Regifting Presence (4 of 4)
Series: Regifting Christmas
Steve Jones
John 1:14
Sermon Summary: Christmas is about the gift of Jesus' PRESENCE to us. We can re-gift the gift of presence to others. That presence will be 1) A PHYSICAL presence, 2) A HUMBLE presence and 3) A VULNERABLE presence.
INTRODUCTION: Here are some Christmas words that we use but for which we may not know the definition/origin. See if you can guess.
1) Christmas - ''Christ Mass''
2) Santa Claus - Comes from a corruption of Saint Nicholas.
3) Yule - Yule derives from an Old Norse word, jól, that was once the name of a 12-day pagan festival leading up to what we now call Christmas Day.
4) Noel - Noel is a French variant of nael, which comes from the Latin word natalis which means ''birth.''
5) Advent - ''Advent'' is the season of preparation before Christmas, lasting around 4 weeks. It comes from the Latin word adventus which means ''arrival'' or ''coming.''
6) Nativity - Comes from the Latin word nativus, which means birth.
7) Wassailing - Wassailing is just another term for caroling. It comes from an Old Norse phrase ves heill, meaning ''be healthy,'' and was a common greeting.
8) Tidings - Tidings refers to the ''announcement of an event,'' and comes from the Old English term tidan which means ''to happen.''
9) Hark - This word means listen and comes from Old English.
10) Immanuel - Immanuel is a Hebrew word meaning ''God with us.'' It appears in the O.T. book of Isaiah, and in the Gospel of Matthew it is applied to Jesus as a title.
Immanuel is the word I want to draw our attention to this morning. As you know, in this series we're ''re-gifting'' the gifts that God has given to us. So far, we have talked about re-gifting forgiveness, encouragement and kindness. In this last message I want to talk about re-gifting ''presence.'' What was the birth of Jesus all about? It was about ''Immanuel'' - God with us. God coming from Heaven to be physic ...
Series: Regifting Christmas
Steve Jones
John 1:14
Sermon Summary: Christmas is about the gift of Jesus' PRESENCE to us. We can re-gift the gift of presence to others. That presence will be 1) A PHYSICAL presence, 2) A HUMBLE presence and 3) A VULNERABLE presence.
INTRODUCTION: Here are some Christmas words that we use but for which we may not know the definition/origin. See if you can guess.
1) Christmas - ''Christ Mass''
2) Santa Claus - Comes from a corruption of Saint Nicholas.
3) Yule - Yule derives from an Old Norse word, jól, that was once the name of a 12-day pagan festival leading up to what we now call Christmas Day.
4) Noel - Noel is a French variant of nael, which comes from the Latin word natalis which means ''birth.''
5) Advent - ''Advent'' is the season of preparation before Christmas, lasting around 4 weeks. It comes from the Latin word adventus which means ''arrival'' or ''coming.''
6) Nativity - Comes from the Latin word nativus, which means birth.
7) Wassailing - Wassailing is just another term for caroling. It comes from an Old Norse phrase ves heill, meaning ''be healthy,'' and was a common greeting.
8) Tidings - Tidings refers to the ''announcement of an event,'' and comes from the Old English term tidan which means ''to happen.''
9) Hark - This word means listen and comes from Old English.
10) Immanuel - Immanuel is a Hebrew word meaning ''God with us.'' It appears in the O.T. book of Isaiah, and in the Gospel of Matthew it is applied to Jesus as a title.
Immanuel is the word I want to draw our attention to this morning. As you know, in this series we're ''re-gifting'' the gifts that God has given to us. So far, we have talked about re-gifting forgiveness, encouragement and kindness. In this last message I want to talk about re-gifting ''presence.'' What was the birth of Jesus all about? It was about ''Immanuel'' - God with us. God coming from Heaven to be physic ...
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