Advent

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At Christmas, we usually focus on the story of Mary’s miraculous baby. But there is another miraculous birth story as well – that of Mary’s elderly relative Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. Pastor Ryan talks about how the two of them came together for mutual support in this tumultuous time.

Luke 1:39-56 (NLT) ; 路 加 福 音 1:39-56 (CUVS)

“Mary and Elizabeth” by Pastor Ryan Emmons

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Once Jesus was born and the good news was announced, life went back to normal. People had to wait 30 more years to find out what Jesus’ birth meant. Before that, people had waited hundreds of years for him to come. Now, we have waited almost 2000 years for Jesus to come again, and we are still waiting. What is all that waiting for?

Isaiah 11:1-10 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 11:1-10 (CUVS)
Matthew 3:1-12 (NLT) ; 馬 太 福 音 3:1-12 (CUVS)

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Advent is a season of waiting for Jesus to come. Not to come as a baby, because He already did that. We are reminded to wait and be ready for when He comes again.

“Waiting…” by Pastor Ryan Emmons

Isaiah 2:1-5 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 2:1-5 (CUVS)
Matthew 24:36-44 (NLT) ; 馬 太 福 音 24:36-44 (CUVS)

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Jesus is the “Reason for the Season”. But what were his reasons for leaving heaven and coming here to live among us? Pastor Ryan’s 2024 Advent sermon series “The Reason He Came” explores this question.

December 1 – To do the Father’s Will
December 8 – To give Abundant Life
December 15 – To Save the World
December 22 – To Bear Witness to the Truth

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Stained-glass windows in St. Malachy’s Church in Castlewellan, County Down, depicting the presentation of baby Jesus by Mary and Joseph to the shepherds (taken September 2020)

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What is truth? Pilate asks this during the trial of Jesus, when Jesus says he came to this world to bear witness to the truth. What truth does Jesus want us to know?

1 Timothy 1:15-17 (NLT) ; 提 摩 太 前 書 1:15-17 (CUVS)
John 18:37-38 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 18:37-38 (CUVS)

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Jesus says in our passage in John that he came here to save the world, not to judge us, and that he won’t judge the ones who hear his message but don’t obey it. So what happens then at the final judgement on the last day?

1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (NLT) ; 歌 林 多 前 書 15:20-23 (CUVS)
John 12:44-47 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 12:44-47 (CUVS)

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One reason Jesus came to Earth is to make it possible for us to walk closely with God again — which is abundant life for us.

Ephesians 3:17-19 (NLT) ; 以 弗 所 書 3:17-19 (CUVS)
John 10:6-10 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 10:6-10 (CUVS)

You can also download Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript). During the sermon he demonstrated a silly camp chant called “My Name is Bill”. Here is a similar one called “My Name is Joe”.

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One reason Jesus, the second Person of the Trinity, left heaven and came to Earth as a human baby was that God wanted him to, and he always did the Father’s will.

Romans 10:9-13 (NIV) ; 羅 馬 書 10:9-13 (CUVS)
John 6:38-40 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 6:38-40 (CUVS)

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