The Hope of the Nations
Series: The Message of Christmas
November 29, 2021
Ron Burtz
Hope. Peace. Joy. Love. Four words that are intimately associated with the Christmas season. In this Advent series, Pastor Ron Burtz shows how those four terms and concepts form the message of Christmas to the world. This message deals with Hope and shows Christ as the only hope for mankind.
Episode Notes
Title: The Hope of the Nations
Text: Matthew 12:9-21 (and others)
What
is Advent? A season of awaiting the arrival of Christmas which pictures how the world awaited the Savior before His first advent.
1.
Christmas tells us our hope has come in Christ
Matt. 12:21; Luke 24:21; Col. 1:27; Eph. 4:4; 1 Pet. 1:3; Heb. 11:1, 6:19; Ps. 39:7; Isaiah 40:31; John 14:2
Hope defined:
2. Christmas tells us our hope is real.
Charge & Benediction: Rom. 12:12 & 15:13
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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