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2024-12-22: Pastor Mark Quist – Advent 4: Promise Past, Promise Future: Advent and Promise #2
Promise made, promise kept! For Christians, we believe in God’s Word and that God keeps his Word. And at Christmas, God’s Word becomes flesh revealing that God is faithful!
Ever since sin entered God’s world, God promised that he would send a Savior – someOne who would save us from our sin. Over and over God promised this – by his Word, in his Word – through prophets, priests and kings, even angels – various messengers and mediators. And after hundreds of years of waiting, anticipating, expecting, and preparing – God’s promise made becomes God’s promise kept in Jesus.
As God keeps his Word, as his Word becomes flesh in Jesus – our Savior is born! Our day of salvation has come as God’s promise made becomes God’s promise kept! God is faithful!
“No more let sin and sorrow grow – nor thorns infest the ground. He comes to make his blessings flow – far as the curse is found!” JOY TO THE WORLD – our Savior has come!
See you Sunday, as we celebrate the 4th Sunday of Advent 2024, the 4th Advent candle of LOVE, and reflect together in God’s Word of God’s promise made, and promise kept. God is faithful! For Sunday, find one Old Testament promise of God that has been fulfilled in Jesus’ New Testament birth – should be easy to find – the experts say there are about 200-400 to choose from :).
The Light of the World has come,
Pastor Mark