Friday, December 22, 2006
Pastor's Advent 4, Sermon Posted
Pastor's Sermon Posted
Pastor Watt's Sermon for December 20, 2006, the Fourth Weekday Advent Service, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for December 20, 2006, the Fourth Weekday Advent Service, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
The text is:
39In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” Luke 1:39-45 (ESV)
From the Sermon:
But as much as everyone is focused on Jesus, no one is more focused than John was. I don’t think there ever was a person as well in tune with his calling in life as John was. Just look at how he is focused on Jesus. He leaps for joy just to know that Jesus was near him. John is so anxious to tell the Good News; he is so joyful that he leaps for joy while still in his mother’s womb. You see, John too is focused on Jesus.
