A SON WORTH WAITING FOR (1 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:8-22
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A Son Worth Waiting For (1 of 4)
Series: A Christmas Worth Waiting For
Scott Maze
2 Samuel 7:8-22
Join with me throughout the month of December in A Christmas Worth Waiting For. The story of Christmas is splashed across the pages of your Bible long before Mary, Joseph, Wise Men, and the shepherds arrive. We're exploring the promises made a millennia ahead of Christmas and it's these promises that serve as a bedrock granite underneath the holiday season. 2 Samuel 7 is one of the most important chapters in your Bible. And it is one that most of us have never heard of. In fact, it is arguably the one chapter that plays the single most significant role of any Old Testament passage in shaping the early church's understanding of Jesus.
How did the first disciples know Jesus was the Son of God? ''Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption'' (Acts 2:30-31). Unless you understand David and his family, you will not understand Christmas.
Inside our story lies the secret to experiencing a great Christmas. Turn in your Bibles to 2 Samuel 7, or page 330 in your pew Bible. We'll return to the book of Acts after the 1st of the year. The secret to experiencing a great Christmas is that an all-powerful God and all-wise God is working for the best outcome for your life.
Today's Scripture Text
Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. 9 And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they ...
Series: A Christmas Worth Waiting For
Scott Maze
2 Samuel 7:8-22
Join with me throughout the month of December in A Christmas Worth Waiting For. The story of Christmas is splashed across the pages of your Bible long before Mary, Joseph, Wise Men, and the shepherds arrive. We're exploring the promises made a millennia ahead of Christmas and it's these promises that serve as a bedrock granite underneath the holiday season. 2 Samuel 7 is one of the most important chapters in your Bible. And it is one that most of us have never heard of. In fact, it is arguably the one chapter that plays the single most significant role of any Old Testament passage in shaping the early church's understanding of Jesus.
How did the first disciples know Jesus was the Son of God? ''Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption'' (Acts 2:30-31). Unless you understand David and his family, you will not understand Christmas.
Inside our story lies the secret to experiencing a great Christmas. Turn in your Bibles to 2 Samuel 7, or page 330 in your pew Bible. We'll return to the book of Acts after the 1st of the year. The secret to experiencing a great Christmas is that an all-powerful God and all-wise God is working for the best outcome for your life.
Today's Scripture Text
Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. 9 And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they ...
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