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20191222serv1 - 12:22:19, 10.25 AM
"When Joseph Woke Up”
Isa 7:10-16 & Matt. 1:18-25
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, our Scripture reading sets before us the story of Jesus' birth. But it is no ordinary birth! His birth is the fulfillment of an ancient promise about God being with us. The way he is conceived is scandalous to the human experience. Christ the Savior’s entrance into the world comes at the climax of the long ranging plan of God to be with man.
God’s patience and his promise culminates in God putting on skin in order to deliver us from sin. This is what Joseph woke up to.
The text says, “When Jospeh woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.” God being with us is meant to wake us to being obedient to the Lord’s command.
When Jospeh woke up, he found meaning, purpose, and reason for living, all wrapped up in the promise of a coming child.
Perhaps you are looking for the same things too? This sermon’s intent is to help wake up every reflective person to these things they're seeking, and yet, at the same time, discovering that they were sought by God first.
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By Grace Church (그레이스 교회)"When Joseph Woke Up”
Isa 7:10-16 & Matt. 1:18-25
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, our Scripture reading sets before us the story of Jesus' birth. But it is no ordinary birth! His birth is the fulfillment of an ancient promise about God being with us. The way he is conceived is scandalous to the human experience. Christ the Savior’s entrance into the world comes at the climax of the long ranging plan of God to be with man.
God’s patience and his promise culminates in God putting on skin in order to deliver us from sin. This is what Joseph woke up to.
The text says, “When Jospeh woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.” God being with us is meant to wake us to being obedient to the Lord’s command.
When Jospeh woke up, he found meaning, purpose, and reason for living, all wrapped up in the promise of a coming child.
Perhaps you are looking for the same things too? This sermon’s intent is to help wake up every reflective person to these things they're seeking, and yet, at the same time, discovering that they were sought by God first.