The Hope of Advent #2
The Hope of Advent • Sermon • Submitted
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· 4 viewsHow Christ reveals us and gives us hope we can move past our sins.
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Why would Advent (the coming of Christ) cause us hope, and not just today, but everyday!
God overshadows Mary
And everything else
Intro
Intro
Mary has treasured many things in her heart.
According to custom, they take the child after He is born to be circumcised.
The see the people, this is a big and joyous moment.
Like life defining moments.
They are being obedient, they’re dedicating their child to God (Jerusalem)
Think about how Mary must have thought, considering what the angel had told her.
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Scripture:
When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
you may now dismiss your servant in peace.
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.”
The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”
There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.
When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
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Simeon
Cause the falling and rising of many in Israel
The New International Version Chapter 10
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn
“ ‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
The same child that Simeon believed would bring division and tension into lives is the same child that Anna spoke to those waiting for redemption for Israel about.
Application
Application
Have you ever felt stuck? What about stuck in brokenness?
Have you ever felt secure about your standing with God?
Christ came to bring tension in those moments and redemption from our brokenness.
Christ will not leave you like he found you.
Because he will not leave you like he found you, you have a great hope that God will make you new.
Where do you need a savior to bring tension into your life? What brokenness have you been carrying that you could use redemption from?
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