For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name.
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… For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed. For he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud and the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate. He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich he has sent away empty. He has helped his servant Israel in remembrance of his mercy as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever. And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home. So, if there are any students out here this morning, and I know there are some of you who fit this category, you are taking Latin. And you have perhaps, in a moment of weakness, dared to say to others, when am I ever going to use Latin? …
… looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed for the mighty one has done great things for me and holy is his name. His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm. And then listen to this. He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty. I don't know if you can catch this, if you heard this, but this is a revolutionary song, not unlike O Holy Night that was inspired by it, a revolutionary song. Mary's song was inspired by the songs of other women in the Hebrew Bible. So we often think that only men wrote the Bible, and that's true. But there are a handful of songs captured that were composed in Scripture that were composed by women. So let me just mention a few of those. Miriam. Now Mary's name in Hebrew was Miriam, and she's named after the sister of Moses. And after the Israelites were delivered through the Red Sea from the Egyptians and from slavery, she composed a song and she began to sing. …
… Amen. I want to invite you at this time as we look at our scripture for today. We're looking at Luke chapter 1, verses 47 through 45. Luke chapter 1, verses 47 through 55. I'm going to read two translations, one being the message translation. If you have your Bible with you. I would invite you to open it up to Luke chapter 1, whatever translation you have. It's certainly the Word of God, but I want to lift up these two different translations, one from the message and one from the NIV translation, the New International Version. But I'm going to begin with the Luke chapter 1, beginning with verse 47 from the message translation. It reads as follows. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arms and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet. The callous rich were left out in the cold. …