Our text today is called the Song of Mary or in Latin the Magnificat, the Latin translation of the first part of Mary's song. In the Byzantine tradition this song is called the Ode of the Theotokos, the song of the God-bearer.1 These words not surprisingly became an important part of liturgies of more traditional churches. Sadly, as I have noted and as you know very well, there is much false teaching about Mary which leads sadly to the sinful worship of Mary. What we should see is that Mary was given an incredible calling through God's grace. Mary also by God's grace was given a true understanding of God and His sovereign and gracious work. As we will see as we study her song, there are numerous OT passages that are directly or at least indirectly connected with her expression of praise. One question that we should ask is that if we somehow lost access to our Bibles, how much Scripture would we be able to remember? Now importantly, Mary was not trying to put on a show of how much of the Bible she memorized. What stands out most of all is God's mercy to a sinner. Do you also know with assurance that God has shown His mercy and grace to you? Are we filled also with a similar spirit of praise and exultation of our great God? May we be filled with praise as we consider how a holy, just, and mighty God has had mercy on us. John Calvin suggests that Mary's song can be divided into three parts. That is a good outline, but for simplicity we will look at this song in two parts: 1] God's Mercy to Mary, vv. 46-49 2] God's Mercy, Power, and Faithfulness to All of His People, vv. 50-56
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