THE MAGNIFICAT

Christmas is a time where we love to sing the carols. They remind us of happy memories and moments of Christmas’s past. My wife and I recently started a devotion leading up to Christmas that examines the message in the Christmas carols.

Did you know that most of our most beloved carols were written to teach theology. That’s true of the hymns, both modern and traditional, as well. That’s actually the purpose of the Book of Psalms; so you could say that singing’s purpose in worship has always been to remind us of the truth of God’s Word.

I encourage you this Christmas as you sing the songs of Christmas to think about the words in those songs and not just sing them for their pretty melodies.

This morning, we are going to begin a series through the songs of Christmas, but we are not going to look at the carols, we are going to look at some songs actually recorded in the Christmas passages that we have in the Bible. We begin by looking at a song called the Magnificat.

Turn with me to Luke 1:39-56