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Waiting for the day (Simeon)
The “normal" themes of Christmas are all familiar to us: hope, peace, joy, excitement, anticipation—all of which get to the heart of the incredible reality of what happened so many years ago. And yet, the experience of Christmas for so many of us isn’t that at all. Instead, our minds are cluttered with all sorts of things that clamour for our attention, gifts to get, food to prepare, stuff to get in the right place, people to see, all of which can lead us further away from the truth we should be locked on to at this time of year.
As we come to the fourth of the “Five Guys” we’re looking at this Christmas, we come to the story of Simeon, who is blessed to see the baby Jesus. It’s a touching scene of God’s grace and sovereignty that has so much significance for us at Christmas. We’ll look to the profound reality of Immanuel, God with us and the salvation that he brings. Rightly seeing Jesus and eagerly waiting for him, just like Simeon, is the antidote to all that would seek to derail us this Christmas. It is our hope in sorrow, our peace in chaos, our hope in anguish, the way of salvation and the line of separation for all people.
Series: A Five Guys Christmas
Jordan Coros
Message: 4 - Waiting for the day (Simeon)
Harvest Bible Chapel
Text: Luke 2:22-35
December 22, 2024
As I wait for Christ, my comfort, he will…
1. …lead me to obedience (v. 22-25)
2. …lead me to peace (v. 26-32)
Isaiah 9:2
John 1:4
John 14:27
3. …lead me to adoration (v. 33-35)
If your intellect has never been staggered by the reality of the incarnation, you don’t know what the incarnation means. It doesn’t mean Jesus was a little baby. It means the eternal, infinite, divine One, worshipped by Cherubim and Seraphim, the Creator of all things, sustainer of all things, infinite in His being, wisdom, power, majesty and glory - who in a word could dissolve the world that sinned against him - was willing to come into this world and assume our flesh in order to become our Saviour. It is overwhelming. That’s the great thing about the gospel. ~ Sinclair Ferguson
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By Harvest Bible ChapelThe “normal" themes of Christmas are all familiar to us: hope, peace, joy, excitement, anticipation—all of which get to the heart of the incredible reality of what happened so many years ago. And yet, the experience of Christmas for so many of us isn’t that at all. Instead, our minds are cluttered with all sorts of things that clamour for our attention, gifts to get, food to prepare, stuff to get in the right place, people to see, all of which can lead us further away from the truth we should be locked on to at this time of year.
As we come to the fourth of the “Five Guys” we’re looking at this Christmas, we come to the story of Simeon, who is blessed to see the baby Jesus. It’s a touching scene of God’s grace and sovereignty that has so much significance for us at Christmas. We’ll look to the profound reality of Immanuel, God with us and the salvation that he brings. Rightly seeing Jesus and eagerly waiting for him, just like Simeon, is the antidote to all that would seek to derail us this Christmas. It is our hope in sorrow, our peace in chaos, our hope in anguish, the way of salvation and the line of separation for all people.
Series: A Five Guys Christmas
Jordan Coros
Message: 4 - Waiting for the day (Simeon)
Harvest Bible Chapel
Text: Luke 2:22-35
December 22, 2024
As I wait for Christ, my comfort, he will…
1. …lead me to obedience (v. 22-25)
2. …lead me to peace (v. 26-32)
Isaiah 9:2
John 1:4
John 14:27
3. …lead me to adoration (v. 33-35)
If your intellect has never been staggered by the reality of the incarnation, you don’t know what the incarnation means. It doesn’t mean Jesus was a little baby. It means the eternal, infinite, divine One, worshipped by Cherubim and Seraphim, the Creator of all things, sustainer of all things, infinite in His being, wisdom, power, majesty and glory - who in a word could dissolve the world that sinned against him - was willing to come into this world and assume our flesh in order to become our Saviour. It is overwhelming. That’s the great thing about the gospel. ~ Sinclair Ferguson