WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.879 We're starting Christmas, being the 1st of December, that means there's about 23 sleeps 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:16.019 until we get this Christmas time on the road where we get our turkey on, where we get our 00:00:16.019 --> 00:00:23.019 Brussels sprouts on, and we're going to take the whole month of December to look at the 00:00:23.019 --> 00:00:26.879 songs in Luke's Gospel about Christmas. 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:29.719 We called it Christmas Hits. 00:00:31.219 --> 00:00:33.579 I called it Christmas Hits, it wasn't a democracy. 00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:39.420 And today we're looking at the first one, the one that Mary sings. 00:00:40.239 --> 00:00:42.359 But I want to ask you, when do you sing? 00:00:43.299 --> 00:00:45.659 When do you yourself sing? 00:00:46.019 --> 00:00:46.780 In the shower? 00:00:47.060 --> 00:00:47.899 I sing in the shower? 00:00:48.899 --> 00:00:51.280 I think that's probably the reason Aileen moved to Brussels. 00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:55.259 Sing with the hairbrush in front of the mirror? 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.179 Maybe in the car on the way to work? 00:01:00.300 --> 00:01:01.679 On the terraces? 00:01:02.580 --> 00:01:03.840 Do you support Airdrie United? 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:05.680 By yourself? 00:01:07.100 --> 00:01:09.799 In the karaoke bar at the Christmas party? 00:01:12.299 --> 00:01:14.300 Maybe on the street in church? 00:01:15.099 --> 00:01:16.520 Or when no one else is around? 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:19.420 When do you sing? 00:01:20.740 --> 00:01:22.820 Why do you sing? 00:01:22.819 --> 00:01:25.459 Some people sing laments. 00:01:26.579 --> 00:01:28.299 Got it in the Bible, we looked at it yesterday. 00:01:28.459 --> 00:01:33.419 By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. 00:01:34.099 --> 00:01:36.500 Song about sadness, a lament. 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:39.399 Some people sing romantic songs. 00:01:40.179 --> 00:01:42.019 The lady in red is dancing with me. 00:01:43.019 --> 00:01:45.259 There's nobody else here. 00:01:45.260 --> 00:01:47.359 Just you and me. 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:52.719 Some people sing victorious songs. 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:56.200 Championes, championes. 00:01:56.740 --> 00:01:57.640 Ole, ole, ole. 00:01:58.859 --> 00:02:02.280 I put that on the screen just in case now you've got your own white paper, 00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:04.560 you thought you were going to get ideas ahead of your station. 00:02:07.860 --> 00:02:09.640 Some people sing joyful songs. 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:11.139 I'm H-A-P-P-Y. 00:02:12.019 --> 00:02:14.039 I'm H-A-P-P-Y. 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:15.419 I know I am. 00:02:16.179 --> 00:02:17.179 I'm sure I am. 00:02:17.239 --> 00:02:18.859 I'm H-A-P-P-Y. 00:02:20.339 --> 00:02:22.199 Yet more often than not, 00:02:23.059 --> 00:02:25.579 I guess we find ourselves singing worship songs. 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:28.519 So we get to the beginning of Luke's gospel. 00:02:28.699 --> 00:02:29.719 Luke, a doctor, 00:02:30.239 --> 00:02:33.119 who's carefully investigated the life of Jesus. 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:39.980 And the first two chapters read like a score of a Gilbert and Sullivan musical. 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:44.140 There's a bit of narrative and then someone will break into song. 00:02:44.219 --> 00:02:47.159 And there's a bit more narrative and someone will break into song. 00:02:47.860 --> 00:02:49.659 Today we're going to look at the first song, 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:51.379 the song that Mary sings. 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:54.980 A worshipful response to the unprecedented favor, 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.560 attentive care and outrageous grace 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.140 she has been shown by the God of the universe. 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:04.159 It is a joy-filled, praise-home, God-focused, 00:03:04.339 --> 00:03:07.739 cosmic chorus of true worship and kingdom insight. 00:03:08.619 --> 00:03:13.959 Mary sings a biblical, theological, soteriological, doxological, canticle 00:03:13.959 --> 00:03:19.899 about the majesty, might and magnanimous nature of God. 00:03:21.799 --> 00:03:25.439 After his introduction to Theophilus, that's verses 1 to 4, 00:03:26.739 --> 00:03:29.659 Luke zooms in on an old barren couple. 00:03:30.139 --> 00:03:34.039 A couple called Zechariah, who is a priest, 00:03:34.339 --> 00:03:37.079 and he's got a wife who's old, 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:40.359 and they have no children because she is barren. 00:03:42.519 --> 00:03:45.959 And while Zechariah is taking his turn on duty in the temple, 00:03:46.419 --> 00:03:49.259 he's waving a grain offering before the Lord, 00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:51.639 and an angel speaks to him. 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:54.439 God hasn't spoken for 400 years. 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:56.639 If you weren't here yesterday, 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:58.500 you'll have trouble remembering that. 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:00.539 If you were here yesterday, no problem. 00:04:02.699 --> 00:04:04.959 God hasn't spoken for 400 years. 00:04:05.060 --> 00:04:07.479 No angels, no miracles, no fresh revelation. 00:04:08.340 --> 00:04:10.939 But this day, the divine dialogue restarts, 00:04:10.939 --> 00:04:14.240 and the angel comes and speaks to him and says, 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:15.840 your wife is going to have a baby. 00:04:17.740 --> 00:04:19.819 Elizabeth's been barren for years. 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:23.220 Zechariah says, 00:04:23.579 --> 00:04:25.439 how do I know that's true? 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:28.100 And the angel says, 00:04:28.139 --> 00:04:31.339 you'll be struck dumb until this boy is born. 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:37.160 Zechariah finishes his stint in the temple. 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:37.899 He goes home. 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.620 Elizabeth becomes pregnant. 00:04:41.259 --> 00:04:45.560 He goes south to Judea in the hill country where they live. 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:51.699 And Luke, then, chapter 1, verse 26, 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:56.240 goes six months forward and 80 miles north 00:04:56.240 --> 00:05:01.560 to the despised Galilean town of Nazareth. 00:05:02.620 --> 00:05:05.660 And Gabriel comes to a girl. 00:05:06.840 --> 00:05:09.040 He's probably about 14 years old. 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.800 And he speaks about another miracle pregnancy. 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:16.699 This time, the pregnancy is not miraculous 00:05:16.699 --> 00:05:18.500 by overcoming age and barrenness, 00:05:18.579 --> 00:05:19.740 but quite the reverse. 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:23.860 Overcoming youth and virginity. 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:27.920 Mary, the highly favoured, 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:30.180 the one who has received great grace from God, 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:33.560 in being given this unique task, 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:36.840 is told that her son is to be called Jesus 00:05:36.840 --> 00:05:40.439 because he will save his people from their sins. 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:42.379 He will be son of the most high God. 00:05:42.379 --> 00:05:43.980 He will reign on David's throne 00:05:43.980 --> 00:05:46.199 over the descendants of David 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.779 and his kingdom will last forever. 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:54.100 Mary, unlike Zechariah, believes 00:05:54.100 --> 00:05:56.800 and submits to this outrageous plan 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:57.959 and says, 00:05:58.040 --> 00:05:59.100 I am the Lord's servant. 00:05:59.219 --> 00:06:00.500 May your words be fulfilled. 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:05.319 Then, in chapter 1, verse 39, 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:08.639 we get these two women meeting. 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:14.060 Mary travels 80 miles to see Elizabeth, 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:15.639 her relative. 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:19.819 Mary is in a privileged position. 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:21.800 She's given this unique task, 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:24.560 but she's also in a precarious situation 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:26.579 because she could, 00:06:26.780 --> 00:06:28.100 her engagement could finish, 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:30.759 her reputation could be soiled, 00:06:30.780 --> 00:06:32.620 she could be thrown out of the family house, 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:34.379 she could even be killed, 00:06:34.459 --> 00:06:36.160 according to Old Testament law. 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:38.620 It is not normal 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:40.579 for 14-year-old girls 00:06:40.579 --> 00:06:42.480 to say they are incubating God, 00:06:42.779 --> 00:06:44.220 having immaculately conceived 00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:45.560 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:46.519 No one does that. 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:48.859 It's not normal. 00:06:50.599 --> 00:06:51.979 That is enough to get you called 00:06:51.979 --> 00:06:53.439 a lunatic by onlookers, 00:06:53.539 --> 00:06:54.819 a harlot by your fiancé, 00:06:54.899 --> 00:06:55.919 and worthy of death 00:06:55.919 --> 00:06:57.799 by the religious establishment. 00:06:59.019 --> 00:07:00.699 However, in visiting Elizabeth, 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:02.560 Mary gets all the encouragement 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:03.539 that she needs 00:07:03.539 --> 00:07:05.240 to know this is God's plan. 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:06.560 She gets three signs. 00:07:09.299 --> 00:07:11.599 She gets her personal sign. 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:14.719 She sees Elizabeth put on a bit of weight. 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.000 It's not because she was having 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:17.760 an early Christmas, 00:07:17.860 --> 00:07:19.120 because Christmas isn't invented. 00:07:20.460 --> 00:07:21.860 It's because she's pregnant. 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.000 She's six months pregnant. 00:07:26.220 --> 00:07:28.860 She gets her physical sign. 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:31.300 She gets her physical sign 00:07:31.300 --> 00:07:32.720 as fetal John the Baptist 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:33.640 leaps for joy 00:07:33.640 --> 00:07:34.940 when brought into proximity 00:07:34.940 --> 00:07:36.260 with the zygotic Jesus. 00:07:37.340 --> 00:07:38.680 That was my favourite line 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:39.300 from the sermon. 00:07:39.300 --> 00:07:44.800 It's downhill from here. 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:46.960 Mary also receives 00:07:46.960 --> 00:07:47.879 a prophetic sign 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:48.620 because Elizabeth, 00:07:48.860 --> 00:07:50.000 filled with the Holy Spirit, 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:52.460 confirms everything 00:07:52.460 --> 00:07:53.620 that she knows to be true. 00:07:54.580 --> 00:07:55.780 Blessed are you among women 00:07:55.780 --> 00:07:57.139 and blessed is the child 00:07:57.139 --> 00:07:57.900 you will bear. 00:07:58.199 --> 00:07:59.600 But why am I so favoured 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:01.000 that the mother of my Lord 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:02.580 should come to me? 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:05.100 She's got great confidence. 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:07.860 And now we're going to read the bit. 00:08:07.860 --> 00:08:10.100 Luke chapter 1, 00:08:10.180 --> 00:08:11.220 46 to 55. 00:08:12.220 --> 00:08:13.080 And this is what it says. 00:08:13.139 --> 00:08:14.040 Let me show you the outline 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:15.120 so you can be looking for it 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:15.699 as we go through. 00:08:16.420 --> 00:08:17.759 We see Mary models 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:18.639 kingdom worship. 00:08:19.780 --> 00:08:21.480 Mary testifies to 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:22.280 kingdom dynamics. 00:08:22.379 --> 00:08:23.180 That's the two things 00:08:23.180 --> 00:08:24.259 I want you to look out for. 00:08:25.280 --> 00:08:26.259 And this is what 00:08:26.259 --> 00:08:27.420 I want us to take away. 00:08:27.980 --> 00:08:29.460 We can only sing 00:08:29.460 --> 00:08:30.600 Mary's song 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:32.120 if we're trusting 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:33.759 Mary's Saviour. 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:35.139 We can only sing 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:36.460 Mary's song 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:37.620 if we're trusting 00:08:37.620 --> 00:08:39.240 Mary's Saviour. 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:41.919 Karen's going to read this for us. 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:43.259 Chapter 1 00:08:43.259 --> 00:08:45.039 verse 46. 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:47.399 Mary said, 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.419 My soul glorifies the Lord 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:51.259 and my spirit rejoices 00:08:51.259 --> 00:08:52.360 in God my Saviour. 00:08:53.319 --> 00:08:54.419 For he has been mindful 00:08:54.419 --> 00:08:55.360 of the humble state 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:55.980 of his servant. 00:08:56.939 --> 00:08:57.600 From now on 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.439 all generations 00:08:58.439 --> 00:08:59.519 will call me blessed. 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:00.919 For the Mighty One 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:02.579 has done great things for me. 00:09:03.259 --> 00:09:04.240 Holy is his name. 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:06.480 His mercy extends 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:07.699 to those who fear him 00:09:07.699 --> 00:09:09.459 from generation to generation. 00:09:10.179 --> 00:09:11.139 He has performed 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:11.939 mighty deeds 00:09:11.939 --> 00:09:12.600 with his arm. 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:13.819 He has scattered 00:09:13.819 --> 00:09:14.799 those who are proud 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:15.980 in their inmost thoughts. 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:17.680 He has brought down 00:09:17.680 --> 00:09:18.879 rulers from their thrones 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:19.920 but has lifted up 00:09:19.920 --> 00:09:20.379 the humble. 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:22.519 He has filled the hungry 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:23.560 with good things 00:09:23.560 --> 00:09:24.480 but has sent 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:25.580 the rich away empty. 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:27.700 He has remembered 00:09:27.700 --> 00:09:28.759 his servant Israel 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:30.279 remembering to be merciful 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:30.960 to Abraham 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:31.899 and his descendants 00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:32.460 forever 00:09:32.460 --> 00:09:33.860 even as he said 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:34.659 to our fathers. 00:09:36.139 --> 00:09:37.259 Mary stayed with Elizabeth 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:38.440 for about three months 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:39.639 and then returned home. 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:41.180 Let's pray. 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:43.139 Father God, 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:43.920 speak to us. 00:09:44.100 --> 00:09:45.039 We pray. 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:46.600 Speak to us 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.000 in a way we can't dismiss. 00:09:48.680 --> 00:09:50.060 In a way we can't forget. 00:09:51.580 --> 00:09:52.019 Father, 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:52.720 speak to us 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:53.639 that we might 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:54.740 once again 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:55.500 see the glory 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:56.300 of your gospel 00:09:56.300 --> 00:09:57.120 in the face 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.659 of Jesus Christ. 00:09:59.500 --> 00:09:59.800 Amen. 00:10:01.180 --> 00:10:02.360 The first thing we see 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:03.820 is that Mary 00:10:03.820 --> 00:10:04.879 models kingdom 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:05.800 worship. 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:07.460 It is possible, 00:10:07.659 --> 00:10:07.960 isn't it, 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:09.100 to sing the right song 00:10:09.100 --> 00:10:09.980 in the wrong way. 00:10:09.980 --> 00:10:14.440 So I was at a youth camp. 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:16.360 14, 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:17.360 15 year old boys. 00:10:17.420 --> 00:10:17.980 I've got the joy, 00:10:18.060 --> 00:10:18.680 joy, joy, joy 00:10:18.680 --> 00:10:19.580 down in my heart. 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:21.120 As they sing it, 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:22.080 no joy. 00:10:23.180 --> 00:10:24.000 Sung in completely 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:24.580 the wrong way 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:25.039 or I don't know 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:26.000 if you saw last week 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:26.820 the England 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:28.159 under 15 football team 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:30.899 played a match 00:10:30.899 --> 00:10:32.360 in the victory shield. 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:33.600 Wasn't many people 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.100 there watching. 00:10:34.220 --> 00:10:35.240 They sung the national anthem. 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:36.700 I have never heard 00:10:36.700 --> 00:10:37.379 the national anthem 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:38.139 sung like that. 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:39.539 Supposed to be 00:10:39.539 --> 00:10:40.860 this vitriolic call 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:43.440 to rally for the country. 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:45.480 They sung it 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:45.919 like they were 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:46.700 whistling a tune 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:47.539 they didn't like 00:10:47.539 --> 00:10:48.899 on the bus. 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:50.980 I was speaking 00:10:50.980 --> 00:10:51.680 in Dorchester 00:10:51.680 --> 00:10:53.279 at a church 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:54.220 and I think 00:10:54.220 --> 00:10:54.840 the average age 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:55.440 of the congregation 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:56.460 was about 81. 00:10:57.560 --> 00:10:58.440 I took one of my friends 00:10:58.440 --> 00:10:59.139 who was leading worship 00:10:59.139 --> 00:10:59.659 and he thought 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:00.460 we were saying 00:11:00.460 --> 00:11:01.039 did you feel 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:02.159 the mountains tremble? 00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:04.899 And we got to the chorus 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:05.919 which says 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:07.659 oh I feel like dancing. 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:10.459 I have never seen 00:11:10.459 --> 00:11:11.679 people look less like 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:12.379 they were feeling 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:13.100 like dancing 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:14.679 in my life. 00:11:16.079 --> 00:11:16.740 Mary sings 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:17.779 the perfect song 00:11:17.779 --> 00:11:19.799 in the perfect way. 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:21.159 And the first thing 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:22.379 why do I keep doing that? 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:23.740 The first thing we see 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:24.740 is that Mary's song 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:26.000 is informed. 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:28.139 See this from 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:29.539 the first three verses. 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:31.199 None of Mary's lyrics 00:11:31.199 --> 00:11:31.919 are original. 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:34.039 She has borrowed 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:35.799 the entire content 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:36.539 of her song 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:37.480 from the Old Testament. 00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:39.219 If we take 00:11:39.219 --> 00:11:40.620 just the first three verses 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:42.620 she explicitly quotes 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:43.699 seven verses 00:11:43.699 --> 00:11:44.719 from the Old Testament. 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:46.279 She quotes 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:46.919 from the law 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:47.599 the prophets 00:11:47.599 --> 00:11:48.599 and the Psalms. 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:50.000 Her entire song 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:50.719 is modelled 00:11:50.719 --> 00:11:51.299 on the song 00:11:51.299 --> 00:11:52.379 that Hannah sings 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:54.480 in 1 Samuel chapter 2. 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:56.740 We know Mary was young 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:58.559 we know Mary was poor 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:00.279 but we must also conclude 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:01.759 that Mary was saturated 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.439 in scripture. 00:12:03.259 --> 00:12:04.220 That when this good news 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:04.939 came to her 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:06.379 a volcanic eruption 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:07.080 of scripture 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:09.639 erupted deep down 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:10.259 in her soul 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:11.360 and overflowed 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:12.379 from her mouth. 00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:15.179 This is a real encouragement 00:12:15.179 --> 00:12:17.500 to internalise, memorise, 00:12:17.700 --> 00:12:18.580 meditate and hide 00:12:18.580 --> 00:12:20.279 scripture in our hearts. 00:12:20.779 --> 00:12:21.720 That we would like 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:23.100 Mary's parents 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:24.700 give our children 00:12:24.700 --> 00:12:25.379 scripture 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:26.960 morning, noon and night 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.819 three square meaty meals 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:29.440 a day. 00:12:29.780 --> 00:12:30.480 Let us unleash 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.280 the word of God 00:12:31.280 --> 00:12:32.540 to do the work of God 00:12:32.540 --> 00:12:33.520 in our lives 00:12:33.520 --> 00:12:34.180 and in the lives 00:12:34.180 --> 00:12:34.860 of the people 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:35.860 that we're seeking 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:36.879 to shepherd well. 00:12:37.660 --> 00:12:38.800 Let us be those 00:12:38.800 --> 00:12:39.780 like Mary 00:12:39.780 --> 00:12:40.780 from whom 00:12:40.780 --> 00:12:41.900 scripture oozes 00:12:41.900 --> 00:12:43.180 from every pore. 00:12:44.760 --> 00:12:45.960 Let us be those 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.260 who respond to God 00:12:48.260 --> 00:12:50.160 who reveals himself 00:12:50.160 --> 00:12:51.540 explicitly in scripture 00:12:51.540 --> 00:12:52.340 to us. 00:12:53.160 --> 00:12:54.200 Have you ever thought 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:54.780 for example 00:12:54.780 --> 00:12:55.980 that the Psalms 00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:58.060 are God giving us 00:12:58.060 --> 00:12:59.080 songs to sing back 00:12:59.080 --> 00:12:59.519 to him? 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.320 Have you ever 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:01.159 thought about that? 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:02.980 God says 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:04.240 here's a song book 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:05.340 and I want you 00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:06.279 to use these songs 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:07.480 to sing my praises. 00:13:07.580 --> 00:13:08.320 That's amazing. 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:09.980 Mary's song 00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:11.399 is sung perfectly 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.779 with the right attitude 00:13:12.779 --> 00:13:14.039 because it is informed. 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:15.320 She knows the God 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:16.940 she's talking about. 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:18.920 Let us be praying 00:13:18.920 --> 00:13:19.399 the scriptures, 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.340 singing the scriptures, 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:21.480 pouring over the scriptures, 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:22.539 sharing the scriptures, 00:13:23.060 --> 00:13:24.060 encouraging each other 00:13:24.060 --> 00:13:24.740 with the scriptures. 00:13:24.740 --> 00:13:26.539 Like Mary, 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:27.379 let us not worship 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:28.799 God glibly 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:30.879 or ignorantly. 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:32.340 Let's worship 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:33.919 God informally. 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:35.659 We can only sing 00:13:35.659 --> 00:13:36.940 Mary's song 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:38.019 if we're trusting 00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:39.580 Mary's saviour. 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.440 The second thing 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:41.940 we see, 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:44.639 Mary's song 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.480 is internal. 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:47.460 See the words 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:48.139 that she uses 00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:49.360 in the first two lines. 00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:50.899 My soul 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:52.379 glorifies the Lord 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:54.019 and my spirit 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:55.759 rejoices in God 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:56.500 my saviour. 00:13:57.100 --> 00:13:58.120 Soul and spirit 00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:58.899 are deep 00:13:58.899 --> 00:14:00.299 internal things. 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.019 You don't put 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:04.200 a new pair of trousers 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:05.139 on your soul 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.919 because it's deep 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.659 in the inside. 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.759 True worship 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:12.279 is deep 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:13.539 crying out to deep 00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:15.460 as we imbibe 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:16.700 the resonant hum 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:18.000 of creation 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.200 praising its creator. 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:19.280 nature. 00:14:20.560 --> 00:14:20.960 And when we're 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:21.600 talking about 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.040 worship 00:14:22.040 --> 00:14:22.620 we're talking 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:23.620 about a deep 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:24.379 thing. 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.600 We're talking 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.640 about an internal 00:14:26.640 --> 00:14:27.580 thing. 00:14:28.040 --> 00:14:28.640 We're talking 00:14:28.640 --> 00:14:29.300 about something 00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:30.280 on the inside 00:14:30.280 --> 00:14:31.140 out 00:14:31.140 --> 00:14:33.500 than something 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.160 that we take 00:14:34.160 --> 00:14:35.400 in from outside. 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:37.340 We live 00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:37.899 in a wafer 00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.659 thin culture 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:39.639 that is about 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.240 appearance, 00:14:40.439 --> 00:14:40.899 strap lines 00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:42.000 and sound bites. 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:43.659 Mary shows us 00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:44.279 that our worship 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:45.100 is never to be 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:45.959 superficial or 00:14:45.959 --> 00:14:46.620 skin deep. 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:47.819 Mary models 00:14:47.819 --> 00:14:48.259 for us 00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:48.779 that true 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.459 worship is 00:14:49.459 --> 00:14:50.879 in to out 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.699 inside 00:14:51.699 --> 00:14:52.959 to outside 00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:54.100 the heart 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:54.860 response 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:56.439 being the 00:14:56.439 --> 00:14:56.899 source 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.899 of everything. 00:14:59.079 --> 00:14:59.639 That means 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.159 my praise 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:00.559 and worship 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.019 is never 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.600 dependent on 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:02.100 the music 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:02.779 the lighting 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:04.240 the amplification 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:05.240 the ambience. 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:07.580 It is 00:15:07.580 --> 00:15:08.560 dependent solely 00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:09.340 on the inclination 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:10.000 of my heart 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.519 towards the 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:10.919 God of the 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:11.259 universe. 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.379 It is about 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.980 the posture 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.840 of my soul 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:15.600 and my spirit. 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:16.960 It is about 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:17.580 what is going 00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.379 on deep 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:19.139 down 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:20.100 inside. 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:22.159 Mary sings 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.060 the perfect 00:15:23.060 --> 00:15:23.539 song 00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:24.560 in the 00:15:24.560 --> 00:15:25.440 perfect way 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:26.700 and we 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.240 this morning 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.000 can only 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.200 sing Mary's 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.560 song 00:15:29.560 --> 00:15:30.840 if we're 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:31.320 trusting 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:32.100 Mary's 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:32.960 saviour. 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:35.540 thirdly 00:15:35.540 --> 00:15:35.860 we see 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.259 Mary's 00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.440 song 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:36.620 is 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.460 intense. 00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:40.280 Look at 00:15:40.280 --> 00:15:40.960 that verse 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.360 in verse 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.879 46 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.500 my soul 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.220 glorifies 00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:43.560 the Lord. 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.019 Does anyone 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.800 have my soul 00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:45.660 magnifies 00:15:45.660 --> 00:15:46.660 the Lord 00:15:46.660 --> 00:15:47.600 in their 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:47.940 Bible? 00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:50.220 That is 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:50.820 because 00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:51.400 it is 00:15:51.400 --> 00:15:51.860 literally 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.560 the Latin 00:15:52.560 --> 00:15:52.980 word 00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:53.280 that we 00:15:53.280 --> 00:15:53.620 get the 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:53.800 word 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:54.800 magnification 00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:55.340 from. 00:15:57.100 --> 00:15:57.820 Mary is 00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:58.019 saying 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.680 my soul 00:15:58.680 --> 00:15:59.820 magnifies 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.300 the Lord 00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:00.800 it is an 00:16:00.800 --> 00:16:01.379 intense 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:02.000 experience. 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:06.340 it is 00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:08.480 from the 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:08.679 word 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:09.340 magnificat 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.620 that we 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:09.919 get the 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:10.080 word 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:10.799 magnification 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:12.080 and I 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.340 think this 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:12.580 is a 00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:12.860 great 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:13.279 description 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:13.659 of what 00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:14.000 is going 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.539 on here. 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.600 We use 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:15.899 the word 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.679 magnification 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.120 in two 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.600 ways don't 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:17.840 we? 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.220 We 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:20.899 magnify 00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.399 something in 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:22.000 a microscope 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.259 that is 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:23.539 taking 00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:23.860 something 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.799 very small 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:26.519 and blowing 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.059 it up so 00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:27.320 that we 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:27.720 can see 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:27.840 it. 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.159 That is 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:28.539 not what 00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:29.039 Mary is 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:29.279 doing. 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.620 We 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:31.199 also use 00:16:31.199 --> 00:16:31.939 magnification 00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:32.379 for a 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:32.860 telescope 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:34.100 where we 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:34.579 take something 00:16:34.579 --> 00:16:34.819 that is 00:16:34.819 --> 00:16:35.839 enormous and 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:36.339 vast like 00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:36.819 the moon 00:16:36.819 --> 00:16:37.159 or the 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:39.100 stars but 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.579 it is far 00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:40.079 away so 00:16:40.079 --> 00:16:40.339 it looks 00:16:40.339 --> 00:16:41.100 really small. 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:42.980 So we 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.600 magnify it 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:43.899 through a 00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.500 telescope so 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.039 people can 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:45.860 see it and 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.480 go wow 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.039 the moon is 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.600 huge. 00:16:48.699 --> 00:16:48.959 Wow 00:16:48.959 --> 00:16:49.459 Saturn has 00:16:49.459 --> 00:16:49.799 got some 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:50.259 massive 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:50.740 rings. 00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:53.840 that is 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.320 what Mary 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:54.899 is doing. 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.720 Mary is 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:57.480 taking the 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.340 person work 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.960 majesty 00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.960 dominion and 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:00.700 sovereignty of 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:02.560 gods which 00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:03.960 is vast 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.160 and magnifying 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.680 it in her 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.380 life so that 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:09.180 people can see 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.819 what God is 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:11.019 like and how 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.059 glorious he 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.700 is. 00:17:13.620 --> 00:17:14.120 She is 00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:14.660 intensely 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:15.440 mirroring the 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.160 magnitude of 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:16.579 God for 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.099 others to 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:17.519 see and 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.120 learn from. 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.299 That is 00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.660 what we're 00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:20.019 called to 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.680 do Brunsfield 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.299 not just on 00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:22.279 Sunday but 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:22.660 as we go 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.060 out into 00:17:23.060 --> 00:17:23.560 our lives 00:17:23.560 --> 00:17:23.840 we are 00:17:23.840 --> 00:17:24.220 called to 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:25.200 magnify the 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:25.500 Lord. 00:17:26.560 --> 00:17:27.340 Because lots 00:17:27.340 --> 00:17:28.080 of people in 00:17:28.080 --> 00:17:28.500 this city 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.259 don't know 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.720 God. 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.240 They don't 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.740 know the 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.340 Lord Jesus. 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.620 And he's 00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:34.480 far away. 00:17:35.580 --> 00:17:36.039 He doesn't 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.779 mean anything 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.480 to them. 00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:39.500 And so you 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:39.860 are a 00:17:39.860 --> 00:17:40.279 telescope. 00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:42.500 And what 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.000 you're doing 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.400 is you're 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.259 focusing in 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.580 on the 00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.560 Lord and 00:17:45.560 --> 00:17:45.860 you're 00:17:45.860 --> 00:17:46.880 magnifying him 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:47.240 in your 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.720 soul. 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.820 And people 00:17:48.820 --> 00:17:49.539 go wow. 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:51.159 I didn't 00:17:51.159 --> 00:17:51.859 realize he 00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:52.279 was so 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.799 big and 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.460 so beautiful 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:53.920 and so 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:54.579 gracious and 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.139 kind and 00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:55.639 loving and 00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:55.960 good. 00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:57.960 Mary's 00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.759 worship is 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.279 intense. 00:17:59.420 --> 00:17:59.740 She sings 00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.119 the right 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:01.119 song in 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:01.519 the right 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.759 way because 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:04.480 she knows 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:04.839 God. 00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:06.099 She's trusted 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.460 God. 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.139 We can only 00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:08.859 sing Mary's 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.460 song if we've 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.539 trusted Mary's 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.460 saviour. 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:13.379 And then 00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:13.960 lastly she 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:14.759 models kingdom 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:16.779 worship because 00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.599 her worship is 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.439 indefinite. 00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:20.059 The first 00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:20.899 verb glorious 00:18:20.899 --> 00:18:21.339 in the 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.139 original Greek 00:18:22.139 --> 00:18:22.759 is present 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.339 continuous. 00:18:24.459 --> 00:18:25.000 It is 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.559 something that's 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.039 happened, 00:18:26.459 --> 00:18:27.199 happening and 00:18:27.199 --> 00:18:27.939 going to happen 00:18:27.939 --> 00:18:28.339 into the 00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:28.740 future. 00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:30.579 Her worship 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:30.959 is not 00:18:30.959 --> 00:18:31.599 restricted to 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.240 this song. 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.099 She is a 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.779 worshipper with 00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:35.279 all of her 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:35.759 life. 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:37.679 The second 00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:38.339 verb is 00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:39.959 rejoices or 00:18:39.959 --> 00:18:41.419 whatever you've 00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:41.839 got in your 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.279 version. 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.379 question. 00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:45.420 In the 00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:46.099 original Greek 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.500 it is the 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.980 aggressive 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.700 aorist. 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.220 Your question 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.759 what is the 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.720 aggressive aorist? 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.399 I can see it 00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:53.339 on your lips. 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.000 The 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.399 aggressive aorist 00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:57.940 is something 00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.579 that begins 00:18:58.579 --> 00:19:00.460 now and 00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:00.899 continues 00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.339 forever. 00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:03.539 And Mary's 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:05.139 worship is 00:19:05.139 --> 00:19:06.079 indefinite. 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.480 It started, 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.259 it's happening 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:08.920 and it will go 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.440 on forever. 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.099 That's what 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:11.039 she's singing. 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:13.500 She sings 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:13.920 the right 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.539 way 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:17.460 with the 00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.059 right attitude. 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:18.779 Just a 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.440 side note. 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.299 Look at 00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.579 what she 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.639 calls God 00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:24.279 in verse 47. 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.680 And my 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.619 spirit rejoices 00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.299 in God 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:29.200 my saviour. 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:31.039 The fact 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.440 that Mary 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.019 calls God 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.639 her saviour 00:19:32.639 --> 00:19:33.099 completely 00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.779 flies in the 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:35.180 face of 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.119 any assumption 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.659 that Mary 00:19:36.659 --> 00:19:37.319 is sinless, 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.420 divine or 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.700 a co-redemptrix 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.519 with Christ. 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:43.319 Mary here 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:43.859 says I'm a 00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.220 sinner and 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.659 I need a 00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:45.139 saviour. 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.839 I'm sinful 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.359 and I need 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:48.000 a rescuer. 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.619 She's in 00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.299 exactly the 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.839 same position 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.240 as us 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.599 but she 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:51.940 is a 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.319 glorious 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.799 model 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:54.420 of what 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.619 we're 00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.079 supposed to 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.379 be. 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.460 Mary 00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:57.139 models 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.539 kingdom 00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.059 worship 00:19:58.059 --> 00:20:00.099 because her 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.539 worship 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:02.139 is informed, 00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:02.899 she knows the 00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:03.220 scriptures, 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:03.899 internal, 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.619 it's happening 00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.159 deep within, 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.159 it's intense 00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:07.319 because she's 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.339 magnifying God 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.240 and it's 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.819 indefinite 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.099 because it 00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:10.419 will go 00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:10.919 on forever. 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.359 We can 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.179 only sing 00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.819 Mary's 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.399 song 00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:15.959 if we're 00:20:15.959 --> 00:20:16.339 trusting 00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.139 Mary's 00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.879 saviour. 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:19.659 And then 00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.099 let's look at 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.639 the content 00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.199 of her song, 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.220 Mary testifies 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.839 to kingdom 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:24.319 dynamics. 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.679 Mary also 00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.259 gets the 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.699 gospel, 00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.619 she understands 00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.099 the upside 00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.839 down nature 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.159 of the 00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:31.459 kingdom 00:20:31.459 --> 00:20:35.879 that her 00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.659 unborn son 00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:37.199 will usher 00:20:37.199 --> 00:20:37.579 in. 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.839 Mary testifies 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:42.639 that God 00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:44.339 dwells, 00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:47.779 God dwells 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.899 irreproachably 00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.919 but acts 00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.939 personally. 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.220 Look at 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.000 verses 49 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.799 and 50. 00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.419 Look at 00:20:55.419 --> 00:20:55.919 how Mary 00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.699 describes God 00:20:56.699 --> 00:20:57.419 verse 49, 00:20:58.139 --> 00:20:58.819 the mighty 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.259 one, 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.679 the one 00:21:00.679 --> 00:21:01.319 whose name 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:02.259 is holy. 00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.559 Mary testifies 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.279 that God 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.579 is perfect 00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.339 and omnipotent. 00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.019 omnipotent. 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.759 He is 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.339 glorious 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.720 and irreproachable. 00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:11.939 He is 00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.419 bigger, 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.339 superior, 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.019 above, 00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:14.839 and infinitely 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.419 more than 00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.039 anything we 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.779 can understand. 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.099 God who 00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.619 is utterly 00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.439 perfect and 00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:20.899 set apart 00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.199 from the 00:21:21.199 --> 00:21:21.339 world, 00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:21.639 that is 00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.139 what holy 00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:22.799 means. 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.659 The 00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:26.459 unfathomable 00:21:26.459 --> 00:21:27.019 God who 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.819 created the 00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.559 cosmos by 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.099 listing a 00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.779 few nouns 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:31.839 is a 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.240 God who 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.720 is and 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:32.960 should 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.460 remain 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.859 inconceivably 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.099 and 00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.899 unapproachable 00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.500 by sinful 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:36.920 people. 00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.440 Mary says 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.000 God, 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.319 he is the 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.779 mighty 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.200 one. 00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.000 He is 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.480 the holy 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.960 one. 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.539 But look 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:45.779 at what 00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.319 he says. 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.200 She says, 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.019 for the 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.299 mighty 00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:51.000 one has 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.399 done great 00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:51.960 things for 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.539 me. 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:53.960 Look at 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.460 verse 50. 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.019 His mercy 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:56.079 extends to 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.559 those who 00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.559 fear him 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.559 from generation 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.240 to generation. 00:21:59.679 --> 00:21:59.879 Yes, 00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.500 he is big 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.220 and glorious, 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.859 holy and 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.839 irreproachable, 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.839 and yet he's 00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.519 personable. 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.059 He does 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.659 things for 00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.480 us. 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.559 He shows 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.519 mercy to 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.480 me, 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.200 and not 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.559 just to 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:12.759 me, 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.139 but from 00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.879 generation to 00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.659 generation and 00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.980 all who 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.619 will turn to 00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:16.980 him. 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.940 Fear here 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.299 is as 00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.059 reverent 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.000 seriousness 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.720 and heartfelt 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.379 dependence. 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.539 God dwells 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.279 irreproachably 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.619 as the 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.119 mighty one 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.500 whose name 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.000 is holy, 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.799 and yet 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:31.379 he acts 00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.199 personally by 00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:32.779 doing great 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.179 things on 00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:33.859 our behalf 00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:35.179 and extending 00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:35.779 mercy to 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:35.959 us, 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.519 the unworthy. 00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.019 Mary gets 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.519 the gospel. 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.379 Mary, 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.659 we can 00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:42.079 sing, 00:22:43.459 --> 00:22:44.299 we can 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.799 only sing, 00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.219 I thought I 00:22:45.219 --> 00:22:45.439 would have 00:22:45.439 --> 00:22:45.839 known it by 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.039 now, 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.319 we can 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.779 only sing 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.199 Mary's 00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:47.819 song if 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.039 we've 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.419 trusted, 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.819 if we're 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.239 trusting 00:22:50.239 --> 00:22:51.079 Mary's 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.139 saviour. 00:22:53.479 --> 00:22:54.099 We also 00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.419 know that 00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:54.679 she gets 00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.179 the gospel 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:57.340 because she 00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:57.920 says, 00:22:58.060 --> 00:22:58.860 God exalts 00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.500 the humble 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:01.860 but scatters 00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:02.400 the proud. 00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.779 Look at 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.299 51 and 00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.759 52. 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.920 He has 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.220 performed 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.860 mighty deeds 00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.200 with his 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.500 army, 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:07.960 he has 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.299 scattered 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.820 those who 00:23:08.820 --> 00:23:09.340 are proud 00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:09.700 in their 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.140 inmost 00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.880 thoughts, 00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:12.259 he has 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.680 brought down 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.240 rulers from 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.660 their thrones 00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:16.060 but has 00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:16.480 lifted up 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.960 the humble. 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.079 will. 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.920 This is 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.319 God's 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.660 glorious 00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:19.980 plan, 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.299 this is 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.640 the way 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.180 that God 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.059 always 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:23.059 operates. 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.380 The 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.079 nauseating 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.720 pride of 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.279 rebellious 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.880 humanity 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.500 incurs 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:29.279 wrath and 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.640 judgment 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.039 from the 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.420 God who 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.000 is worthy 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.799 and yet 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.220 to those 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.519 who are 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.059 meek and 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.920 respond in 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.480 submissive 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.380 humility and 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.420 awe are 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.019 blessed and 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.480 exalted. 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.319 Wasn't that 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.840 the case? 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.380 You can tell 00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:41.740 I did a 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.400 Bible overview 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.980 yesterday. 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.140 Wasn't that 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.660 the case on 00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.200 the plains of 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.600 Shinar? 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:47.159 that humanity 00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:47.659 said I want 00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:48.119 to build a 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.619 tower to 00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.019 be like 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.439 God that 00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:49.959 reaches to 00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:50.480 the heavens? 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.219 I don't 00:23:52.219 --> 00:23:52.579 need God 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.019 anymore. 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.119 What does 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.500 God come 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.859 down and 00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:54.959 do? 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.639 He scatters 00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:55.859 them. 00:23:57.219 --> 00:23:58.019 Because he 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.759 scatters the 00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.179 proud. 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.579 Or what 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.119 about Moses 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.459 and the 00:24:02.459 --> 00:24:02.779 Pharaoh? 00:24:05.179 --> 00:24:05.919 Pharaoh in 00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.339 God-like 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.000 fashion says 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.359 I'm going to 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.919 enslave this 00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:09.179 people in 00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.699 order that they 00:24:09.699 --> 00:24:10.379 can facilitate 00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.859 my own 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:12.899 hubris and 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.359 be brought 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.719 into 00:24:13.719 --> 00:24:14.339 worshipping 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.699 me. 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:18.079 Moses the 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.980 shepherd from 00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:20.039 Midian comes 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:21.539 and is the 00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.259 instrument through 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.039 which God 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.240 humiliates the 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.799 Pharaoh by 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.799 utterly decimating 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.959 him and 00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:27.519 showing that he 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.339 is mightier than 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.959 all the gods of 00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:29.259 Egypt. 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:33.019 God scatters the 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:36.359 proud but he 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.939 exalts the 00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:37.379 humble. 00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.839 Or Saul the 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.740 king, no 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:45.219 heart, head and 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.860 shoulders above 00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.620 everyone else. 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.579 I am the 00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.440 big cheese. 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.360 His knees 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.799 knock at 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.880 facing Goliath 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:54.000 and he 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.360 ends up 00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.680 committing 00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.360 suicide. 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.079 And his 00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.920 whole household 00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:00.740 is destroyed. 00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.940 God scatters 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.420 the humble. 00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.460 And little 00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.700 David who 00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.460 wasn't even 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.460 invited to 00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.180 Israel's Got 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.860 Talent as 00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.660 Samuel comes to 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.140 anoint the 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:13.620 kings is 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.039 actually the 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.479 one God's 00:25:14.479 --> 00:25:15.079 chosen to 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.599 be king. 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:18.119 God exalts 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.679 the humble 00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:19.519 but scatters 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.019 the proud. 00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:22.839 Do you 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.179 see the 00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.000 gospel isn't 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.599 for good 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:26.439 people who 00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.179 want to add a 00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.819 little religion 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.479 to their lives, 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:28.939 who want a 00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:30.919 little Jesus on 00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.719 the dashboard of 00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.359 their car. 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:34.139 God 00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:35.199 the gospel is 00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:36.019 for repentant 00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.199 sinners who 00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:37.779 know they 00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.939 deserve nothing 00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.479 and therefore 00:25:39.479 --> 00:25:40.299 through faith in 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.339 Christ are 00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.119 able to receive 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.719 everything. 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.459 It is the 00:25:44.459 --> 00:25:44.959 ones who 00:25:44.959 --> 00:25:45.659 realise they 00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.399 are sick 00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:48.419 who will go 00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:48.799 to the 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.379 physician of 00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:49.839 souls and 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.519 find healing 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.419 for their 00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:52.000 lives. 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.259 People who 00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.859 are proud 00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:57.539 have no 00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.899 room for 00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.079 God. 00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.559 People who 00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:58.979 are humble 00:25:58.979 --> 00:25:59.619 and desperate 00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.899 say God I 00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.339 need you. 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.379 Do you 00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.679 see they 00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.279 have pride 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.599 in their 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.000 inmost 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.579 thoughts? 00:26:05.439 --> 00:26:05.899 That deep 00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.619 down inside 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.259 it is them 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.659 that they're 00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.119 worshipping. 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:09.980 And yet 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.500 Mary will 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.859 say my 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.799 soul magnifies 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.259 the Lord. 00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:14.179 My spirit 00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:15.019 rejoices in 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.159 God, my 00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.539 saviour. 00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.099 Mary gets 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.619 the gospel. 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.379 We can only 00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.159 sing Mary's 00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:21.939 song if we're 00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.759 trusting Mary's 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.179 saviour. 00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.379 Thirdly, 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:28.319 God fills 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.839 the hungry 00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.619 and empties 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.759 the rich. 00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.500 Mary is 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.959 not here 00:26:32.959 --> 00:26:33.659 talking about 00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:34.579 physical hunger 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.519 but spiritual 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.359 hunger. 00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.000 In a few 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.779 chapters Luke 00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.319 will relay 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.939 a sermon 00:26:39.939 --> 00:26:40.819 that Jesus 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.459 gave on the 00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:41.980 plane to 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.679 the watching 00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.839 world and 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.319 he would say 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.899 blessed are 00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.299 those who 00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:46.059 hunger now 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.599 for they 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.119 will be 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.059 satisfied. 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.980 We read 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.639 about a man, 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.079 you're going to 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.639 read about him 00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:53.099 just after 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.459 Christmas, 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.059 a man called 00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:55.259 Simeon who 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:57.019 is old and 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.500 what it says 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.099 about him is 00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.839 he was waiting 00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.199 for the 00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.959 consolation of 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.460 Israel. 00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.440 That word 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.120 waiting is 00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.720 literally the 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.700 word hungry. 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.059 He was 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.360 ravenous for 00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:07.120 God to come 00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.420 and do 00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.200 something in 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.380 his world. 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.259 Those who 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.819 know they are 00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.500 incomplete without 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.559 God find 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.340 themselves filled 00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.160 by God whereas 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.759 those who are 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.440 full of everything 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.120 else remain 00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.840 ravenously 00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.259 restless. 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.740 That's all 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.220 over the 00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.559 gospel. 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.620 Jesus makes 00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.160 us aware of 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.779 our blindness 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.740 and then gives 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.440 us sight. 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.860 Jesus makes 00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.460 us aware we 00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.559 are wrong and 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.179 then he puts 00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.579 us in the 00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:29.980 right. 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.659 Jesus makes 00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.899 us aware we 00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.579 are lame and 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.299 then enables us 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.019 to walk. 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.200 God creates 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.899 in us a hunger 00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.619 and then fills 00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.740 us with his 00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.099 goodness. 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.859 So I'm 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.359 working in my 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.799 office, 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.559 concentrating on 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.859 what I'm 00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:47.359 doing and the 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:48.139 time goes by. 00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.659 1.30 comes, 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.359 Graham knocks on 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.740 the door. 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.240 Have you had 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.639 lunch? 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.419 Didn't even 00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.859 think I was 00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.159 hungry. 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.240 hungry. 00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.019 The minute he 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.440 says have you 00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.880 had lunch? 00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:01.400 I am starving. 00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:03.080 I don't think I'm 00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.620 even going to be 00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.200 able to make it 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.460 to Greg's for a 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.180 nutritious and 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.000 delicious lunch. 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.180 I didn't even 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.120 realize I was 00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.519 hungry. 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.100 Then I go to 00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.380 look for 00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.140 sustenance. 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.759 We read the 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:21.340 Bible and all 00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.080 of a sudden we 00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.880 read a forgiveness 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.360 in Jesus Christ 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:26.419 and we've 00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.959 never really 00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.479 thought about 00:28:27.479 --> 00:28:28.099 being guilty 00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.740 but now it's 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.379 on our mind. 00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.519 We read of the 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.319 peace that Jesus 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.799 brings and it is 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.740 then we see how 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.719 restless and chaotic 00:28:35.719 --> 00:28:36.559 everything in our 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.199 life is. 00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.099 We read the 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:42.359 Bible and we 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.159 read about life 00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.619 in all its 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.579 fullness and it's 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.939 then that we 00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.539 realize how 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.219 drab and 00:28:47.219 --> 00:28:48.039 mediocre and 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.519 soulless our 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.619 existence is. 00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:54.299 God fills the 00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.859 hungry but 00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.399 those who are 00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.179 self-satisfied, 00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:58.159 self-reliant and 00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:59.319 seemingly self-sufficient 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:01.019 will get to the 00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.519 end of their 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.399 lives and realize 00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.139 that they are in 00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.279 fact impoverished 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.659 without the Lord 00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.019 Jesus. 00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:08.099 We can only sing 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:10.439 Mary's song if 00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:10.919 we're trusting 00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:12.359 Mary's saviour. 00:29:13.479 --> 00:29:13.799 And then 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.919 lastly before we 00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:16.199 finish. 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:18.759 God keeps his 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.380 covenant but 00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.700 extends his 00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.220 parameters. 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.759 Look at these 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.600 last two verses. 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.080 He has helped 00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:25.059 his servant Israel 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.080 remembering to be 00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:27.180 merciful to 00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.100 Abraham and his 00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:29.019 descendants forever 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.100 just as he promised 00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.840 our ancestors. 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.400 Mary now brings us 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.019 to the Old 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.019 Testament characters 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.799 of Israel and 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.240 Abraham. 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.680 The figureheads of 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.380 all that it means 00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.400 to be God's chosen 00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:39.960 people. 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.519 Abraham the pagan 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.700 moon worshipper 00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.920 who is met by God 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.380 and transformed into 00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.460 the progenitor of 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.180 a great nation. 00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.900 And Jacob the 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:50.280 twisted wrestler who 00:29:50.280 --> 00:29:52.300 wrestles God and 00:29:52.300 --> 00:29:53.320 is given a new name 00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.160 and great blessing. 00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:56.760 The people on whom 00:29:56.760 --> 00:29:57.600 God has set his 00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:59.120 affection when he 00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:00.060 related to them 00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:00.980 through covenant and 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.980 promised blessing if 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.140 they obey and 00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.980 cursing if they 00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.500 disobey. 00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.540 Yet we know the 00:30:06.540 --> 00:30:07.080 story. 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.260 You especially know 00:30:08.260 --> 00:30:08.940 the story if you 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.600 were here yesterday. 00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.020 Think I could make 00:30:11.020 --> 00:30:11.520 that clearer. 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:15.859 Despite prophets, 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.639 priests, kings, 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.619 miracles, battles, 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.500 signs, symbols, 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:20.059 oracles, parables and 00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.920 patience, Israel 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.359 categorically failed to 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.639 keep the covenant and 00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.559 fell short of its 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.059 requirements. 00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.879 God's chosen people 00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:29.299 had categorically come 00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:30.639 under God's curse on 00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.299 account of their 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.900 unfaithfulness. 00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.779 Yet see these verses, 00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:36.440 God remembers mercy. 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.359 And see how it 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.259 overflows out of 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.139 Abraham's descendants 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.580 forever. 00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:44.560 Now, how much Mary 00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:46.940 knew of this, of what 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.920 she is singing about, 00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.380 but inspired by the 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.120 Holy Spirit, she 00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:51.200 alludes to the truth 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.660 that in Jesus, the 00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.500 true and better 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.500 Israel, there is 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.500 absolute covenant 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:57.240 faithfulness leading 00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.460 to the availability of 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.460 unqualified covenant 00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.960 blessing. 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:02.960 Israel messed up and 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.700 they should have been 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.220 cursed. 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:06.220 And yet Jesus came as 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.120 the new and better 00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.720 Israel. 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.480 He came and kept the 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.820 covenant. 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.440 He came and did all 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.200 that God required. 00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:12.900 He was the only 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.780 person who loved the 00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:14.580 Lord his God with all 00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:14.980 his soul. 00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:17.320 So, heart, soul, mind 00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:18.400 and strength for all of 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.980 his life. 00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.920 And yet he dies on a 00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.460 cross and he does that 00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:24.620 for us that we might get 00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.860 all the blessing through 00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:27.400 him that Old Testament 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.440 Israel was promised. 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.680 Christ. 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:32.620 It is this Jesus that God's 00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:34.080 people are now found in. 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.000 It's not about covenant 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.660 blessing being ethnically 00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.240 Jewish. 00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.000 It's not about speaking 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.420 Hebrew. 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.160 It's not about living in 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.640 Israel. 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.660 It's about being found in 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.799 Jesus Christ and having 00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:49.620 life and forgiveness, joy, 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:52.660 peace, eternal blessing 00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.840 offered unconditionally 00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:55.700 through faith in Jesus 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.259 Christ. 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.580 We can only tune our 00:31:58.580 --> 00:32:01.000 hearts to sing Mary's 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:03.440 song if we're trusting 00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.940 Mary's saviour. 00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:08.180 She gets kingdom worship. 00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:11.160 She understands kingdom 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.799 dynamics and sings again 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:14.240 and again about the gospel. 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:16.039 And so must we. 00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.539 We must be those who 00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.720 worship God. 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.660 Informally. 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.840 Intensely. 00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:27.900 Indefinitely. 00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.340 Internally. 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:34.860 We must sing of the gospel. 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:37.059 Throughout all of our lives 00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:38.360 when the world squeezes in. 00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:40.220 Sing the gospel louder 00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.360 and prouder. 00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.880 Not quieter 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:44.360 in the closet. 00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.880 We can only sing 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.860 Mary's song 00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:50.640 if we've trusted 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.580 Mary's saviour. 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.240 Let me pray. 00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.259 Father God, 00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.339 we want to worship you 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.740 as humble worshippers. 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.599 We want to worship you 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.039 in the way 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.220 modeled to us 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.500 by your servant Mary. 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.680 We want to sing 00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.220 informed, 00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.799 internal, 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.500 intense and 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.359 indefinite worship 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.920 back to you 00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.700 because you have been 00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.839 so good to us. 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.420 We want to sing of your 00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.779 grace to us in the gospel. 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.160 The gospel that will 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.680 turn this world upside down 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:24.660 and has turned our lives 00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.440 upside down. 00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.759 Father God, 00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.619 thank you for Jesus 00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.379 our saviour. 00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.900 and we pray that we 00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:31.340 might sing Mary's song 00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:33.220 as those who have 00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.960 trusted 00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:36.220 and are trusting 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.680 and will 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.620 always 00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.480 trust 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.960 Mary's saviour, 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.380 Jesus Christ 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.300 our Lord. 00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:44.340 Amen.