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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“Emmanuel” by Pastor Ryan Emmons is in the Advent series “And He Will Be Called…” that talks about the names of Christ from the “O Antiphons”. These are a series of prayers from the early church liturgy, used in the week before Christmas and best known to us in the song “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. This one is from Isaiah 7:14:

Isaiah 7:14 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 7:14 (CUVS)

14 All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

14 因 此 , 主 自 己 要 给 你 们 一 个 兆 头 , 必 有 童 女 怀 孕 生 子 , 给 他 起 名 叫 以 马 内 利 ( 就 是 神 与 我 们 同 在 的 意 思 ) 。

Luke 2:1-7 (NLT) ; 路 加 福 音 2:1-7 (CUVS)
Luke 2:8-20 (NLT) ; 路 加 福 音 2:8-20 (CUVS)

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“Day Spring” by Pastor Ryan Emmons is in the Advent series “And He Will Be Called…” that talks about the names of Christ from the “O Antiphons”. These are a series of prayers from the early church liturgy, used in the week before Christmas and best known to us in the song “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. This one is from Isaiah 9:2.

John 1:1-9 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 1:1-9 (CUVS)
Isaiah 9:1-5 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 9:1-5 (CUVS)

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“Wisdom” by Pastor Ryan Emmons is in the Advent series “And He Will Be Called…” that talks about the names of Christ from the “O Antiphons”. These are a series of prayers from the early church liturgy, used in the week before Christmas and best known to us in the song “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. This one is from Isaiah 11:2.

Isaiah 33:5-6 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 33:5-6 (CUVS)
Isaiah 11:1-5 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 11:1-5 (CUVS)

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“Desire of Nations” by Pastor Ryan Emmons is in the Advent series “And He Will Be Called…” that talks about the names of Christ from the “O Antiphons”. These are a series of prayers from the early church liturgy, used in the week before Christmas and best known to us in the song “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. The first one is on the title “Desire of Nations” from Haggai 2:7.

Isaiah 7:149:6 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 7:149:6 (CUVS)
Haggai 2:6-9 (NLT) ; 箴 言 9:1-6 (CUVS)

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Mary, Zechariah, the Angels, and Simeon all rejoiced at the coming of the baby Saviour. Pastor Ryan’s 2022 Advent sermon series looks at all four of these New Testament songs and prophecies.

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