In this Advent message, Mark Sayers reframes the Christmas story as far more than a sentimental scene, revealing it instead as the decisive moment in a cosmic battle. Through the life of Isaac Watts and the deeper meaning behind Joy to the World, Mark shows that Christ’s coming is not only about a baby in a manger, but about the defeat of evil, the silencing of accusation, and the victory of joy rooted in truth. Drawing from Revelation 12, he reminds us that while darkness still lashes out through lies, fear, and shame, the dragon has already been defeated by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. Advent, then, becomes a season not just of remembrance, but of resistance—where we preach the gospel to our own hearts, stand firm in our Christ-given identity, and live as people marked not by circumstances, but by unshakeable joy in Jesus’ victory.

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