The Light has Come

December 22, 2019 • Kevin Spence

The Light has Arrived - v 19b The Light is Rejected - vv 19c-20 The Light is Evident - v 21 The Light is Triumphant - vv 18-19a

What Child is This?

December 8, 2019 • John Rysdyk

The Promised, Gracious King

December 1, 2019 • Kevin Spence

The Promised, Gracious King – Matthew 1:1-17 Promised – verse 1 links Jesus as the fulfillment of: * The Davidic Covenant of perpetual reign (2 Sam 7) * The Abrahamic Covenant of a ‘chosen people’ (Gen 12-17) * The Noahic Covenant of grace for all (Gen 8) * The vowed crushing of the Serpent (Gen 3) * The start of a new covenant (Jer 31, Eze 36, I Cor 15) Gracious – verses 2-17 link Jesus to messy, sinful people – just like us