promises

00:36:36.359 --> 00:36:37.119
 to fill

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.460
 to help

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:41.000
 to sustain

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:44.300
 and it's

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.880
 for those

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.679
 who approach

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.199
 God in that

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.860
 low state

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.460
 like Mary

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.880
 that can

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.220
 say

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:51.159
 as God's

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.619
 people have

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:51.820
 said

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.579
 from generations

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.440
 to generations

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:55.360
 great

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.019
 is the

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.659
 faithfulness

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.320
 of our

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.679
 Lord

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.860
 1 Chronicles

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.780
 1634

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:01.019
 give thanks

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.619
 to the Lord

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.260
 for he is

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.659
 good

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.360
 and his

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.019
 steadfast

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.840
 love

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.639
 endures

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.059
 forever

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.940
 as we just

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.199
 sang

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.639
 great

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.359
 is thy

00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:09.099
 faithfulness

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:10.039
 O Lord

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.400
 from generation

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.239
 to generation

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:15.079
 the Lord

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.599
 will prepare

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.239
 your soul

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.759
 for his

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.400
 second coming

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.619
 by magnifying

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.059
 to you

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.819
 God's

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.299
 covenant

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:21.339
 faithfulness

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:21.960
 there are

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.359
 many more

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:22.879
 generations

00:37:22.879 --> 00:37:23.239
 we don't

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.579
 know how

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:23.839
 many

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:25.719
 and every

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.179
 generation

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.960
 can attest

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:28.839
 since Adam

00:37:28.839 --> 00:37:29.299
 and Eve

00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:30.299
 until Christ's

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.940
 second coming

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.960
 God is

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.619
 faithful to

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.239
 his promises

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:34.639
 and he will

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.059
 cause you

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.859
 to trust him

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:36.480
 and magnify

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.819
 him

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.440
 no matter

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.039
 what happens

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.480
 in the world

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.800
 and you

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.580
 will be

00:37:39.580 --> 00:37:39.900
 ready

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.600
 for his

00:37:40.600 --> 00:37:41.240
 second coming

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:43.700
 well the

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.160
 fifth and

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:45.460
 final observation

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.260
 from this text

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.760
 is that the

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.380
 Holy Spirit

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.580
 prepares you

00:37:48.580 --> 00:37:49.220
 for Christ's

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.820
 next coming

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:51.200
 by stirring

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:52.300
 your soul

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.240
 to worship

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:56.320
 the Holy Spirit

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.940
 prepares you

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.519
 for Christ

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.340
 by stirring

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.019
 your soul

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:00.039
 to worship

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:02.559
 there are four

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.380
 songs recorded

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.820
 for us

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:03.840
 for us

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.200
 in Luke

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.880
 1 and 2

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:07.660
 and what

00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:07.980
 we see

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.260
 in each

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:08.579
 one is

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.940
 the same

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.280
 thing

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:10.160
 that there

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:10.500
 is only

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.000
 one

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.680
 fitting

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.420
 response

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:13.280
 when the

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.500
 Spirit

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.079
 causes you

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.780
 to realize

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.940
 that Christ

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:17.320
 came to

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.920
 save you

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.640
 and it's

00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:20.119
 you worship

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:22.140
 the first

00:38:22.140 --> 00:38:22.480
 song

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:24.039
 is that the

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.579
 news that

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:24.960
 Christ

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.980
 was coming

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.920
 to be

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.460
 incarnate

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.019
 in Mary

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:29.159
 and she

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.599
 says her

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.579
 soul swelled

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.119
 in worship

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:32.679
 in verse 46

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.199
 my soul

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:34.039
 magnifies the

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.320
 Lord

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:35.259
 my spirit

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:36.079
 rejoices

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.960
 in God

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.920
 my Savior

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.159
 Mary's

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.820
 response was

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.219
 worship

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:41.219
 the second

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.679
 song you

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.159
 can see it

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.480
 too in

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.000
 Luke chapter

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.539
 1 verse

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.099
 78

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.420
 would you

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.880
 look there

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:47.280
 Zacharias

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:48.280
 Elizabeth's

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:48.599
 husband

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.619
 worships

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.059
 God

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.940
 the Lord

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.619
 opens his

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.000
 lips and

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.460
 what comes

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.420
 out is a

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.880
 song of

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.340
 praise

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.980
 Luke 178

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.559
 the day

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.019
 spring

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.960
 from on

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.360
 high

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.480
 has visited

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.360
 us

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:02.300
 to give

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:03.039
 light to

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.539
 those who

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.900
 sit in

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.340
 darkness

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:05.019
 and the

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.619
 shadow of

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:05.940
 death

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.539
 and to

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.159
 guide our

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.719
 feet into

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.239
 the way

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:09.239
 of peace

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:11.059
 Zacharias

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.860
 responds

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.980
 in worship

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:14.960
 number

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.360
 three

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.880
 it's Luke

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.739
 chapter 2

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:18.400
 verse 7

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:20.340
 when Mary

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.400
 gave birth

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.820
 to her

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.739
 firstborn son

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.400
 as she was

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:24.000
 wrapping him

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.719
 in swaddling

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.179
 clothes

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:26.119
 and was

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.559
 lying him

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:26.779
 in a

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.059
 manger

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:29.380
 in Luke

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.980
 chapter 2

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.820
 verse 14

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:32.320
 the host

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.559
 of angels

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.880
 exploded

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:36.079
 in worship

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:38.360
 I think

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.779
 they were

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:40.099
 observing and

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.820
 worshiping from

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.179
 heaven

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:42.340
 and the Lord

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:43.179
 allowed these

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.920
 shepherds to

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.679
 behold heaven

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.799
 from where they

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.119
 were

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:48.279
 and the angels

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:48.599
 have been

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.259
 wondering how

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:49.719
 is it that

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.440
 God is going

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.059
 to accomplish

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.659
 all that he's

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.019
 promised

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:53.059
 how will it

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.320
 be

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:54.500
 and when

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.900
 Christ

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.519
 is born

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.140
 God the

00:39:56.140 --> 00:39:56.480
 son

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:56.980
 in the

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.380
 flesh

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.580
 to fulfill

00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:59.440
 all righteousness

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.500
 and save

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.059
 his people

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:02.400
 the angels

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.120
 burst into

00:40:03.120 --> 00:40:03.660
 worship

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.680
 glory to

00:40:04.680 --> 00:40:05.200
 God in the

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.600
 highest

00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:06.280
 and on

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:06.620
 earth

00:40:06.620 --> 00:40:07.080
 peace

00:40:07.080 --> 00:40:08.019
 among men

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:09.380
 in whom

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.300
 his favor

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:11.220
 rests

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:13.220
 and then the

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:13.880
 fourth song

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:15.480
 it comes from

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.000
 Simeon

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.380
 in Luke

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.019
 chapter 2

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.740
 verses 30

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.420
 and 31

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:20.200
 and it's

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:20.500
 at the

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.860
 sight

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.720
 of Jesus

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:24.159
 Simeon

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.800
 rests

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.760
 in joyful

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.400
 worship

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:27.059
 he says

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:28.280
 my eyes

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:29.539
 have seen

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.880
 your salvation

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.380
 God

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.639
 which you

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.420
 have prepared

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:34.860
 before the

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.300
 face

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:36.360
 of all

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:37.240
 peoples

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:39.460
 Simeon

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.099
 responds

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.900
 in worship

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:43.840
 dear brothers

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.460
 and sisters

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.240
 dear friends

00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:47.739
 Christ

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:48.639
 came

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.759
 as he

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:50.079
 said he

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.299
 would

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:52.319
 Christ

00:40:52.319 --> 00:40:53.319
 will come

00:40:53.319 --> 00:40:53.919
 again

00:40:53.919 --> 00:40:54.899
 as he

00:40:54.899 --> 00:40:55.419
 said he

00:40:55.419 --> 00:40:55.699
 would

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:58.039
 the only

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.459
 fitting

00:40:58.459 --> 00:40:59.099
 response

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.919
 for us

00:40:59.919 --> 00:41:00.639
 is to

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:00.959
 worship

00:41:00.959 --> 00:41:01.359
 him

00:41:01.359 --> 00:41:03.419
 and rest

00:41:03.419 --> 00:41:04.119
 in that

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.759
 comfortable

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.699
 dependence

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:06.599
 on the

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.299
 Holy Spirit

00:41:07.299 --> 00:41:08.339
 to prepare

00:41:08.339 --> 00:41:09.219
 us for

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:09.699
 his coming

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:11.099
 let's pray

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:26.839
 for

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:28.239
 your

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:28.859
 church

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:29.619
 why

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.059
 did

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:31.000
 not

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.779
 try

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:32.399
 or

00:41:32.399 --> 00:41:33.459
 neither

00:41:33.459 --> 00:41:34.639
 know

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.879
 you

00:41:35.879 --> 00:41:36.139
 this

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:37.879
 place

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.239
 in

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.639
飯

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.879
 or