Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In the gospel of Luke, an unborn baby is the first person described as leaping for joy at the arrival of Jesus Christ. From his sermon series in that gospel, R.C. Sproul describes what happened when Mary visited her pregnant cousin Elizabeth.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He 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 ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | At the time of the advent of Jesus, his birth announced by a choral from heaven and celebrated by the human agents under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, |
| 0:12.1 | beginning with this simple couplet in metrical style, blessed Mary, are you among women? And blessed is the fruit of your womb. |
| 0:28.9 | Christmas hymns and Christmas carols. |
| 0:34.1 | Singing is a joyous highlight of Christmas. |
| 0:37.0 | When we sing the songs reserved for this season, |
| 0:39.6 | we remember past Christmases, and we remember the events in Bethlehem at that first Christmas. |
| 0:46.0 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and welcome to the Christmas Eve edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:51.9 | The singing of songs in celebration of the incarnation of Christ |
| 0:56.0 | is not the invention of recent centuries, |
| 0:59.0 | but goes all the way back to the first Christmas, |
| 1:02.0 | even before that first Christmas, |
| 1:04.0 | when our Savior was still in the womb of Mary. |
| 1:07.0 | And today, you'll hear Luke's account of Mary's visit to Elizabeth, and Elizabeth's response |
| 1:13.3 | was to sing. Here's Dr. Sprawl. We're going to continue with our study of the gospel according |
| 1:22.1 | to St. Luke. We're still in the first chapter, and I will be reading from chapter 1, verse 39 through |
| 1:31.8 | verse 45. |
| 1:36.5 | Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste to a city of Judah |
| 1:46.7 | and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. |
| 1:53.9 | And it happened when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary that the babe leaped in her womb. |
| 2:04.5 | And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, |
| 2:09.6 | and she spoke out with a loud voice and said, |
| 2:13.9 | Blessed are you among women? |
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