The Call Of Christmas 1 Series

Now, to give form to our worship, I want to show you another person, a person very close to Jesus. That person is one other than his mother, Mary.

Mary’s song gives the most magnificent psalm of worship when she conceived Jesus.

Mary’s Song:

Luke 1:46-55

46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me – holy is his name. 50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful 55 to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors.”

When Mary knew that she was to be the mother of the Son of God she burst into worship. She had been told that in

Luke 1:35

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

She had been told that this offspring would be great:

Luke 2:32-33

32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end. Elizabeth even called Mary “the mother of my Lord.”

Luke 1:43

But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? So, Mary knew that Jesus in her womb was God, and she burst forth in the only appropriate response, and that is worship.

Now people respect Mary, yes, she is a wonderful woman. She bore Jesus who was God incarnate. Unfortunately, many have perverted that reality into developing the worship of Mary.

Some theologians believe in the Immaculate Conception of Mary. It doesn’t mean that she immaculately conceived Jesus Christ. It means that Mary was immaculately conceived by her mother, thus making Mary free from original sin. The Immaculate Conception has nothing to do with the birth of Christ. It has to do with the birth of Mary which is wrong.

Some others believe the sinlessness of Mary, that she lived her entire life and never sinned. Mary is a sinner like any other person. She was born in sin, and she needed a savior.

The third doctrine is the perpetual virginity of Mary, that is she never knew a man all her life long. After Jesus was born Mary had other children through Joseph.

Matthew 13:55-56

55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? 56 Aren’t all his sisters with us?

Then there is another wrong theology called the assumption of Mary, that Mary bodily ascended into heaven, and when she ascended into heaven, she was coronated as the queen of heaven.