Friday, December 18, 2015

Through Christ Alone Come All the Blessings of Advent

Did you not hear long ago how I made it? Now I have brought it to pass.” Isaiah 37:26
Men can become rather over confident in their success. In Isaiah’s day the King of Assyria was attacking Judah. He sent an emissary to Jerusalem and bragged about his success against all the nations and their gods. God’s response was, “No, you didn’t. Long ago I planned to use you as my instrument of judgment.” Does this have anything to do with Advent? Yes.
This is a season where the world stops for a moment and tries to demonstrate love for one another. It is a season of joy and gift giving. But it has also become a season where we think we can have this love, joy, and peace on our own terms. Like the Assyrian king, we think we can have all this by human effort. But we cannot. God planned long ago to send His Son as the greatest gift to mankind, to demonstrate His love and grace toward sinful people. It is only through Christ that we can have these many blessings.  

Dear Father, Thank You for all the joys of this season. Amen.



 The Friday Benediction
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend.  Amen



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