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Dec 15, 2024

Hope That Lasts | Christmas at Burnt Hickory

Hope That Lasts | Christmas at Burnt Hickory

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A Hope That Lasts

 

December 15, 2024

PRINCIPLE: God is a faithful God who has come to earth and has given us lasting

HOPE: is the expectation of future blessings and the confidence that the best is to come.

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6—7
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
Malachi 3:1
“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty
Luke 1:10—12
10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. 11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.  12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.. 
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
Luke 1:14—15
14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.
Luke 1:16—17
16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:66—67
66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.  67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied.
WE CAN HAVE "A HOPE THAT LASTS" BECAUSE JESUS:

1. our past.

Luke 1:68—71
68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. 69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), 71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.
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Luke 1:72-74
72 to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant, 73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham: 74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies…


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WE CAN HAVE "A HOPE THAT LASTS" BECAUSE JESUS:

2. our present.

Luke 1:74—75
74 …and to enable us to serve him without fear 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
WE CAN HAVE "A HOPE THAT LASTS" BECAUSE JESUS:

3. our future.

Luke 1:76—78
76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,  78 because of the tender mercy of our God...
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