Scripture
Luke 3:16
Zephaniah 3:14-18; Psalms 12:2-6; Phillipians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18
Sermon Week/Year
In today’s Gospel Lesson, John the Baptist is announcing the coming of the Messiah to the crowds gathered on the banks of the River Jordan. A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to think that John might be the Christ, Luke tells us. So John declared before them all, ‘Someone is coming, Someone who is more powerful than I am, He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit’ (Lk. 3:15,16).
This is the season when, in the same spirit of high hope and great expectation, little children wonderfully sum it all up in three little words: Christmas is coming!
Joy to the world! Peace on earth, good will toward men! Christmas is coming! Christmas: symbol of our high hopes and great expectations for life’s fulfillment in happiness. That’s what we’re all after, is it not? Isn’t happiness the goal of life? Or is it? Do I surprise you when I say that happiness is not our goal in life?…
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