The Cross of Christmas Galatians 4:4-7

Today we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.  Our text is Galatians 4:4-7, which ushers us into a story, a true story, of the history of God’s redemptive plans culminating with the birth of Christ, but not stopping there.  Christmas is Christ’s first step to the cross.   We can’t separate them from each other.  At the heart of the Gospel is an adoption.  One pays the cost that the adopted could never pay, but in so doing the adopted is welcomed into a new family with full rights as heirs.  This is the family of God and our identity is radically shaped through Christ’s birth, born of a woman, born under the law, and his purpose, to redeem those under the law, that we might have adoption as sons. 

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Longing For Light - 1 John 1:5-10

This morning our service, and especially the preached word, will be centered on what it means to embrace Christ as the Light who broke into our darkness. This is a central theme of the Advent season. In our passage in 1 John 1:5-10 we will be learning more what it means to have fellowship with a God who is light and in turn to live in the light as those united to Christ and cleansed by His blood!

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"Longing For Joy" Habakkuk 3:17-19

Today in Worship – This morning we remain in the season of Advent.  Advent calls the church and her people into a season of waiting with the purpose of developing within us an acute recognition of God’s purposes and work in this world, specifically sending His Son, Jesus Christ into the world, the Incarnate Word made flesh.  But we also look forward to what is to come, the return of Christ, the renewal of all things.  This morning we focus on Joy, as we look at Habakkuk 3:17-19.  Joy is not simply an emotion, but an inner, settled, confident rest in God that doesn’t allow circumstances to rob or increase my experience of it.  Joy is praising God in all of life, regardless of circumstance, regardless of situation, regardless. 

Read Online: Hab.3:17-19

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