THE Message From Mary

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THE Message From Mary

• Luke 146-55

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Message From Mary (46-55)

• The Magnificat
• as per magnificat being the first word in the
  Latin Version for magnify
• Content similar to what Hannah spoke (1 Sam.
  21-10)

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Message From Mary (46-55)

• Speaks of the true spirit of worship
• My soul magnifies the Lord And my spirit has
  rejoiced in God my Savior (46, 47)
• radiates from within, viz., my soul and my
  spirit
• has intensity it magnifies and rejoices

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Does Your Worship Magnify and Rejoice as Marys
Did?

• Magnifies (Gk. megaluno)

• Rejoices (Gk. agalliao)

• to make great, enlarge, esteem, celebrate
• according to my earnest expectation and hope
  that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all
  boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be
  magnified in my body, whether by life or by
  death (Phil. 120)
• (cf. Acts 513 1046 1917)

• to be exceedingly glad
• In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit (Lk.
  1021)
• Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and
  he saw it and was glad (Jn. 856)
• whom having not seen you love. Though now you do
  not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy
  inexpressible and full of glory (1 Pet. 18)

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Does Your Worship Magnify and Rejoice as Marys
Did?

• Not if I am bored at services
• Not if I rarely pray or listen to the prayers
• Not if I am not singing in the spirit
• have I nothing to sing about?
• have I nothing to pray about?
• have I no reason to smile?

DEPENDS ON WHAT WORSHIP MEANS TO YOU!
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The Fact That

• GOD SAVED US FROM HELL IS A REASON TO SING FROM
  THE SOUL!
• GOD GAVE US HIS WORD IS A REASON TO PRAY FROM THE
  SOUL!
• GODS EAR IN HEAVEN IS IN TUNE WITH OUR REQUESTS
  IS A REASON TO SMILE FROM THE SOUL!

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Message From Mary (46-55)

• Speaks of the true object of worship
• My soul magnifies the Lord And my spirit has
  rejoiced in God my Savior (46, 47)
• is directed to the right One God
• if it is not directed towards God, it is in vain
• Worship God!... (Rev. 1910)
• But the hour is coming, and now is, when the
  true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit
  and truth for the Father is seeking such to
  worship Him (Jn. 423)

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Message From Mary (46-55)

• Speaks of the true nature of worship
• My soul magnifies the Lord And my spirit has
  rejoiced in God my Savior (46, 47)
• is regular (ongoing)

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Present Tense
Aorist Tense
The aorist tense is characterized by its
emphasis on punctiliar action that is, the
concept of the verb is considered without regard
for past, present, or future time. There is no
direct or clear English equivalent for this
tense, though it is generally rendered as a
simple past tense in most translations (Online
Bible Greek Lexicon, 5777)
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Message From Mary (46-55)

• Speaks of the true nature of worship
• My soul magnifies the Lord And my spirit has
  rejoiced in God my Savior (46, 47)
• is regular (ongoing)

Present Tense
Aorist Tense
My spirit finds its joy in God, my Savior (GWV)
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Message From Mary (46-55)

• Speaks of her need to be saved
• My soul magnifies the Lord And my spirit has
  rejoiced in God my Savior (46, 47)

Mary Needed Saved
Her Son was her Savior Her Son Is Our Savior Mary
is not our Savior, but she had a tremendous role
in our great salvation!
Mary therefore had sin to be saved from!
Lk. 225-35 Jn. 1925-27 2 Cor. 514, 15
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Marys Reasons To Rejoice

• Viewed God as her savior (47)
• God regarded her lowly state (48)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and comes down from the Father of lights,
with whom there is no variation or shadow of
turning (Jas. 117)
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Marys Reasons To Rejoice

• Viewed God as her savior (47)
• God regarded her lowly state (48)

Mary was blessed in her motherhood, Abraham in
his covenant and promises, Paul in his
apostleship, etc., but none of these human beings
are to be worshiped because of the blessings
which they received. Rather should we bestow the
more worship on God, from whom these their
blessings flow (J. W. McGarvey, The Fourfold
Gospel)
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Marys Reasons To Rejoice
hyperboles for the disappointment of the
proud (J. W. McGarvey, The Fourfold Gospel)

• Viewed God as her savior (47)
• God regarded her lowly state (48)
• God did mighty things for her (49)
• Gods name is holy (49)
• God is merciful on those who fear Him (50)
• God works with works of irony (51-53)

Those who were full have hired themselves out
for bread, And the hungry have ceased to hunger.
Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has
many children has become feeble (1 Sam. 25)
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Marys Reasons To Rejoice

• Viewed God as her savior (47)
• God regarded her lowly state (48)
• God did mighty things for her (49)
• Gods name is holy (49)
• God is merciful on those who fear Him (50)
• God works with works of irony (51-53)

Listen, my beloved brethren Has God not chosen
the poor of this world to be rich in faith and
heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those
who love Him? (Jas. 25)
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Marys Reasons To Rejoice

• Viewed God as her savior (47)
• God regarded her lowly state (48)
• God did mighty things for her (49)
• Gods name is holy (49)
• God is merciful on those who fear Him (50)
• God works with works of irony (51-53)
• God keeps His promises (54, 55)

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Let it be to me according to your word (Lk.
138)

• He who believes and is baptized will be saved
  but he who does not believe will be condemned
  (Mk. 1616)
• And now why are you waiting? Arise and be
  baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the
  name of the Lord (Acts 2216)
• Immediately there fell from his eyes something
  like scales, and he received his sight at once
  and he arose and was baptized (Acts 918)
• Will You Let It Be According To The Lords Word
  Today?