Anticipating Immanuel

Anticipating Immanuel – His Voice December 20, 2020   How active is God?  Malachi 4:4-5 Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse  Matt. 11:11,13-14 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there…

Anticipating Immanuel – His Reach  December 13, 2020 Jesus came as a King better than any kind of political solution   Anticipate Immanuel our King   Not that great people got to come close to God  People became great when God came close to them   Anticipate Immanuel our God  Jesus showed faith, not religiosity was the way to God   The Jewish faith was never meant to be only internal   Gen. 12:2-3 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you;…

Anticipating Immanuel – His Relationship December 6, 2020 Anticipate Immanuel our King   The coming of Jesus the king was better than imagined    Ex. 20:19 “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”  Isaiah 30:19-21 O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious if you ask for help. He will surely respond to the sound of your cries. Though the Lord…

Anticipating Immanuel – His Salvation November 29, 2020 We need Christmas this year!   Biblical HOPE is anticipation   Children who grew up in poverty but had success later in life all had one thing in common – hope. American Psychology Association   The Bible is filled with Hope  Hope asks a question… “What will make your life better?”  First Century Hope? Save us from our enemies   Better Future? Give us our own good King who will save us from our enemies   Luke 1:68-75 “Praise the Lord, the God…