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The Sure Word Of God - How To Celebrate Christmas (Mark 13:28-37, Isaiah 51:1-6)
Pastor Chuck Huckaby, December 13, 2009Part of the Lectionary C series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Application:
The Christ of Christmas is the King we bow before and gladly receive because of His humility and mercy to we rebels.
Let me suggest ways to celebrate this Christmas... not with parties and presents but in this way:
1. Lay down your weapons! The king of Christmas comes and calls us to unconditional surrender so that we may receive the blessings of His kingdom.
This calls for admitting our own defeat and complete need for Christ to re-orient our lives with Him at the center.
This involves giving up the delusion that we are good enough in ourselves to do God’s work and entrust ourselves to Him who died for sinners and rose again for their justification so that we may be accepted by the Father and be received with the rejoicing of Heaven itself at our repentance!
2. Stop building the kingdoms that oppose Jesus Christ. The Sure Word of Christ tells us that all those who do not gather with him scatter.
This calls us to live as those who want to build on Christ’s sure foundation. It is an act of humility to say to the Lord “re-order my life according to Your Word.”
3. Share in the building of Christ’s Kingdom!
This calls us to carry the Good News to others – not because we have arrived but because we know the One who has arrived... in Heaven at the Father’s right Hand.
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Mark 13:28-37
28 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 29 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 30 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
32 “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning— 36 lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.” (ESV)
Isaiah 51:1-6
51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2 Look to Abraham your father
and to Sarah who bore you;
for he was but one when I called him,
that I might bless him and multiply him.
3 For the Lord comforts Zion;
he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the garden of the Lord;
joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.
4 “Give attention to me, my people,
and give ear to me, my nation;
for a law will go out from me,
and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
5 My righteousness draws near,
my salvation has gone out,
and my arms will judge the peoples;
the coastlands hope for me,
and for my arm they wait.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;
but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will never be dismayed. (ESV)
