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Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
(Following lighting of Advent Candle step to the pulpit, and then just look at your watch until 60 seconds have passed).
(Step to the pulpit, and then just look at your watch until 60 seconds have passed).
Exactly one minute has passed.
Isn't it absolutely amazing how long one minute of silence seems, but how short one minute seems when you are doing something you enjoy?
Exactly one minute has passed.
Isn't it absolutely amazing how long one minute of
silence seems, but how short one minute seems when you are doing something you
Do you realize that there are only 22 days until Christmas?
That means there are approximately 528 hours until we celebrate the birth of Christ.
And since it’s already after 10 o’clock this morning we’re actually down to less than 518 hours.
That translates into approximately 31000 minutes left to get done all the things we need to do before Christmas arrives.
There are presents to purchase and wrap, parties to attend, people to visit, and we only have 31000 minutes left.
So, why did we just waste one of those precious minutes just sitting there doing nothing?
enjoy?
As we begin our Advent celebration, I want us to recognize not only the significance of one moment in time but also of the strategic nature of those moments.
We would refer to the strategic nature of time as timing—how those moments are strung together to create experiences.
Have you ever stopped to think about how important timing is to everything that exists?
Do you plant tomato plants in November?
Do you paint the outside of your house in January?
Do you go swimming in February?
Not around here you don’t, maybe in Hawaii or Florida.
But why not?
It's not the right time!
There is a right time for such activities.
I think we would all agree that November and December is not the best time to try starting a diet, right?
Do you realize that there are only 22 days until Christmas?
That means there are
approximately 528 hours until we celebrate the birth of Christ.
And Since it’s already
Think about the importance of timing in sports.
If the timing is off, the quarterback won't connect with his receiver for a completion.
It doesn't take a minute to throw off the timing in football it takes seconds or even fractions of a second.
If the timing is off by a hair the receiver will arrive at the spot before the ball or after the ball is already passed.
Think about the importance of timing for our daily lives.
If you have ever missed a flight because you arrived one minute after boarding you know the importance of timing.
You are delayed at work, but because of the delay you missed a major accident on the interstate.
If you have ever been the parent of a preschooler, you know that if you turn your head for one minute, they can be long gone and into trouble.
Does one minute make a difference?
Just ask those who made it out of the Twin Towers minutes before they collapsed.
One moment, one sixty-second interval of time, placed in just the right location can make all the difference in the world.
after 10 o’clock this morning we’re actually down to less than 518 hours.
That translates
into approximately 31000 minutes left to get done all the things we need to do before
Our theme this year for Advent is Experience the Miracle of Christmas.
It’s so easy to get so involved in the activity of the season, so wrapped up in all the decorations and presents and parties, that we miss the miracle of Christmas.
This Christmas season let's spend some of those 31000 remaining moments reflecting on the significance of Christ's birth.
Christmas arrives.
There are presents to purchase and wrap, parties to attend, people
is an incredible verse.
It says,
Did you hear that?
God's Word says, "When the time came . . .
" At just the right time God sent His Son.
That represents the miracle of the moment.
Now this morning I want us to see three things from this story, from the coming of Christ.
First:
I.
He came at the right moment
to visit, and we only have 31000 minutes left.
So, why did we just waste one of those
One of the most beloved Christmas movies ever made is "Miracle on 34th Street."
It’s a wonderful, magical tale about an old man named Kris Kringle who believes he is Santa Claus and wants others to believe in him as well.
The movie, whether you watch the 1947 classic or the 1994 remake, starts off with a scene where Kris Kringle is demonstrating to a department store Santa how to use a whip for the parade he’s about to ride in.
Kris discovers that the department store Santa is drinking and he ends up being asked to fill in for the parade and eventually as the store Santa by Mrs. Walker the director of special programs.
precious minutes just sitting there doing nothing?
As we begin our Advent celebration, I want us to recognize not only the significance of
Now most people are so engrossed in the developing story at this point that they miss the miracle that takes place in this opening scene.
If you’ve seen the movie and you don’t know what I’m talking about, don't feel bad, the characters in the movie didn't recognize it either.
But think about it.
Was it just by chance or coincidence that Kris Kringle was there at the parade that day?
No! That represents the miracle of the moment.
At just the right time, Kris Kringle showed up at the parade and rescued not only the parade, but the jobs of Ms. Walker and countless others.
Ms. Walker failed to recognize the miracle of the moment.
She failed to realize the significance of hiring Kris Kringle to be the store Santa at the time.
one moment in time but also of the strategic nature of those moments.
We would refer
The Bible says, "When the time came to completion, God sent His Son . . .
" But the reality is, most people missed the miracle of the moment.
Most people didn’t recognize the significance of Christ's birth at the time.
And why would they?
People were much too busy to pay any attention to the young girl giving birth to her first child out in a stable there in Bethlehem.
At just the right time in history Jesus was born.
The coming of Christ into the world was not a matter of chance or coincidence.
His coming was part of God's divine plan established before the foundation of the world.
In his book Be Free, Warren Wiersbe writes, "Historians tell us that the Roman world was in great expectation, waiting for a deliverer, at the time Jesus was born.
The old religions were dying.
The old philosophies were empty and powerless to change men's lives.
Strange new mystery religions were invading the empire.
Religious bankruptcy and spiritual hunger were everywhere.
God was preparing the world for the arrival of His Son." (Warren Wiersbe, Be Free, p. 90) Any of that sound familiar?
Sounds a lot like our modern culture doesn’t it?
Religious bankruptcy and spiritual hunger.
New mystery religions.
Sounds like God is preparing the world again doesn’t it?
And He is.
He’s been preparing the world for the second coming of Christ since the end of the first coming.
But let’s get back to our Advent story.
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