Visited And Redeemed

VISITED AND REDEEMED.

Luke 1:46. A PROPHETIC SONG.

I. The Visitor. The Lord God. (1) The need of a Visitor. -Man's lost and helpless condition. (2) The Promise. -"I will surely visit you" (Exodus 3:16). (3) The Wonder. -"What is man that Thou visitest him. ?" (Psalms 8:4). (4) The manner. -"God was in Christ reconciling the world" (2 Corinthians 5:19).

II. The Visited. His People. (1) They knew Him not (John 1:11). (2) They knew not their time of visitation (Luke 19:44). (3) They rejected Him (John 19:14).

III. The Purpose. To Redeem. (1) Who? Thy Maker is thy Redeemer (Isaiah 54:5). (2) How? By giving Himself a ransom (Matthew 20:28). (3) What from? (Titus 2:14). (4) What to? To God, to holiness, and to service (Luke 1:74-75).