Luke 2:21-38

Luke 2:21-38

  • Looking forward •
    • Consolation (Luke 2:25)
      • Sin, The Curse •
    • Redemption (Luke 2:38)
      • The world, The accuser, our enemies
  • Jesus submitted
    • To the Law
      • Circumcision -Sacrifice
    • To Nature
      • He could get hungry, sick, or cold
      • He could bleed
  • Jesus reveals heart
    • He is destined to case the r and f of many
      • We raise or fall before God because of our Faith in Jesus
    • I Peter 2:6-9
      • The cornerstone is Jesus
  • What does faith look like
    • Marry: treasured up and meditated on these things
    • The shepherds: glorified God and gave thanks to God
    • Simeon : Was at peace with God content with life in the presence of the saviour
    • Anna : Spoke about Him to all: evangelism

These are not rules to follow, not guarantees to heaven only visible responses of a heart of faith

Conclusion: I Peter 2:6-9

Remember who you are

I. The Father has foreknown us. (v. 2)‏

A. What is foreknowledge? Psalm 139

1. More than awareness of existence (vv. 13-16)‏
2. More than awareness of actions (vv. 2-6)‏
3. More than any awareness (vv. 7-12)‏
4. In short, it is love.

B. Humble yourselves under God (5:6-7)‏

1. Take pride in the Lord. (v. 6)‏
2. Cast your anxieties on Him. (v. 7)‏
3. This will make you strange!
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LIVING SECURE IN GOD'S LOVE

1 John 4:17-21 (New International Version)

17In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. 18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19We love because he first loved us. 20If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
When God perfects His love in us, we should not fear or feel insecure.  We remain secure in His grace.  We don’t fear punishment or judgment.  We are free to love others (1 John 4:19).

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GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU

GOD’S LOVE:  UNCONDITIONAL, UNENDING, UNCONQUERABLE,        CONSTANT, DEPENDABLE, AVAILABLE, JUST, PERSONAL, GIVING

YOURS; YOURS NOW AND YOURS FOREVER

BELIEVE IT, ACCEPT IT, TRUST IT

BE REDEEMED BY HIS LOVE, BE HEALED BY HIS LOVE,
BE FREED BY HIS LOVE.

BELIEVE IT, ACCEPT IT, TRUST IT.

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Sermon 23th Aug 2008

ANSWER Strategy

  • Acknowledge that God can do it and act in obedience to his word.
  • Note what God says in the bible and what has happened in the past.
  • Say it in prayer.
  • Wait and meditate (individual).
  • Encourage one another (community).
  • Remind yourself daily of God’s promises (thru the Bible, answers to prayer, prophecies and community input).

Advent week III

What is advent?

  • It is the four-week period leading up to Christmas.
  • It is a time of preparation for the coming of the Christ Child.
  • The season is also a preparation for the Second Coming of Christ.

Psalm 146:5-7
5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— the LORD, who remains faithful forever.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the stranger, and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.

Choral Prayer-Please recite together

O King of David, Jesus Christ,
The gates of heaven open at your command,
Come and show us the way to salvation.

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