Christmas Eve Homily - 1
Series:Christmas Homilies
Vermon Pierre
Colossians 2:9
Tonight, heard Christmas story through various Scripture passages. And then respond and reflect on Christmas story in couple of different ways.
Lots of themes to explore in all heard. But one in particular. First passage, birth of Jesus is birth of Immanuel, ''God with us.''
You see, in coming of Jesus, find out that God is personal God. He is God with us.
Means two things want briefly highlight tonight.
First means God has come to us in person.
For ancient Jew, this unimaginable - God is personal God, willing come to us ''in person.''
For them, God holy, pure, mighty, awesome, glorious.
- Comes before his people in blazing fire and smoke as they stand before mountain could not touch, lest they die.
- One whom Moses not look at directly, his glory so brilliant, even small glimpse of back of God made Moses' entire face glow.
And of course, they right in seeing God this way. For God to be God, live up to name ''God,'' well then of course he's got be holy and pure and glorious. That is indeed who God is.
And it's right here see wondrous thing about Christmas. God is all of this. Yet still chooses come near to us, come to us IN PERSON. Colossians 2:9 - ''For in Christ all the fullness of God lives in bodily form''
All of God has come to us in Jesus. ALL of him. Holiness, purity, glory and might has come to us, and in way that doesn't crush us but instead saves and redeems us.
Many today see God as someone, or something, out there. The divine, the miraculous, the blessings of heaven, is all out there.
And to get God to come near, well have work hard, struggle even, to make that happen. God and heaven come near t ...
Series:Christmas Homilies
Vermon Pierre
Colossians 2:9
Tonight, heard Christmas story through various Scripture passages. And then respond and reflect on Christmas story in couple of different ways.
Lots of themes to explore in all heard. But one in particular. First passage, birth of Jesus is birth of Immanuel, ''God with us.''
You see, in coming of Jesus, find out that God is personal God. He is God with us.
Means two things want briefly highlight tonight.
First means God has come to us in person.
For ancient Jew, this unimaginable - God is personal God, willing come to us ''in person.''
For them, God holy, pure, mighty, awesome, glorious.
- Comes before his people in blazing fire and smoke as they stand before mountain could not touch, lest they die.
- One whom Moses not look at directly, his glory so brilliant, even small glimpse of back of God made Moses' entire face glow.
And of course, they right in seeing God this way. For God to be God, live up to name ''God,'' well then of course he's got be holy and pure and glorious. That is indeed who God is.
And it's right here see wondrous thing about Christmas. God is all of this. Yet still chooses come near to us, come to us IN PERSON. Colossians 2:9 - ''For in Christ all the fullness of God lives in bodily form''
All of God has come to us in Jesus. ALL of him. Holiness, purity, glory and might has come to us, and in way that doesn't crush us but instead saves and redeems us.
Many today see God as someone, or something, out there. The divine, the miraculous, the blessings of heaven, is all out there.
And to get God to come near, well have work hard, struggle even, to make that happen. God and heaven come near t ...
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