THE POWER TO EVANGELIZE

A)He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly.

Luke 1:51‭-‬52 NKJV

Maximin Giraud, age 11, and Melanie Mathieu, age 14 poor shepherds, but after the apparition evangelized this message that transformed the entire world. This fulfilled a prophecy "Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength"

(Psalms 8:2 NKJV)

B)

At the sound of Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit - Luke 1:41

Holy Spirit plays a great role in paving our way to Christ. Whenever we intercede for one another, the Spirit of God that was in John the Baptist paves ways in our hearts, leveling the hills so we could receive Jesus. Though John the Baptist is dead, that Spirit of God still lives and is still at work winning souls.

John the Baptist was the one that was sent to make a way for the Lord, but he will be filled with the Spirit from the womb that will enable him to do that. Luke 1:15 says "and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb"

In our opening text, we can see that the baby and the mother were filled with the Holy Spirit at Mary's greeting and the baby leaped with joy. So, whenever we pray the rosary or seek intercession from our blessed mother, that same Spirit is activated in the hearts of the people we are interceding for.

That's why most Christians always say that Mother Mary led them to Christ, or she pioneered their conversion, which I am a witness to. It is still that Holy Spirit that was in John the Baptist that is activated when ever He hears that angelic greeting " hail mary"

The scripture says “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; -Malachi 3:1 This same Spirit still makes ways in people's hearts and minds so that the Lord will come and dwell in his temple. Remember, our body is the temple of God, NOT OUR TEMPLE.

This same Spirit keeps saying in our hearts " behold the Lamb of God" The Lamb, is the one that said: "as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up"

( Jn 3:14) The same Lamb also said " when He is lifted up will draw everyone to himself" (Jn 12:32)

So as we keep on interceding, the hearts keep beholding the Lamb and as we keep beholding, the Lamb draws our hearts to himself.

The bible says "And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit - 2 Cor 3:18

"BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD "