Christmas Hymns
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O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Come, All Ye Faithful
The hymn “O Come, All ye Faithful” is a latin hymn ascribed to John Francis Wade who lived from 1710-1786
John Francis was an English hymn writer. It is uncertain if he wrote the hymn or not but the earliest copies all have his signature
All ye faithful
All those of Faith, all those who are spiritual children of Abraham.
Just as the physical seed of Abraham had certain promises that were given to them in the Abrahamic Covenant, CoC and the Mosiac Covenant
The spiritual seed of Abraham, those of faith, have promises given to them in the New Covenant, in the Everlasting Covenant.
The physical seed of Abraham were promised triumph over physical enemies and were promised the land of Canaan and this was based upon their faithfulness.
The spiritual seed of Abraham was promised blessings that would flow to them from the physical seed of Abraham which found it’s fulfillment in Christ.
What are these blessings?
Isa. 25.
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
And he will swallow up on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
Isa.
“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
Zeph. 3.
Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;
you shall never again fear evil.
On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Fear not, O Zion;
let not your hands grow weak.
The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Brothers and sisters, because of the coming of the Great King, all of the faithful have victory in Christ
victory over death
When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
victory over sin
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
victory over the flesh
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2.
victory over the enemy
Col.
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
victory over the world
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
I thought of the great Hall of Faith in .
Brothers and sisters what does the text say about these brothers and sisters that were part of the faithful?
Hebrews 11.
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Brothers and sisters, the faithful have victory because of the coming of this King.
Let us adore Him, our Great King who has won a great victory!
Second verse
The coming of Jesus Christ will bring great glory to God.
John 17.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Third verse
We see two things
He will be glorified and we saw that in the previous verses
Also, He is the Word of the Father now in flesh appearing
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Come adore Him, the One who is Eternal God, the Second Person of the Glorious Trinity, who took a human nature unto Himself.
Oh the glorious mystery of the Incarnation.
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Little Town of Bethlehem
The text was written by Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), an Episcopal priest, then rector of Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia and later of Trinity Church, Boston. He was inspired by visiting the village of Bethlehem in 1865. Three years later, he wrote the poem for his church, and his organist Lewis Redner (1831-1908) added the music.
Music[edit]
Music[edit]
Redner's tune, simply titled "St. Louis", is the tune used most often for this carol in the United States.[1] Redner recounted the story of his composition:[1]
As Christmas of 1868 approached, Mr. Brooks told me that he had written a simple little carol for the Christmas Sunday-school service, and he asked me to write the tune to it. The simple music was written in great haste and under great pressure. We were to practice it on the following Sunday. Mr. Brooks came to me on Friday, and said, ‘Redner, have you ground out that music yet to "O Little Town of Bethlehem"? I replied, 'No,' but that he should have it by Sunday. On the Saturday night previous my brain was all confused about the tune. I thought more about my Sunday-school lesson than I did about the music. But I was roused from sleep late in the night hearing an angel-strain whispering in my ear, and seizing a piece of music paper I jotted down the treble of the tune as we now have it, and on Sunday morning before going to church I filled in the harmony. Neither Mr. Brooks nor I ever thought the carol or the music to it would live beyond that Christmas of 1868.
A couple of things that I will point out in the hymn that have always stuck out to me in the singing.
Yet in they dark streets shineth, The everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of all the years, Are met in thee tonight
A couple of passages that I think of
The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
Zechariah’s prophecy
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
John 1.9-10
Jesus is the light of the world that shines into our darkness.
And one of my favorite lines in a Christmas hymn
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
All of the hopes of the foretold prophecies are realized in the birth of our Lord
The interesting thing, he says hopes and fears
Fears? What is he talking about here?
Not sure exactly but maybe talking about the fear of judgment
The Bible is clear that though Jesus is the light shining into the dark world, He was not recieved, instead they rejected Him, they hated Him, and they killed Him.
We see in the second verse that His birth is referred to as a holy birth.
We will look at the last line,
Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today
He came to do away with our sin.
Cast out our sin and enter into our lives, Be born in us today
O come to us abide with us, Our Lord Immanuel
He is God with us
He is God with us
Abide with us!
This is the promise of joy. His presence, Him with us is eternal life, that is the hope of eternal joy!!!
O let us praise God for the Incarnation