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TITLE: My Soul Doth Magnify, The Sole Savior of Our Souls | Previous Challenge Entry
By Lakella Davenport
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Luke 1:46-47- “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my saviour.
Imagine the fear and anxiety, The Virgin Mary, must have felt when she was visited by the angel Gabriel in the city of Nazareth (Luke 1:26-28). When Gabriel greeted Mary by saying that she is “highly favored and blessed among women,” the Bible says that Mary became troubled at this saying spoken by Gabriel (Luke 1:29). Gabriel saw Mary's fear and told her she had no reason to fear because she “hast found favour with God,” (Luke 1:30). Mary listened to the angel Gabriel's message. He told Mary that she would give birth to a son, named Jesus, who would be called the son of God, the son of the highest who would reign over all the earth (Luke 1:31-33). She, a virgin, who had not known man, would become pregnant with child by the power of the Holy Ghost (Luke 1:35). Instead of doubting the words of the angel Gabriel, Mary affirmed that those things he spoke to her would come to pass (Luke 1:38). Mary later goes to visit her cousin Elisabeth, who is six months pregnant with a child who would be known as “John The Baptist,” who would pave the way for the coming Christ (Luke 1:39-40).
Upon greeting her cousin, Elisabeth, the Holy Ghost came upon Elisabeth and Elisabeth began to bless Mary and the unborn baby Jesus (Luke 1: 41-43). At Elisabeth's blessing, Mary began to magnify and praise the Lord for choosing her to carry such royal seed (Luke 1:46). “For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name,” (Luke 1:48-49).
Mary is not the only one who magnifies the Lord in these passages of scripture. The Bible says that after Elisabeth had given birth to John, Jesus' predecessor, that Zacharias, her husband's “mouth was open immediately,” after Zacharias, wrote on a writing table his son's God given name. “His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue loosed and he spake, and praised God,” (Luke 1:62-64). The first thing that comes out of Zacharias' mouth after being dumb of speech, Elisabeth's entire pregnancy; was praise and magnification of the Lord.
There are many instances throughout the Bible where God is magnified, given praise, honor, and glory by his people. In Luke chapter 5 verse 25, a man who had palsy and could not walk, who was healed by Jesus because of his faith and the faith of those who lowered him through the roof of the housetop to see Jesus for healing is said to have glorified God after his miraculous healing. Jesus is further magnified in Matthew chapter 21 verses 7-9. In these verses Jesus rode into Jerusalem on an ass. “And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest,” (Matthew 21:7-9). This multitude believed that Jesus is the coming Messiah. They magnified, which means they lifted up, glorified, and honored Jesus Christ. Besides, the multitudes, when Jesus went into the temple, he healed the blind and the lame (Matthew 21:14). “And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?” (Matthew 21: 15-16).
In conclusion, we should aim to be like these individuals. We should constantly have the sacrifice of praise coming forth out of our hearts and mouths. For God is the sole savior of our souls and he is worthy to be magnified. My soul doth magnify the Lord. For the Lord says, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me,” (John 12:32).
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The first half was mainly a rewording of Bible verses. If your audience is Christians, these verses will be very familiar and therefore unnecessary. If your audience is not Christians, the whole theme needs to change to why it is necessary.
The last paragraph came off sounding preachy.
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