Advent 2020: The Light is Come
Growing Pains: "And the Child Grew"
December 27, 2020 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Why was it necessary for the eternal Son of God to come into the world as a baby in human flesh? So that he might experience the same growing pains as you in order to be a merciful and sympathetic mediator to God the Father for you.
"I Came Forth From the Father"
December 20, 2020 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Jesus makes three remarkable statements in John 16:27-28 which underscore John's thesis in John 1:4, "In him was life and the life was the light of men": "I came out from God" "I came forth from the Father" "I am come into the world" What are the claims Jesus is making in these statements?
Light is Come Into the World
December 6, 2020 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Why does Jesus close his conversation with Nicodemus in John 3 with these words: “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil”? What is this light, and why has it resulted in condemnation, and what has been condemned by it?
Psalm 98: Joy to the World
November 29, 2020 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Though it is now associated only with the Christmas season, Isaac Watts wrote "Joy to the World" as an anthem to the Second Coming. It is based almost entirely on Psalm 98, a psalm written in three stanzas: Why We Worship (vv. 1 - 3), How We Worship (vv. 4 - 6), and Who is to Worship (vv. 7 - 9).