My Soul Magnifies the Lord

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 7 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Pregnant with the long-promised Redeemer, Mary sang a song of adoration to the God who cares for the lowest of His servants. From his sermon series in the gospel of Luke, today R.C. Sproul examines the marvelous theology of the Magnificat.

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Meet Today's Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	No woman in the history of the world could sing that song, either before then or after that time,
0:07.0	because only Mary was given the unspeakable privilege of being the mother of our Savior.
0:19.0	Mary, although a fallen sinner like us, is unique.
0:26.0	And under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we have recorded for us a hymn, a song that Mary
0:32.2	sung that teaches us truths about her and about God himself.
0:38.0	I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and this is the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, as each week
0:43.4	we feature the preaching ministry of R. C. Sprawl.
0:48.0	As we approach Christmas, we are spending several Sundays considering some of the infancy
0:53.4	hymns recorded for us in Luke's Gospel,
0:56.7	and for the next two weeks, Dr. Sprawl will focus on Mary's Magnificat. If you would like
1:02.8	to study the account of the birth of Jesus in Luke, or all of Luke's Gospel, until midnight
1:08.6	tonight, you can request R.C. Sprawl's commentary on Luke when
1:12.8	you give a donation in support of renewing your mind at renewingermind.org. Well, to start this
1:19.4	short sermon series, here's Dr. Sprawl in Luke, Chapter 1. Scripture this morning is from the first chapter of the gospel according to St. Luke.
1:32.6	I will be reading verse 46 through verse 56. And Mary said, my soul doth magnify the Lord.
1:48.8	And my spirit has rejoiced in God, my Savior.
1:53.7	For he has regarded the lowly state of his maid servant,
2:00.2	for behold henceforth all generations will call me blessed, for he who is mighty has done great things for me,
2:06.6	and holy is his name.
2:10.6	And his mercy is on those who fear him
2:14.6	from generation to generation.
2:20.8	He has shown strength with his arm.
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