Jesus indicated that Mary’s act of worship was so profound she would be known for this throughout the history of the Church. It was the kind of whole-hearted worship called for throughout Scripture. Please meditate on this with me.
1)
In the Law.
a)
Ex. 20:3: You shall have no other gods before me.
b)
Dt. 6:4-5: Hear O Israel the Lord is one. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, soul and strength.
c)
Dt. 10:12-13: And now, O Israel, what does the Lord
your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to
love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today
for your own good.
d)
Deut. 13;3: (When tempted to idolatry), “The Lord your
God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and
with all your soul.
2)
Books of History.
a)
Josh. 24:15,23: Choose for yourselves this day whom you
will serve, but as for me and my house hold we will serve the Lord. … throw
away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the
God of Israel.
b)
1 Chron. 28:9-10: And you my son Solomon acknowledge
the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and with a
willing mind for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive
behind the thoughts.
3)
Books of Poetry.
a)
Psalm 2:11-12: Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice
with trembling; Kiss the Son lest He be angry and you be destroyed in your way.
b)
Ps. 20:7: Some trust in chariots and some in horses but
we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
c)
Ps. 73:25: Whom have I in heaven but you? and earth has
nothing I desire besides you.
d)
Ps. 150:6: Let everything that has breath praise the
Lord.
e)
Prov. 1:7: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
knowledge.
4)
The Prophets.
a)
Isa. 43:10b-11: Before me no god was formed, nor will
there be one after me. I, even I, am the
Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.
b)
Jer. 9:23-24: Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom,
or the strong man in his strength, of the rich man in his riches, but let him
who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord
who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on the earth for in these I
delight declared the Lord.
c)
Three illustrations of “pure and simple devotion” in
Daniel:
i)
1:8: But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the
royal food and wine.
ii)
3:16,18: Daniel’s three friends told the king, “we do
not need to defend ourselves in this matter … the God we serve is able to save
us from this fire … but even if He does not we will not serve your gods or
worship the image of gold you have set up.”
d)
6:23: No wound was found on Daniel because he had
trusted in his God.
e)
Hosea 13:4: But I am the Lord your God, who brought you
out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no
God but Me, no Savior except Me.
f)
Micah 6:8: He has shown you, O man, what is good, and
what does the Lord require of you? To
act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.
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