Advent (331)
  1. There is no other transitionary event in human history that warrants three full months of focused attention and persistent acknowledgment than the incarnation of the Son of God.
  2. If Jesus is indeed the same yesterday, today, and forever, everything his enfleshment brings is already assured: life, salvation, and forgiveness.
  3. In Advent we wait, in Christmas we rejoice over the coming of Christ in the fulfillment of the promises, and in Epiphany we celebrate the surprise, the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles.
  4. The Messenger is coming—must come—because the LORD God has promised, and He is unchanging and always faithful no matter how unfaithful His people may be.
  5. Like Isaiah and John, we look forward to that great and glorious day, trusting the resurrected One will return as He promised.
  6. God is in control, and we are actively engaged in God’s work of saving the world.
  7. In Genesis 1-2, the Lord reveals—or, at a bare minimum, starts dropping some big hints—that he will be quite comfortable becoming a human being himself someday.
  8. In Christ, all things are new. This is also true in so far as His three-fold office of prophet, priest, and king.
  9. Preaching on this text isnan invitation to express love and longing in your relationship with your hearers.
  10. The oddness of this moment, at the beginning of Advent, is God’s way of saying, “The reason I’m here...”
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