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 Thank you.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 In those days, Mary arose and went with haste to the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

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 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leapt in her womb.

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 And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry,

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

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

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 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leapt for joy.

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 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.

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 And Mary said,

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 My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

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 For he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.

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 For behold, from now on 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 for those who fear him from generation to generation.

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 He has shown strength with his arm.

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

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 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones.

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 And exalted those of humble estate.

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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 in remembrance of his mercy.

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 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his offspring forever.

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 And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home.

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 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth.

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 And she bore a son.

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 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her.

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 And they rejoiced with her.

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 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child.

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 And they would have called him Zechariah after his father.

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 But his mother answered, No, he shall be called John.

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 And they said to her, None of your relatives is called by this name.

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 And they made signs to his father inquiring what he wanted him to be called.

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 And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, His name is John.

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 And they all wondered.

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 And immediately his mouth was opened.

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 And his tongue loosed.

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 And he spoke, Blessing God.

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 And fear came on all their neighbors.

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 And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea.

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 And all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying,

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 What then will this child be?

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 For the hand of the Lord was with him.

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 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

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 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,

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 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

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 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

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 that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

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 to show the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,

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 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham,

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 to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

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 might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

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 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High,

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 for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

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 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,

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 because of the tender mercy of our God,

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 whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high,

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 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

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 to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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 The child grew and became strong in spirit.

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 He was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 One of my favorite children's books is entitled The Carrot Seed.

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 If any of you have read it, if some of you have kids,

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 it goes like this, it's a very short book,

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 it says,

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 A little boy planted a carrot seed.

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 His mother said,

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 I'm afraid it won't come up.

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 His father said,

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 I'm afraid it won't come up.

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 And his big brother said,

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 It won't come up.

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 Every day the little boy pulled up the weeds around the seed

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 and sprinkled the ground with water.

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 But nothing came up.

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 And nothing came up.

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 Everyone kept saying it wouldn't come up.

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 But he still pulled up the weeds around it every day

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 and sprinkled the ground with water.

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 And then,

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 one day,

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 a carrot came up.

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 Just as the little boy had known it would.

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 It's a simple story about childlike faith.

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 About perseverance.

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 I don't know if the author is Christian,

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 but it's really something that should characterize the Christian life.

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 Childlike faith.

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 Perseverance.

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 Because we are called as God's people to live by faith.

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 And not by sight.

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 And this can be difficult,

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 especially when what we see around us don't match up with what we believe.

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 Yet,

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 even when we are surrounded by naysayers,

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 those who keep the faith

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 will be rewarded

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 and proven right

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 in the end.

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 And this passage serves to provide evidence of that.

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 Assurance of the fact that those who humbly trust in the Lord

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 will rejoice in the end for God's mercy.

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 That those who humbly trust in the Lord

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 will rejoice in the end for God's mercy.

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 And so the first part we see in verses 39 to 56,

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 Mary's faith and rejoicing.

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 And in the second part we see

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 Zechariah's faith and rejoicing.

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 And we saw last week that

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 Gabriel, the angel,

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 gave announcements to Elizabeth and Mary.

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 And after hearing from Gabriel

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 that Elizabeth,

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 her formerly barren relative,

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 is now pregnant

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 and that this is the sign for Mary

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 that she will bear a son as a virgin

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 named Jesus.

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 Mary departs immediately to visit Elizabeth.

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 It says in verses 39 to 40,

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 follow along with me,

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 In those days Mary arose

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 and went with haste into the hill country

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 to a town in Judah.

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 And she entered the house of Zechariah

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 and greeted Elizabeth.

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 So her hasty departure,

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 so she's not hesitating,

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 she's not delaying,

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 she goes immediately

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 because she believes the word of the Lord

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 and this is her response of obedience

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 to God's announcement through his angel.

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 And as she departs for Elizabeth,

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 it doesn't take long for Mary

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 to receive confirmation

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 about the sign that Gabriel had given her.

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 Because it says in verses 41 to 45,

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 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary,

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 the baby leapt in her womb,

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 and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 And she exclaimed with a loud cry,

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 Blessed are you among women,

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 and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

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 And why is this granted to me,

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 that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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 For behold,

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 when the sound of your greeting came to my ears,

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 the baby in my womb left for joy.

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 And blessed is she who believed

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 that there would be a fulfillment

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 of what was spoken to her from the Lord.

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 So this is a fulfillment

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 of what Gabriel announced

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 in verses 15 to 17 of this same chapter,

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 that John would be filled with the Holy Spirit

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 even from his mother's womb.

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 So this is a fulfillment of that.

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 And he also announced that he will go,

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 John will go before Jesus

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 in the spirit and power of Elijah

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 to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

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 And what we're seeing now here

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 is that even in the womb,

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 baby John is filled with the Holy Spirit,

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 and he goes before Jesus

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 and announces his coming.

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 He's alerting his mother,

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 here is the Lord,

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 here is Jesus.

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 And Elizabeth,

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 having been alerted by her baby in her womb

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 in this manner,

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 is filled with the Holy Spirit herself

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 and begins to bless Mary

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 and the baby Jesus in her womb.

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 And even though she is significantly senior to Mary,

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 and she humbles herself before Mary

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 and expresses her sense of grateful disbelief.

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 Why is this granted to me

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 that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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 The word Lord could simply refer to a human superior,

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 but since just three verses later,

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 Mary says,

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 my soul magnifies the Lord,

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 and that's in reference to God,

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 it's hard not to see a reference

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 to the divinity of Christ here,

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 that Jesus is indeed God.

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 He is the Son of God.

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 He is the divine Lord,

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 the King above all kings,

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 the very Son of God,

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 and because of that,

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 this is the proper posture of Elizabeth.

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 This is the proper posture for subjects

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 who are paid a visit by their king.

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 I don't know if you've ever met a celebrity in your life,

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 or if you've seen someone else meet a celebrity,

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 which is even funnier, right?

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 It's a very interesting human phenomenon, right?

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 Because in our culture,

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 we view celebrities like this,

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 this larger-than-life,

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 kind of superhuman kind of figure, right?

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 And some people just start jumping around and screaming

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 because they can't help themselves,

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 they can't handle themselves.

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 And then other people freeze completely,

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 they're starstruck,

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 and are at a loss for words, right?

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 And if that's how we react to other humans,

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 however famous they may be,

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 how much more when we are visited

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 by the Lord God,

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 the creator of the universe,

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 the savior of the world,

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 as Christians,

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 we need to recover a little bit of a sense

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 of that reverence and awe before God.

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 Do we walk into a worship service

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 like we are entering into the throne room of the king?

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 Or are we casual, lackadaisical, bored?

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 Do we open up our Bibles

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 with humble submission

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 as if the king is about to speak?

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 Or do we read it with less interest

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 and enthusiasm than we have for our emails?

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 Do you recognize the staggering reality

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 that we as God's people

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 are indwelled by the very spirit of God?

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 Do we live every moment of our lives

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 as if we are before the very face of God?

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 Why is this granted to me

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 that my Lord should come to me?

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 That's a great question

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 that we need to ask more often.

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 If we did, we'd become more grateful

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 and humble people.

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 After explaining that the baby in the womb

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 left for joy at the sound of Mary's greeting,

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 Elizabeth says in verse 45,

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 Mary is blessed because she believed

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 that there would be a fulfillment

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 of what was spoken to her from the Lord.

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 So notice how she phrases it.

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 Instead of saying,

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 blessed are you,

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 which is the more natural way to speak

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 when you're speaking to the person

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 that's in front of you,

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 she says, blessed is she,

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 referring to Mary in the third person.

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 And this is a way to kind of generalize the statement

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 to make Mary a model of faith for everyone,

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 every future believer

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 that should be emulating Mary.

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 She's basically saying,

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 blessed is anyone who believes

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 that there would be a fulfillment

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 of what was spoken from the Lord.

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 There is a blessedness,

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 a happiness

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 that characterizes the life of faith.

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 And the reason for that is because

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 faith is the way by which we appropriate

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 and experience God's grace.

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 Romans 8.1 says,

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 there is therefore now no condemnation

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 for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 And this is an objectively true statement.

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 But when you are feeling overwhelmed

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 by seemingly insurmountable sin in your life,

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 when you feel weighed down with guilt,

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 you have to believe that

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 in order to experience subjectively

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 that truth

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 that there is no condemnation for you in Christ.

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 Similarly, Ephesians 1.20-21 says,

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 Christ is seated at God's right hand

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 in the heavenly places,

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 far above all rule and authority

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 and power and dominion,

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 and above every name that is named,

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 not only in this age,

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 but also in the one to come.

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 That is objectively true.

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 But when you are full of fear and anxiety,

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 you have to believe it

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 in order to experience the comfort

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 and peace and freedom

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 that comes from the sovereignty of Jesus Christ.

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 Philippians 3.7-9 says that

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 everything is rubbish

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 compared to the surpassing worth

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 of knowing Christ Jesus.

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 But when you are tempted

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 by the wealth of this world,

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 the fame of this world,

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 you have to believe God's word

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 in order to resist

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 the pool of worldly treasures

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 and to cherish Christ above all.

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 That's the blessedness of faith.

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 To believe is to be blessed,

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 to be happy,

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 to be fortunate.

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 And Mary was blessed

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 because she believed

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 that there would be a fulfillment

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 of the word of the Lord.

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 And because of her faith,

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 she was able to obey

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 in anticipation of that fulfillment

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 and as a result,

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 experience the joy

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 and satisfaction

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 and fulfillment

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 that comes from that.

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 Those who humbly trust in the Lord

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 will rejoice in the end

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 for His mercy.

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 And that's what we see

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 in Mary's hymn of praise

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 in verses 46-56.

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 Mary begins the hymn

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 with two parallel poetic lines

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 in verses 46-47.

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 She says,

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 My soul magnifies the Lord

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 and my spirit rejoices

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 in God my Savior.

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 To magnify means

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 to make large

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 or to make great,

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 to make much of something

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 or someone,

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 to praise someone.

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 And Mary magnifies the Lord

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 not like a microscope

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 that makes something really small

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 appear larger than they really are,

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 but more like a telescope

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 that takes something

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 that is huge,

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 like a faraway star,

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 appear as they really are.

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 in their true size.

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 She magnifies God.

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 What she's doing

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 as she does that

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 is she's appreciating God

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 as He really is

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 in His bigness,

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 in His majesty,

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 in His glory.

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 So we praise His greatness

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 not to make God appear great,

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 but because He is great.

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 So that's what Mary is doing.

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 She magnifies the Lord.

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 And the parallel line says,

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 My spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

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 This is so helpful.

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 The fact that the words magnify

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 and the word rejoice

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 are in parallel construction

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 is illuminating

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 because magnifying God

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 consists in rejoicing in Him.

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 You guys follow what I'm saying?

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 Glorifying God

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 consists in delighting in Him.

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 Praising God

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 consists in enjoying God.

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 This is the insight

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 that C.S. Lewis

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 arrived at in his book

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 Reflections on the Psalms.

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 He writes,

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 I think we delight to praise

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 what we enjoy

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 because the praise

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 not merely expresses

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 but completes the enjoyment.

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 It is its appointed consummation.

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 It is not out of compliment

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 that lovers keep on telling one another

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 how beautiful they are.

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 The delight is incomplete

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 till it is expressed.

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 When we see a splendid sunset

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 and we exclaim with a sigh of longing,

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 Oh, that's so beautiful.

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 We don't say that

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 to compliment the sunset.

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 We say that

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 because that is the way

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 in which we delight in it

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 and enjoy the sunset

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 by praising it,

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 by exclaiming about it.

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 In the same way,

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 that's what it means

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 to praise God,

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 to magnify the Lord.

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 It means to enjoy Him

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 and to rejoice in Him.

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 And that's why

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 the book of Revelation

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 describes heaven

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 as a place

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 where God's people

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 are forever praising Him.

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 And some people

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 read that description

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 in Revelation

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 and think to themselves,

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 Oh, heaven must be

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 insufferably boring.

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 Forever?

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 Forever?

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 Far?

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 Go far from it.

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 Heaven is where we delight

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 in God.

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 We enjoy Him forever.

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 It is where His love for us

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 and our love for Him

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 are experienced

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 in infinite fullness

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 without any hindrance

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 to prevent us.

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 Heaven is a world of joy.

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 It's a world of love

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 as Jonathan Edwards,

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 a theologian, calls it.

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 And compared to that,

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 the mutual enjoyment

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 and ecstasy

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 between even a husband

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 and wife

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 is a pale shadow.

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 There dwells God the Father

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 who in love

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 chose us

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 before the foundation

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 of the world

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 and predestined us

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 for adoption to Himself.

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 Ephesians 1.45

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 There dwells God the Father

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 who so loved us

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 that He gave His only Son

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 that we might believe in Him

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 and not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 That's where He dwells.

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 There dwells God the Son

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 who showed us

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 the greatest love there is

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 by laying down

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 His own life

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 for His friends

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 by dying on the cross

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 for our sins.

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 There dwells

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 the Spirit of God,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 who has poured out

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 God's love

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 into our hearts

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 as it says in Romans 5.5

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 That's heaven.

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 That's where

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 we praise God forever.

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 And so Jonathan Edwards

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 as he says in his sermon

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 Heaven a world full of love

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 There in heaven

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 this fountain of love

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 this eternal three in one

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 is set open

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 without any obstacle

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 to hinder access to it.

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 There this glorious God

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 is manifested

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 and shines forth

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 in full glory

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 in beams of love

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 There the fountain

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 overflows

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 in streams

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 and rivers of love

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 and delight.

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 enough for all

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 to drink at

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 and to swim in

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 yea so as to overflow

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 the world as it were

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 with a deluge

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 a flood

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 of love

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 That's

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 the sure hope

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 of the Christian.

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 Those who say

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 that praising God

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 is boring

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 betray their only

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 impoverished understanding

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 of God

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 their own

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 anemic appreciation

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 of God

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 to glorify God

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 is to enjoy Him

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 to magnify God

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 is to rejoice in Him

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 and then

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 in verses 48 to 50

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 Mary gives the reasons

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 why she magnifies

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 and rejoices

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 in the Lord

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 and the first reason

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 is in verse 48

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 for

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 He has looked

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 on the humble estate

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 of His servant

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 for behold

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 from now on

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 all generations

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 will call me

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 blessed

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 well here in chapter 1

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 verse 38

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 Mary said

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 behold I am

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 the servant

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 of the Lord

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 let it be to me

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 according to your word

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 and Mary once again

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 here describes herself

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 as God's servant

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 the word is

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 is a reference

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 to a bond servant

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 a slave

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 Mary acknowledged

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 that her estate

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 is humble

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 she is lowly

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 and yet

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 God from on high

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 has looked

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 on her

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 and has made her

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 the mother

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 of Jesus Christ

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 the Savior

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 of the world

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 and for this

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 she says

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 all generations

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 will call

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 me blessed

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 and verse 48

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 is paralleled

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 by verses 49 to 50

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 it says

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 for

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 He who is mighty

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 has done great things

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 for me

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 and holy is His name

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 and His mercy

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 is for those

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 who fear Him

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 from generation

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 to generation

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 verse 49

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 is a flip side

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.379
 of verse 48

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 48 focuses on

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 Mary's poverty

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 her impoverishment

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 and verse 49

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 focuses on

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 God's lavishness

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 His generosity

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 verse 48

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 focuses on

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 Mary's weakness

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 verse 49

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 focuses on

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 God's might

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 verse 48

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 focuses on

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 Mary's lowliness

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 and verse 49

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 focuses on

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 the greatness

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 of what God

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 has done for her

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 anyway

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 even though Mary

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 was undeserving

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 and lowly

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 God has bestowed

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 on her

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 unprecedented honor

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 from on

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 high

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 and likewise

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 the end of

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.700
 verse 48

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.180
 is paralleled

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.840
 by verse 50

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.420
 from now on

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.180
 all generations

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.720
 will call me

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 blessed

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 because God's

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.960
 mercy is for

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 those who fear

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 Him from

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 generation

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 to generation

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 because God

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 is merciful

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.100
 to those

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.680
 who fear

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 Him

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 to those

00:22:38.800 --> 00:22:39.300
 who humble

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 themselves

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 before Him

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 Mary as the

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 recipient of

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 God's mercy

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 will be called

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 blessed by

00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:45.779
 all generations

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 and the phrase

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 from now on

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.100
 is an important

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 Lukean phrase

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:51.519
 it indicates

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.240
 a significant

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.820
 change that

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 took place

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.000
 when Jesus

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.580
 came to

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:54.860
 earth

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:56.440
 the change

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.759
 that took

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.140
 place in

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.420
 God's

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.740
 redemption

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.200
 plan

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.759
 so that

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.420
 from now

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.660
 on

00:22:59.660 --> 00:22:59.920
 nothing

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.460
 is the

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.840
 same

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.680
 and so

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.360
 for the

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.660
 world

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.240
 and for

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.640
 Mary

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.340
 nothing

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.780
 will be

00:23:04.780 --> 00:23:05.240
 the same

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.720
 again

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.660
 now Mary

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.019
 will be

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.300
 called

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:07.740
 blessed

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.280
 forever

00:23:08.280 --> 00:23:09.980
 and if

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.340
 God is

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.759
 merciful

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.160
 to the

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 humble

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 then the

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.960
 converse

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.500
 the opposite

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.759
 of that

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:13.960
 statement

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.300
 is also

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:14.680
 true

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.400
 and that's

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.759
 what Mary

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.220
 turns to

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.580
 next in

00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:17.320
 verses 51

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:18.040
 to 53

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 he has

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 shown

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.759
 strength

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.240
 with his

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.680
 arm

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.279
 he has

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.799
 scattered

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.319
 the proud

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.720
 in the

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.480
 thoughts

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.759
 of their

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.139
 hearts

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 he has

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.299
 brought

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.680
 down

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.240
 the mighty

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.059
 from their

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.619
 thrones

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.379
 and exalted

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.159
 those of

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.980
 humble estate

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.700
 he has

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.319
 filled the

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.639
 hungry

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.079
 with good

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.460
 things

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.099
 and the

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.359
 rich

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.700
 he has

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:33.980
 sent

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.259
 away

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.740
 empty

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:36.460
 this is

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.200
 echoing

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.500
 what we

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.759
 see

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.319
 repeatedly

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.720
 throughout

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.440
 the entire

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.500
 years

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.480
 that God's

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.119
 consistent

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.759
 mode of

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.259
 operation

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.099
 is to

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.859
 oppose

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.500
 the proud

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.279
 but give

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.839
 grace

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.299
 to the

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.639
 humble

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:50.939
 and that's

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.319
 what Mary

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.799
 sees God

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.379
 doing through

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.159
 the conception

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:53.579
 of Jesus

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:53.939
 Christ

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:54.319
 the God

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.679
 who is

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.179
 mighty

00:23:55.179 --> 00:23:56.199
 has brought

00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:56.799
 down the

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.039
 mighty

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.619
 from their

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:57.980
 thrones

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.639
 and instead

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.899
 has exalted

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.359
 those of

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.039
 humble estate

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.019
 so it's not

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.879
 King Herod

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:05.039
 who will get

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.899
 the last laugh

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:07.299
 as a Davidic

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.799
 Messiah

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.339
 wannabe

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.759
 it's not

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.199
 the Roman

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.619
 Emperor

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.519
 Augustus

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.419
 who will prevail

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.039
 in the end

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.720
 but it will be

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.759
 King Jesus

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.619
 born from

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.159
 the womb

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.240
 of lowly

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.920
 Mary

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.680
 who will

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.220
 triumph

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.519
 and establish

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.120
 the kingdom

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.600
 of God

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:23.320
 the oppressors

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:24.140
 will be scattered

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.040
 and the oppressed

00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:25.920
 people of God

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.680
 will be gathered

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.660
 around the throne

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.140
 of Jesus

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:29.700
 and this reality

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.620
 is so certain

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.779
 that even though

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.740
 it hasn't happened

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.160
 yet

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.180
 Mary uses

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.180
 the past tense

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.980
 to describe it

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.640
 it's what

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.779
 grammarians call

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.440
 the prophetic

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.060
 past

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:41.320
 it's so certain

00:24:41.320 --> 00:24:41.840
 to happen

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.560
 that even though

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.120
 it lies in the

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.380
 future

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.920
 they use the

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.460
 past tense

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.940
 to describe

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.740
 as if

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.120
 it had

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.460
 already

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.860
 happened

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.600
 as if

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:47.780
 it has

00:24:47.780 --> 00:24:47.980
 already

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.340
 happened

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.900
 because that's

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.280
 how certain

00:24:49.280 --> 00:24:49.740
 it is

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.200
 Paul speaks

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.860
 of this reality

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.520
 too doesn't he

00:24:52.520 --> 00:24:53.340
 about how God

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.880
 gives grace

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.420
 to the humble

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.640
 in 1 Corinthians

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:57.720
 1 27-29

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.980
 God chose

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.460
 what is

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.420
 foolish in the

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.160
 world to shame

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.760
 the wise

00:25:01.760 --> 00:25:02.860
 God chose

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.700
 what is weak

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.280
 in the world

00:25:04.280 --> 00:25:04.820
 to shame

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.500
 the strong

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.500
 God chose

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.260
 what is low

00:25:07.260 --> 00:25:08.220
 and despised

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.740
 in the world

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.660
 even things

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.300
 that are not

00:25:10.300 --> 00:25:11.220
 to bring to

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.640
 nothing

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.300
 things that

00:25:12.300 --> 00:25:13.200
 are so

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.640
 that no

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.600
 human being

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.600
 might boast

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.540
 in the presence

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:17.060
 of God

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:19.580
 those who claim

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.620
 to be wise

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.759
 in this world

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.700
 and then reject

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.460
 the word of God

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.480
 will not be saved

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.980
 but only those

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.680
 who profess

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.920
 their ignorance

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.180
 submit to God's

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.500
 wisdom

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:31.600
 those who claim

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.380
 to be strong

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.980
 and deny

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.740
 their need

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.120
 for God

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:34.780
 will not be

00:25:34.780 --> 00:25:35.220
 saved

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.320
 but only those

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:36.920
 who acknowledge

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.680
 their weakness

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.360
 and cry out

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:38.660
 to God

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.200
 for help

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.780
 those who claim

00:25:40.780 --> 00:25:41.540
 to be high

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.460
 and noble

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.420
 and powerful

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.159
 and spurn

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.619
 God

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.639
 as their

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.039
 Lord

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.779
 will not

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.399
 be saved

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:48.180
 but only

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.480
 those who

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.259
 humble themselves

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.940
 before God

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.740
 and serve

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.420
 him as

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.099
 their Lord

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.440
 and by

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.059
 choosing to

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.779
 save us

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.420
 through Jesus

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.180
 in this way

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.960
 Jesus who

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.639
 ascended to

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.180
 his throne

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.019
 and established

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.639
 his kingdom

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.159
 by redeeming

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.619
 people for

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.059
 himself

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.240
 by dying

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.379
 on the cross

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:05.299
 God destroys

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.940
 all human

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.619
 pride and

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.119
 pretension

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.180
 we cannot

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.920
 save ourselves

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.559
 that's why

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.879
 Paul says

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.320
 in 2nd

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:11.760
 Corinthians

00:26:11.760 --> 00:26:12.680
 12

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.040
 9

00:26:13.040 --> 00:26:13.440
 I will

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.800
 boast

00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:14.260
 all the

00:26:14.260 --> 00:26:14.440
 more

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.000
 gladly

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.560
 of my

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.180
 weaknesses

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.980
 so that

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.580
 the power

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:18.200
 of Christ

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.820
 may rest

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.600
 upon me

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:22.080
 some of you

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.640
 are in a

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.100
 season of

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.860
 being humbled

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.400
 by God

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:28.280
 if God's

00:26:28.280 --> 00:26:29.020
 humbling you

00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:29.680
 right now

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.320
 if you feel

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:30.800
 like you're

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.460
 being laid

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.800
 low

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.900
 by God

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.320
 maybe it's

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:35.240
 failing in

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.560
 school

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:37.460
 maybe it's

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.420
 being disrespected

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.880
 by your

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.380
 peers

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.960
 maybe it's

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.140
 being unemployed

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:44.220
 maybe it's

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.560
 the weight

00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:45.140
 of sin

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.940
 that makes

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.660
 you feel

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:48.200
 undeserving

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:51.580
 of God's

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.019
 salvation

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.980
 if God's

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.380
 making you

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.180
 feel weak

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.660
 right now

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.100
 don't let

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.519
 that drive

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.800
 you to

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.259
 despair

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.740
 let that

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.259
 drive you

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.480
 to Christ

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.980
 and boast

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.259
 in your

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.700
 weakness

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.660
 because there

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.420
 you will

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.539
 find the

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.980
 power of

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.320
 Christ

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:05.860
 rest on

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:08.219
 God

00:27:08.219 --> 00:27:09.099
 brings down

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.699
 the mighty

00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.179
 from their

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:10.619
 thrones

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.719
 and exalts

00:27:11.719 --> 00:27:12.439
 those of

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:13.919
 humble estate

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:15.299
 a Puritan

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.319
 prayer puts

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.879
 it beautifully

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.359
 this way

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.740
 as water

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.839
 rests not

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.519
 on barren

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.319
 hill summits

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:22.740
 but flows

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.339
 down to

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.939
 fertilize

00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:24.699
 lowest

00:27:24.699 --> 00:27:25.359
 veils

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:27.279
 make me

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.519
 the lowest

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.099
 of the

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.339
 Lord

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:30.859
 my spiritual

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.659
 riches may

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.519
 exceedingly

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.059
 abound

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:37.079
 gives grace

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.339
 to the

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.460
 whole

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:39.359
 and Mary

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.119
 concludes her

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.419
 hymn

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:41.379
 by recalling

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.919
 the promises

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.440
 that God

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.779
 had made

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.039
 to her

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.539
 forefathers

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.960
 in verses

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.720
 54 to

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.139
 55

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:46.200
 he has

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.639
 helped

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:46.940
 his

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.319
 servant

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.759
 Israel

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.440
 in

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.119
 remembrance

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.799
 of his

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.179
 mercy

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:50.940
 as he

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.200
 spoke

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.500
 to our

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.899
 fathers

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.480
 to Abraham

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.559
 and to

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.720
 his

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.099
 offspring

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.639
 forever

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.579
 God

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.319
 remembered

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.659
 his

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.220
 mercy

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.740
 toward

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:57.899
 his

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.139
 people

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.339
 he

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.879
 remembered

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.099
 the

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.519
 commitment

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.159
 that he

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.619
 had made

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.000
 toward

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.259
 his

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.740
 people

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.960
 it's a

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.339
 sad thing

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.640
 to be

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.059
 forgotten

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:05.180
 isn't it

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.880
 whether it's

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.120
 your

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:07.599
 best friend

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.579
 that forgets

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.740
 your birthday

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.920
 or your

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.599
 spouse

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.460
 that forgets

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.160
 your anniversary

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:15.500
 or your

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.900
 aging

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.599
 grandparent

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.440
 forgets

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.980
 your name

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:20.779
 or a

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.259
 grandparent

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.640
 that gets

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.059
 forgotten

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.859
 and neglected

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:24.519
 even when

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.940
 they pass

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.339
 no one

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.660
 knows

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:28.279
 Israel

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.019
 has for

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.819
 many years

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.440
 now felt

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.059
 forgotten

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.679
 and forsaken

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.299
 by God

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.139
 and yet

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.599
 God

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.779
 has proven

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:37.159
 decisively

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.319
 through Jesus

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.119
 that he

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.960
 remembers

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.879
 them

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:42.220
 he has

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.779
 remembered

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.159
 them

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.599
 and has

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.339
 intervened

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.579
 on their

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.039
 behalf

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.859
 in mercy

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:47.319
 and as

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.639
 Jesus

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.179
 served

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.639
 to remind

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.079
 Mary

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.919
 of God's

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.419
 remembering

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:51.039
 his mercy

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.980
 let Jesus

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.480
 and his

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.899
 gracious

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.779
 saving acts

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.679
 remind you

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.399
 also of the

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.119
 fact that

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.799
 God has

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.539
 and continues

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.579
 to remember

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.000
 you

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:01.740
 Satan

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.299
 our enemy

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.359
 will accuse

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.660
 you

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.099
 and lie

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.599
 to you

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.279
 saying that

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.640
 you are

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.119
 forgotten

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.779
 by God

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.579
 that's why

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.980
 these things

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.400
 are happening

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.859
 to you

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:10.240
 you're

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.880
 forsaken

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.599
 he doesn't

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.059
 care

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:14.119
 but let

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.880
 Christ

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.740
 stand guard

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.180
 over your

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.599
 mind

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.079
 and guard

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.460
 over your

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.779
 heart

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.660
 and dispel

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.240
 those lies

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.039
 because God

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.119
 remembers his

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.680
 mercy

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.740
 toward you

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.759
 and Jesus

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.660
 and his life

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.440
 and his death

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.819
 and his

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.339
 resurrection

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.599
 is the proof

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.039
 of that

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.899
 once and

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.419
 for all

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:29.959
 those who

00:29:29.959 --> 00:29:30.339
 humbly

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.879
 trust in

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.220
 the Lord

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.299
 will rejoice

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.039
 in the end

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.359
 for his

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.679
 mercy

00:29:33.679 --> 00:29:36.839
 that's

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.299
 Mary's

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.699
 faith

00:29:37.699 --> 00:29:38.419
 and rejoicing

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:40.059
 and then she

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.879
 returns home

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.959
 after spending

00:29:41.959 --> 00:29:42.459
 three months

00:29:42.459 --> 00:29:43.099
 with Elizabeth

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.980
 shortly before

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.539
 John's birth

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.599
 and in verses

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.579
 57 to 80

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.059
 the focus

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.759
 shifts back

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.279
 to John's

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.759
 parents

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.740
 and we see

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.459
 Zechariah's

00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:51.899
 faith

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:53.059
 and rejoicing

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:58.099
 verses 57

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:59.039
 to 58

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.460
 am I not

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.859
 coming out

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.139
 of the mic

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.440
 anymore

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:03.159
 verses 57

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.759
 to 58

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.279
 tell us

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.359
 of John's

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.679
 birth

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.679
 it says

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.220
 now the

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.859
 time came

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.359
 for Elizabeth

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.940
 to give

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.440
 birth

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.319
 and she

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.899
 bore a

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.220
 son

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.359
 and her

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.740
 neighbors

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.319
 and relatives

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.819
 heard that

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.139
 the Lord

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.519
 had shown

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.240
 great mercy

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.740
 to her

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.319
 and they

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.879
 rejoiced

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.579
 with her

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.339
 so this

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.940
 is further

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.500
 fulfillment

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:19.879
 of the

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.259
 angel's

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.700
 announcement

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.559
 in chapter

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.859
 1

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.440
 verses 13

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.019
 to 17

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:24.139
 the angel's

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.480
 word that

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.779
 John would

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.160
 be filled

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.440
 with the

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.900
 Holy Spirit

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.440
 even from

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.000
 his mother's

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.200
 womb

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.980
 was fulfilled

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.559
 when he

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.200
 left with

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.619
 joy at

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:29.940
 the greeting

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.379
 of Mary

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.160
 and now

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.700
 the angel's

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.019
 word that

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.259
 Elizabeth

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.799
 would bear

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.379
 a son

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.240
 is fulfilled

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.059
 in exactly

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.700
 those words

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.259
 and the

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.940
 promise that

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.379
 you will

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.139
 have joy

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:39.039
 and gladness

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.680
 and many

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.220
 will rejoice

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.759
 at his birth

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.599
 from verse 14

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.539
 is also

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.119
 fulfilled

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.740
 because now

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.119
 people are

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.019
 rejoicing along

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.960
 with Elizabeth

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.759
 and Zechariah

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.920
 and so

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.579
 Elizabeth does

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.139
 bear a son

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:50.139
 many rejoice

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.619
 with her

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.379
 and joy

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.759
 is really

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.119
 a running

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.539
 theme

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.839
 throughout

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.420
 this passage

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.299
 that recount

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.859
 the birth

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.440
 of John

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.879
 and Jesus

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:57.500
 and now

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.659
 that John's

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.200
 been born

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.339
 the announcement

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.819
 that the angel's

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.440
 been fulfilled

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.539
 it's not time

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.159
 for Zechariah

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.519
 and Elizabeth

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.440
 to obey God

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.159
 because the angel

00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:05.659
 had also

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.399
 commanded them

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.220
 in verse 13

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.139
 you shall

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.200
 call his name

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.759
 John

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:11.659
 now verses

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.839
 59 to 66

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.420
 tell us about

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.039
 John's naming

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.159
 remember

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:16.299
 in verse 6

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.079
 that Zechariah

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.500
 and Elizabeth

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.200
 were both

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.700
 righteous

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.579
 and blameless

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.279
 in obeying

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.920
 God's commandments

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.700
 and so they

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.279
 followed God's

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.539
 commandments

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.460
 to circumcise

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.880
 the baby

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.360
 on the eighth

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.580
 day

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.000
 as it says

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.740
 in verse 59

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:27.019
 and then

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.039
 their relatives

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.680
 who were there

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.320
 for the birth

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:30.140
 and the circumcision

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:31.060
 want to name

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:31.600
 the child

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.500
 Zechariah

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.500
 after his father

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.380
 which was

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:35.300
 customary to do

00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:35.940
 in this culture

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.620
 but Elizabeth

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.500
 likely having

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.240
 conferred with

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.200
 Zechariah already

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.920
 answers them

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.759
 in verse 60

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.259
 no

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.140
 he shall

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.160
 he shall

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.740
 be called

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.359
 John

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.960
 but they

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.740
 protest

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.579
 these are

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.879
 stubborn

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.440
 relatives

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:52.019
 none of your

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.400
 relatives

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.859
 is called

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.599
 by this

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.000
 name

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.480
 what are you

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.900
 thinking

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:57.440
 it was

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.879
 customary

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.180
 among the

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.319
 Jews

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.559
 to name

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.879
 children

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.279
 after their

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.660
 relatives

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.180
 so they

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.579
 take it

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.859
 up with

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.420
 Zechariah

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.759
 perhaps

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.019
 thinking

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.519
 to themselves

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.799
 that

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.319
 Elizabeth

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.859
 is going

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.220
 rogue

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.819
 and hadn't

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.299
 consulted

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.940
 her husband

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:07.379
 and perhaps

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.740
 thinking

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.339
 to themselves

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.400
 well surely

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.259
 Zechariah

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.839
 would want

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.399
 us to name

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.220
 his only

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.699
 son

00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.679
 after him

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:15.199
 so they

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:15.619
 it says

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.000
 that they

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.859
 made signs

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.259
 to his

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.720
 father

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.720
 inquiring

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:18.980
 what he

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.419
 wanted him

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.720
 to be

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.000
 called

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.139
 so based

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.619
 on this

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.000
 verse

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.639
 I suggested

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.059
 to you

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.480
 last week

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.019
 that Zechariah

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.379
 must have

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.799
 been struck

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.319
 a death

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:26.019
 not merely

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.339
 mute

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.779
 because they're

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.559
 making signs

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.000
 to him

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.919
 instead of

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.379
 asking him

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.839
 the question

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:31.619
 that's what

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.500
 a majority

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.000
 of the Bible

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.720
 scholars think

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:35.220
 but as I was

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.699
 studying this

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.199
 passage I

00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:36.779
 think I was

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.399
 wrong so I

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:37.559
 want to

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.159
 retract that

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:38.619
 from last

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:38.859
 week

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.939
 I think

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.700
 what's

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.019
 happening

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.320
 is

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:43.940
 because the

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.380
 word to

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.039
 make sign

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.820
 can also

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.580
 mean to

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.740
 motion

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.580
 or to

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.080
 nod

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.799
 or to

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.320
 gesture

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:50.680
 towards

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:50.880
 someone

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.160
 using

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.340
 your

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.660
 body

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.680
 and so

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.259
 because

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.100
 this

00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:54.500
 passage

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.140
 only speaks

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.460
 of him

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.920
 losing

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.759
 his speech

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.360
 it doesn't

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.860
 specifically

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.539
 mention him

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.940
 losing his

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.559
 hearing also

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.299
 I think it's

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.720
 more likely

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.180
 that he's

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.900
 just unable

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.500
 to speak

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.480
 so he's

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.000
 hearing all

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.700
 this conversation

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.259
 and Elizabeth

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.019
 is talking

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.460
 they're asking

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.820
 Elizabeth

00:33:06.820 --> 00:33:07.680
 hey what

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:07.920
 should we

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.340
 name him

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.779
 Elizabeth

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.140
 says his

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.519
 name shall

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.940
 be John

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.599
 so Zechariah

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.220
 is hearing

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.639
 all this

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:11.940
 but they

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.299
 want his

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.799
 confirmation

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.220
 so they

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.720
 gesture to

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:13.859
 him

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.500
 hey so

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.279
 what do you

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.539
 think

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.519
 so he's

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.960
 I think that's

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.359
 what is going

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.000
 on and so

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.960
 because he can't

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.779
 speak they bring

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.279
 him a writing

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.240
 tablet so he

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.900
 can write his

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:23.180
 response and

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.779
 he says his

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.579
 name is

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.099
 John

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.639
 right he

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.220
 doesn't say

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.799
 his name

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.420
 shall be

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.220
 John he

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.639
 says his

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:30.940
 name is

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.019
 John

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:33.119
 different from

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.400
 the way

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.740
 Elizabeth

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.680
 phrased it

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.400
 that's his

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.619
 name because

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.779
 God says

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.139
 so

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:39.639
 that's the

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.159
 name that

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:40.779
 God commanded

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.299
 me to give

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.139
 him that's

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.659
 the name that

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.079
 the angel

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:44.259
 announced so

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.879
 it's not a

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.500
 matter what I

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.139
 shall name

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.579
 him his

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.519
 name is

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.279
 John whether

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.979
 I like it

00:33:48.979 --> 00:33:50.039
 or not I

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.299
 don't have

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.919
 any choice in

00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:51.379
 this matter so

00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.979
 this shows

00:33:51.979 --> 00:33:53.079
 John's submission

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.759
 and obedience

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.379
 to God in

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.019
 that period of

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.599
 being struck

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.819
 with muteness

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.819
 Zechariah has

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.319
 learned to

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.119
 trust God

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:01.459
 and the

00:34:01.459 --> 00:34:02.079
 agreement of

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.579
 Zechariah and

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.199
 Elizabeth on

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:04.299
 this unusual

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.739
 name fills the

00:34:05.739 --> 00:34:06.279
 crowd with

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.939
 wonder he

00:34:06.939 --> 00:34:07.979
 says and

00:34:07.979 --> 00:34:08.719
 then immediately

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.659
 Zechariah's

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.299
 mouth was

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:11.000
 opened and

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.480
 his tongue

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.599
 loosed and

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.219
 he spoke

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.839
 blessing God

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:16.739
 now that the

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.739
 word God's

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.219
 word has been

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.000
 fulfilled a

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.699
 sign of muteness

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.219
 that God had

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.559
 given to

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.119
 Zechariah is

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.079
 also fulfilled

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.779
 and comes to

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.539
 an end so

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.000
 that Zechariah

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.500
 is able to

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:26.039
 speak and

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.400
 then verse

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.480
 65 tells us

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.219
 that as a

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.900
 result of that

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:30.039
 fear came on

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:31.000
 all their

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.700
 neighbors so

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.519
 we're told of

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.240
 three different

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:34.320
 reactions of

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:35.460
 the relatives and

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.099
 neighbors in this

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.039
 passage right

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:38.260
 verse 58 told us

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:39.180
 that they rejoiced

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.900
 that a son was

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.920
 born to an old

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:42.160
 formerly barren

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:43.559
 couple verse

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.680
 63 they

00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:46.000
 wondered at

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.340
 John's

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.059
 untraditional

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.740
 name and the

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.139
 fact that

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.700
 Zechariah and

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.300
 Elizabeth agreed

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.360
 on that and

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.740
 then in verse

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.680
 65 they are

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.160
 filled with

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:53.320
 reverential fear

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.300
 that after

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.500
 seeing Zechariah

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.420
 speak again

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.360
 miracle of

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.440
 restored speech

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.159
 so these

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.800
 three things

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.820
 all point to

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.380
 the fact that

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.039
 John is not

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.539
 an ordinary

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.880
 child this

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.420
 new baby

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.119
 becomes the

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.679
 talk of the

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.159
 town and

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.519
 the entire

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.360
 region and

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.740
 the people

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:09.539
 leave Elizabeth

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.159
 and Zechariah's

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.760
 home saying to

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.880
 themselves what

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.679
 then will this

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:14.280
 child be for

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.000
 the hand of the

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.579
 Lord was with

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:17.760
 him and just

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.059
 as the

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.679
 fulfillment of

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.380
 God's promise

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.220
 to Mary in

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:21.320
 verses 39 to

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.940
 45 was

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.599
 accompanied in

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.220
 Mary's by

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:24.079
 Mary's hymn of

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.619
 praise now the

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.440
 fulfillment of God's

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.039
 promise to

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.860
 Zechariah here

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.300
 is also

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.980
 accompanied by

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.740
 Zechariah's

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.800
 hymn this is

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.740
 probably what he

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.920
 spontaneously burst

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.880
 out with when

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:35.380
 his speech was

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.980
 restored and he

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.599
 says he blessed

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.420
 God because that's

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.000
 the first thing he

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.780
 says and this

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.599
 came in the

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.340
 inspiration of the

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.179
 Holy Spirit verse

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:43.139
 67 tells that

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.639
 Zechariah was

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.280
 filled with the

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.300
 Holy Spirit and

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:46.679
 prophesied it's a

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.360
 prophetic hymn

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.480
 inspired by the

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.760
 Spirit and the

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.760
 hymn has two

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:52.159
 sections in verses

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:53.960
 68 to 75 Zechariah

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.000
 speaks of what God

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:56.039
 has done and

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.820
 then in the rest

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:58.039
 of it 76 to 79

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.860
 he speaks of what

00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:00.240
 his son John will

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:01.800
 do so what God

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.320
 has done is

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.139
 described in verses

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:04.880
 68 to 69

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:07.179
 blessed be the

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.960
 Lord God of

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.940
 Israel for he

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.440
 has visited and

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.199
 redeemed his

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.340
 people and has

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.400
 raised up a horn

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.420
 of salvation for

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.679
 us in the house of

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:17.360
 his servant David

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:19.840
 what God does for

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.740
 his people here is

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.599
 described in terms

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.260
 of three words

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:24.260
 visitation redemption

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.660
 and salvation

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:27.920
 first God has

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.020
 visited his people

00:36:29.020 --> 00:36:30.560
 the word visit is

00:36:30.560 --> 00:36:31.400
 an important word

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.620
 for Luke he uses

00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.240
 it repeatedly

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.760
 throughout the

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.640
 gospel and also

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:35.440
 in the book of

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.360
 Acts which he also

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:37.480
 wrote and it

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.460
 always conveys

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.220
 God's gracious

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:40.320
 intervention on

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.960
 behalf of his

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:42.440
 people and in this

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.360
 passage is repeated

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.520
 again in verse 78

00:36:44.520 --> 00:36:45.660
 later to refer to

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.700
 the coming of the

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:48.300
 Messiah so the way

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:49.560
 God visits his

00:36:49.560 --> 00:36:50.940
 people is through

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.579
 Jesus the promised

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.760
 messianic king from

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.579
 the line of David

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:56.320
 the visitation of

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.639
 God happens through

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:59.059
 the incarnation of

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.920
 Jesus Christ Jesus

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.900
 becoming a human

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:02.000
 taking on human

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:03.119
 flesh and living

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:04.039
 among us that's why

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:05.220
 Jesus is called

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:07.039
 Emmanuel which means

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:09.179
 God with us in

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:10.940
 Christ who came we

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:13.200
 have God with us in

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:14.119
 the spirit of God

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:15.240
 who indwells us we

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:17.320
 have God with us we

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:18.860
 have been visited by

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.940
 the God of salvation

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.960
 God of all creation

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:22.340
 and the second God

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.360
 has redeemed his

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:24.740
 people redemption

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:26.440
 conveys the idea of

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.780
 purchasing the rights

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:30.559
 of a slave commenting

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:32.220
 on the Exodus Moses

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:33.860
 says in Deuteronomy 15

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:36.000
 15 you shall remember

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.079
 that you were a slave

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:38.119
 in the land of Egypt

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:39.480
 and the Lord your God

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:41.920
 redeemed you so then

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.900
 the redemption of

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:45.840
 Israel from Egypt meant

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.700
 that they were no longer

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:49.679
 slaves to Pharaoh but

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.559
 slaves to the Lord

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:53.759
 they had been freed and

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:55.239
 no longer enslaved to a

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.179
 fellow man but to their

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:57.480
 creator as they were

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:59.299
 intended to be that's the

00:37:59.299 --> 00:38:00.279
 meaning of redemption

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:01.619
 God's people would no

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.899
 longer be enslaved to

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.779
 their enemies or

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:05.279
 oppressors but they will

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.980
 be slaves of the

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:07.079
 gracious Lord God

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:08.899
 servants of God that's

00:38:08.899 --> 00:38:10.199
 why the purpose of God's

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:11.279
 redemption is given this

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:12.980
 way in verses 74 to 75

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:15.260
 read with me that we

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:17.320
 being delivered from

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:18.420
 the hand of our enemies

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:21.000
 might serve him without

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:23.300
 fear in holiness and

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:24.719
 righteousness before him

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:26.360
 all our days that's what

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:29.260
 Jesus did for us first

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:32.519
 Peter 1 18 to 19 says

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.480
 that Christians have been

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:35.679
 ransomed with the precious

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:38.240
 blood of Christ the blood of

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:41.000
 Christ his death his life

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:42.639
 given for us is the

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.860
 ransom the redemption

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:46.119
 price that God paid for

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:48.380
 us we were all once

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:50.000
 slaves of sin as Romans 6

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:51.360
 says but because Jesus

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:53.139
 paid the penalty of our

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:55.000
 sin and redeemed us from

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:56.380
 by dying on the cross in

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:58.239
 our place we are not free

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:59.980
 to serve God and that's

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:03.139
 why 1st Corinthians 7 23

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:04.420
 says you were bought with

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:06.780
 the price do not become

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:09.199
 bond servants of men we

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.159
 have been delivered from

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.920
 the hand of our enemies

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:12.119
 that we might serve God

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:13.260
 without fear in holiness

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:14.280
 and righteousness before

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.760
 him all our days so are

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:17.059
 you serving God with your

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:20.960
 life and if not God whom

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:24.680
 are you serving where does

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:26.000
 your ultimate allegiance lie

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:29.139
 are you serving yourself

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:33.579
 are you a workaholic

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:35.760
 enslaved to your boss

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:46.040
 are you serving your city is that

00:39:46.040 --> 00:39:47.180
 where your primary ultimate

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:52.080
 allegiance is because to serve

00:39:52.080 --> 00:39:55.880
 God is what Christ redeemed you

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:58.980
 for paid for with his own

00:39:58.980 --> 00:40:01.720
 blood so if you're a Christian

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:03.179
 that's where your ultimate

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:06.199
 allegiance lies you are not

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:08.199
 your own you were bought with

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:11.879
 a price so glorify God and then

00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:13.199
 third so that second is

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:16.299
 redemption third idea is salvation

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:19.439
 verse 69 says that God has raised

00:40:19.439 --> 00:40:21.919
 up a horn of salvation for us in

00:40:21.919 --> 00:40:23.919
 the house of his servant David the

00:40:23.919 --> 00:40:25.239
 horn of salvation comes from the

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:28.539
 image of a horned ox that gores its

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:31.139
 enemies into submission right this

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:32.599
 expression is used in second

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:35.420
 Samuel 22 3 and Psalm 18 2 to

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:38.199
 refer to God himself so this too is

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:40.440
 to imply the divinity of the son of

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:43.039
 God the Jesus and by dying on the

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:44.500
 cross for us and then being raised

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:46.699
 from the dead Jesus defeats sin and

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:48.940
 death and subdues all the spiritual

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:51.659
 forces of evil so that they no longer

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:54.400
 have any claim on those who have been

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:57.980
 united to Christ by faith and not only are

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:59.920
 spiritual enemies but also the

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:02.139
 physical enemies of God's people as

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:04.079
 well will be subdued by the Lord

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:07.480
 open doors is is a is a Christian

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:09.019
 foundation that serves Christians in

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:10.800
 persecuted areas throughout the world

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:12.740
 and they published a report at the

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:14.639
 beginning of this year summarizing last

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:16.960
 year's finding and research and it

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:19.880
 states that one in 12 Christians that's

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:22.719
 about 215 million total live in an

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:25.059
 area where they face high level of

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:32.000
 persecution for their faith in 2017 3066

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:36.259
 Christians were killed 1252 were

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:39.119
 abducted nearly 800 church buildings

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:42.559
 were defaced and 1020 Christians were

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:45.799
 raped or sexually harassed for their

00:41:45.799 --> 00:41:49.940
 faith just a few days ago a hundred

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:52.139
 underground Christians in China were

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:54.980
 arrested and it's estimated that about

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:56.980
 hundred thousand Christians have

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:58.879
 already been arrested so far this year

00:41:58.879 --> 00:41:59.379
 in China

00:41:59.379 --> 00:42:06.420
 all because they pledged their ultimate

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:09.980
 allegiance not to any earthly ruler but

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:11.759
 to Christ their king

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:20.180
 all those who have hated and oppressed God's

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:23.740
 people will be defeated by the horn of

00:42:23.740 --> 00:42:28.860
 salvation at Jesus second coming those

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:30.000
 who humbly trust in the Lord will

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:33.320
 return in the end for his mercy and then

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:36.340
 in verses 76 to 79 Zechariah turns his

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:38.980
 attention to what his son John will do he

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:41.400
 says and you child will be called the

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:43.159
 prophet of the most high for you will

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:45.440
 go before the Lord to prepare his ways to

00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:47.280
 give knowledge of salvation to his people

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:50.699
 in the forgiveness of their sins so

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:53.599
 John's subordinate supportive role to

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:56.059
 Jesus is clearly laid out here because in

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:58.940
 verse 32 Jesus was described as the son of

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:01.199
 the most high but John is the prophet of

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:04.119
 the most high Jesus was called Lord in

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:06.800
 verse 42 and John is the one who prepares

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:10.160
 the way for the Lord and Jesus is the horn

00:43:10.160 --> 00:43:13.340
 of salvation as I said in 69 John is the

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:15.539
 one who gives knowledge of salvation he

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:18.200
 will point to Jesus that they might

00:43:18.200 --> 00:43:21.560
 receive forgiveness of their sins and

00:43:21.560 --> 00:43:25.340
 then in verses 70 to 79 Zechariah

00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:28.160
 recounts once more why God's salvation

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:33.580
 has come because of the tender mercy of

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:36.639
 our God whereby the sunrise shall visit us

00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:38.519
 from on high to give light to those who

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:40.739
 sit in darkness and in the shadow of

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:43.039
 death to guide our feet into the way of

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:46.279
 peace the sunrise that will visit us is

00:43:46.279 --> 00:43:48.579
 another reference to Jesus who says in

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:52.340
 John 8 verse 12 I am the light of the

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:55.579
 world whoever follows me will not walk in

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:57.840
 darkness but will have the light of life

00:43:57.840 --> 00:44:01.880
 without light we would be groping around in

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:05.800
 the darkness unable to find our way but

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:08.300
 Jesus has come to give light to those who

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:10.960
 sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:14.980
 guide our feet into the way of peace Jesus is

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:16.660
 the light that illuminates our darkened

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:18.900
 minds he's the light that dispels the

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:22.100
 darkness hidden in our hearts and the

00:44:22.100 --> 00:44:24.539
 reason why the light of the world comes to

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:27.380
 us is summarized in this one word here in

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:32.460
 verse 78 God's mercy God's tender

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:36.619
 compassionate mercy this is now the fifth

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:38.860
 time that the word mercy has been used in

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:41.659
 this passage alone it's the key word of

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:44.340
 this passage in the Greek translation of

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:46.579
 the Hebrew Old Testament the word mercy

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:49.039
 most often translates the Hebrew word that

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:51.920
 means steadfast love God's loving kindness

00:44:51.920 --> 00:45:21.900
 love for people who do not know the

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:25.320
 not deserve it the overflow of God's

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:27.900
 God's kindness that finds its basis not in

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:31.360
 the worthiness of the recipients but in the

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:34.740
 bondfulness the generosity of the

00:45:34.740 --> 00:45:37.740
 Giver so let me ask me ask you a question

00:45:37.740 --> 00:45:41.820
 on judgment day of God's heavenly court what

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:47.820
 what would you say to him plead not guilty

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:55.559
 most non-Christians in Cambridge will say well I'm a pretty good person

00:45:55.559 --> 00:46:01.660
 I live a moral life unlike so many people in the world

00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:19.000
 that's foolishness because God's standard is perfect and every one of us has fallen short of his perfect standard and the prosecutor

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:30.219
 Satan the accuser has a perfect record against anyone who tries to stand on his or her own righteousness and pleads not guilty

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:35.300
 our only hope is mercy of God

00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:41.300
 if you are not yet a follower of Jesus Christ stop pleading not guilty

00:46:41.300 --> 00:47:09.300
 instead plead for his mercy and if you are already a follower of Jesus Christ don't let your sins drive you to despair instead let your sins drive you to Christ our Savior and when we plead his mercy and fling ourselves into the arms of Jesus Christ who is our intercessor he's our advocate he's our defender and God will then count Christ's righteousness as our own

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:11.300
 so that instead of wrath

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:13.300
 instead of wrath

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:16.300
 instead of the darkness

00:47:16.300 --> 00:47:20.300
 instead of being cut off from the presence of God forever

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:24.300
 instead of being deprived of every good gift that comes only from him

00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:29.300
 instead of that which is what we deserve instead of wrath

00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:31.300
 we receive his mercy

00:47:31.300 --> 00:47:35.300
 that's the good news of Jesus Christ

00:47:35.300 --> 00:47:37.300
 that's the good news of Jesus Christ

00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:39.300
 God

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:40.380
 we

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:42.060
 do humbly trust in the Lord

00:47:42.060 --> 00:47:42.340
 will

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:43.260
 rejoice

00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:45.300
 for his mercy

00:47:45.300 --> 00:47:47.300
 as

00:47:47.300 --> 00:47:49.300
 you

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:51.300
 as

00:47:51.300 --> 00:47:53.300
 as

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:55.300
 as

00:47:55.300 --> 00:47:59.300
 as

00:47:59.300 --> 00:48:03.300
 as

00:48:03.300 --> 00:48:05.300
 as