Luke 1:46-56
SHE IS FILLED WITH JOY. HER PRAISE IS INTERNAL AND INTENSE.
Mary first says, “For he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.” Mark that word…humble.
The second word to mark is proud.
Isaiah 13:11
Alistair Begg sums it up: “Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has died as an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and that to know Him is to know life, both now and forever . . . Jesus Christ is the only Savior, because Jesus is the only one who is qualified to save.”
GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD BECAUSE OF THEIR EXAGGERATED OPINION OF THEMSELVES.
“It staggers her that all generations in the future are going to look back at her and note the unique and singular blessing that God bestowed upon her when He caused her to conceive the Messiah.”
OUR SALVATION IS ETERNAL AND IT IS SECURE.
Because our salvation is eternal and secure, we have a desire to make this world a better place.
THE HOLY GOD HELPS THE LOWLY
Charles Spurgeon: “We know that to die is not to renounce existence; we understand that death is but a passage into a higher and a nobler existence. The soul emancipated from all sinfulness passes the Jordan, and is presented without fault before the throne of God.”