Rev. Cyril A. Stevens – Sermon 0268A recorded on December 14, 1980 teaching from Luke 1:46-47 – My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord, and My Spirit Hath Rejoiced in God My Saviour.
Pastor Cyril A. Stevens centers on Mary’s radical submission to the divine will as recorded in the Gospel of Luke, using her example to call believers to total dedication. Stevens details how Mary offered her entire physical and spiritual being—body, soul, and spirit—to God despite the social stigma and personal challenges she faced as a young mother. Building on this foundation, Pastor Stevens contrasts Jesus’s humble, obscure birth in a Bethlehem stable with His promised glorious second coming, which will be universally witnessed in ultimate victory and judgment. Ultimately, Pastor Stevens urges the listener to abandon half-hearted faith, surrender their lives completely to Christ, and live as willing vessels for the Holy Spirit in anticipation of His return.