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After four Sundays of Advent, I preached a Christmas sermon this morning. While I would usually try to avoid fielding questions during the sermon I went ahead and dove in head first when asked about Bethlehem and other first century locations still existing today.
We continue in Luke 2 with the shepherds response to the angels message from on high. Today we light the Shepherds candle and the theme is Peace.
The focus this week is on the angels and their message. Next week we will look at how the shepherds respond.
The theme for the second Sunday of Advent is Faith and we light the Bethlehem candle. Advent is something of a journey as we moved toward celebrating Christmas Day. Joseph and Mary’s journey to Bethlehem involved a huge leap of faith and should make us examine ourselves and consider where our faith might lead.
The first theme of Advent is Hope and we light the Prophet’s Candle on the Advent wreath. There are many examples of messianic prophecy in the Old Testament as well as symbols and images that help us understand who Christ is and what he does. We are going to mention Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6 then take a deep dive into Genesis 22.
*Note: For a few years, the congregation at Unity consisted of a few senior widows. They had spent a lifetime in church, loved and supported their pastor, but that is not the makeup of a healthy growing church. Today we have a very different demographic, including families with young children. Teresa has often said that if you don’t hear babies crying then the church is dying. You may hear some crying babies in this sermon audio but that is a necessary function of a multi-generational congregation.
This parable from Luke 15 does not begin with the words “The kingdom of God is like…” but it illustrates the Gospel in simple terms that are easy to understand. This story should really be called “the parable of the forgiving father” because he had two sons, both wrong in different ways, that he loved and offered forgiveness to. We only know for sure that one accepted.
Last week we looked at the long parables in Matthew 13 and the explanations Jesus gave his disciples. In this sermon we will look at the other shorter parables and finish the chapter, making note of how each illustrates what the kingdom will be like.
Parables are a way of explaining things in terms that people already understand. In Matthew 13, Jesus shares several parables that each share some facet of truth about the kingdom. Today we will look at the two longer ones, the parable of the sower and parable of the weeds. These are the ones that Jesus later explains the meaning of to the disciples. Next week we will consider all the shorter parables in one sitting.
We are continuing our series of what Jesus taught about the kingdom of heaven and will finish up the sermon on the mount today from Matthew 6 and 7. Next week we will get into the many parables of Matthew 13, if you want to read ahead.
After last week’s sermon there was a question about divorce. So let’s go to Matthew 19 and talk about what Jesus said when he was asked questions about divorce.
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