Songs of Christmas: Mary
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. ONSET OF MARY’S JOY
A. GOD’S PROMISE
>>1. SHOWING HIS CHOICES
Lk 1:26-28 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God send the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a city in Galilee, to a virgin betrothed to a man named was Joseph, of the lineage of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
Lk 1:29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
(also Eph 1:3,6; Mt 28:20)
>>2. SHOWING HIS PURPOSES
Lk 1:30-33 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Lk 1:34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
Lk 1:35-37 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. Look, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.”
(also Is 7:14
>>3. SHOWING HIS AUTHORITY
Lk 1:38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
(also I Tim 3:16
B. GOD’S PLAN
>>1. SHOWING HIS EVIDENCE
Lk 1:39-41 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb.
>>2. SHOWING HIS BLESSING
Lk 1:42-45 And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
(also Lk 1:17)
II. OBJECT OF MARY’S JOY
A. GOD’S PERSON
>>1. SHOWING HIS SALVATION
Lk 1:46-47 And Mary said: ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.”
>>2. SHOWING HIS ATTRIBUTES
Lk 1:48-49 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
B. GOD’S PURITY
>>1. SHOWING HIS HOLINESS
Lk 1:49b and holy is His Name.
>>2. SHOWING HIS MERCY
Lk 1:50 His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
C. GOD’S PROVISION
>>1. SHOWING HIS PROVIDENCE
Lk 1:51-53 He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.
>>2. SHOWING HIS FAITHFULNESS
Lk 1:54-55 He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever.
(also II Pet 1:12-15)