SERMON NOTES
“Advent begins in the dark and ends with the light of Christ”
Three themes of Advent:
- Advent begins in the dark
- Isaiah 9::1-7
- Isaiah 60:1-6
- Repentance and Judgment
- Matthew 3:1-3, 11-12
- John 3:16-17, John 9:39
- Anticipation and waiting
- Romans 8:18
- Colossians 3:14
- Philippians 3:20-21
Questions to Consider: How have your traditional Christmas celebrations prepared you for Christmas? How have they fallen short? What about the Advent season surprises you? How will you enter into the Advent season this year in a way that’s different than year’s prior?
