On this fourth Sunday of Advent, we see that Jesus Christ is our Shepherd-King who came to bring us peace with God and with each other. We have the promise of better days that Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace, is coming again soon to bring full and final peace to the earth.
On this second Sunday of Advent, we're looking at the refining love of God that is purifying a people for Him. We can hold on to the promise of better days for the people of God, where evil and wickedness and injustice will be no more, because God has already drawn near to us with justice and justification.
On this first Sunday of Advent, we see that hope is based on the promise of a Person. We can confidently expect that better days are coming for the people of God because better days have already come in Jesus Christ.
We are constantly faced with new life situations, many of which are beyond our control and some of which are unpleasant. In this passage, we look at three events that remind us that God is in control of our times of transition, and that we can trust Him no matter what comes our way.
The risen Lord Jesus is building His church through the proclamation of God’s message and the preservation of God’s people. In this passage, we look at how we have been preserved from the judgment to come, so that we might proclaim the excellency of Christ to the end of the earth.
Christians are those who believe that Jesus is the risen King, who welcomes unworthy sinners into God’s kingdom under His saving rule. But Christians are those who not only believe this to be true, but who also proclaim this good news to the nations. In our text, we look at the message and the method and the mixed response to this proclamation.