Preparing for Christmas – Colossians 3:12-17
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PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS
Advent 2023
Colossians 3:12-17
THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Colossians 3:12-17. Our text can be found on page 984. These are the words of God:
12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as …
Understanding Christmas – Micah 5:2
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ADVENT
Luke 2, Micah 5.2
THE TEXT
2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.
INTRODUCTION
Merry Christmas Lake Wylie. If you have your Bible go ahead and begin turning to Luke chapter 2. …
THE TEXT
The text this morning is from the Gospel of Luke 1:26-38. These are the Words of God:
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to …
T.S. Eliot was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature and remains one of the most beloved poets of the 20th century. Below is his poem “The Journey of the Magi.” I pray it evokes the same wonder at the birth of Christ in you that it does in me.
A cold coming we had of it,
Just the worst time of the year
For a journey, and such a long journey:
The ways deep …
This past Sunday we look at Luke 2:1-7. Luke shows us that the birth of Christ is a historical event. He links the birth of our Lord to historical facts. Christ’s birth was also a prophetic event. Luke highlights Bethlehem as the city of David pointing us back to Micah 5 and 2 Samuel 7. Finally, Luke shows us that the birth of Christ is an offer of peace. Christ humbled himself to redeem us.…
