He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
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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? Well, only about every day of your life if you're paying attention. But besides that, this morning, this morning, I want you to think about your Latin because I have some Latin for you. Et, et, Maria. You got that, Maria? Magnificat, anima, mea, dominum. All right, it's too many of you to ask a show of hands for a translation, but that's Luke 1, 46. from the fourth century Latin Vulgate, translated by Jerome, which has been one of the most influential Bibles in the history of the church. And Mary said, my spirit magnifies the Lord. It's called the Magnificat because that's the word in Latin. In fact, there are by tradition four songs, or sometimes called canticles, four little songs in Luke's gospel, and they each have a Latin name. So, you can just think Latin students. …
This census first took place while Quirinius was governor in Syria. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David. to be registered with Mary, his betrothal wife, who was with child. And so it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. That's it. Yes. Nazareth, Bethlehem, Joseph, Caesar, Judea, these regions, everything about it. Think about the time in which we're in right now and think about how we're looking at ancient scripture. This is not a story, folks. This is the record of eyewitness accounts. what you just read a moment ago is admissible in court you could hold the court hearing and investigate the claims of the bible by the way i encourage you to do that lord bless our time in jesus name and all god's people said amen you may be seated everybody why why why why all this Why Christmas? …
… 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. …