Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by Bishop Richard on the 15/8/21. In the 11th Sunday after Trinity. This sermon is called ‘The Magnificat’. Sermon starts at 3:48 Download Mp3 HERE! 1 Kings 2.10-12, I Kings 3.3-14 … Continue reading →
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by Bishop Richard on the 15/8/21. In the 11th Sunday after Trinity. This sermon is called ‘The Magnificat’.
Sermon starts at 3:48
Download Mp3 HERE!
1 Kings 2.10-12, I Kings 3.3-14
10 Then David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David.
11 The
time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in
Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12 So Solomon sat on the throne of
his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established
3 Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David; only, he
sacrificed and offered incense at the high places.
4 The king went to Gibeon to
sacrifice there, for that was the principal high place; Solomon used to offer a
thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon
in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I should give you.”
6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my
father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and
in uprightness of heart toward you; and you have kept for him this great and
steadfast love, and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.
7 And now,
O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David,
although I am only a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
8 And your
servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, so
numerous they cannot be numbered or counted.
9 Give your servant therefore an
understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil;
for who can govern this your great people?”
10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.
11 God said to him, “Because
you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches, or for the
life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is
right,
12 I now do according to your word. Indeed I give you a wise and discerning
mind; no one like you has been before you and no one like you shall arise after
you.
13 I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honour all your
life; no other king shall compare with you.
14 If you will walk in my ways, keeping
my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will
lengthen your life.”
Luke 1:46-55 (The Magnificat)
46 And Mary said:
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
48 for he
has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all
generations will call me blessed;
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for
me, and holy is his name.
50 His mercy is for those who fear him from generation
to generation.
51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud
in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly;
53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.
54 He
has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
55 according to the
promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”