Sunday Service - 25 December

Fielding is amazing. Good morning everyone and merry Christmas. If you haven't met many, my name is Osmond. I'm a student minister at the striations really good to be sharing God's way with you this morning at last night. I finally think you that you speak to us in the Bible. And so we pray that as we hear from your way this morning you want help us to Rejoice. I in Jesus. He was born that first morning first Christmas morning. I'm in Well, I want you want to imagine that we are a group of scientists and we are on a cure for cancer and coffee off of lots of late nights of not having concentration. But waking away. He finally do it. You finally find the cure for cancer and all the all the hugs all the tears. Will the high fives out of the champagne? We sit down and we start to dream. Dream about the joy of cancer patients no longer having cancer. We dream about the day when cancer will no longer be a thing. Wouldn't that be amazing? Can you imagine what this? Hope would feel like And hearth is a good word to describe this isn't it? Because on the one hand it wouldn't have happened yet. But on the other hand, the Cure has been found and there is absolute sanity about it going into hospitals about reaching patients. The only thing left to do is to White but there is excitement. And there is joy and there is strength.

Now is this the feeling that you get when you think about Christmas when you think about the coming of Jesus born as a baby God In the Flesh God With Us. Is this the thrill of hope that you get for the book of Isaiah and they want to come to these three chapters chapter 79 we speak about the coming of a special King in the midst of a mess, but this mess isn't what we would recognize from a point of view is actually show God teaching his people the kingdom of Judah. That out deepest problem is not what out eyes saying. But it is a broken relationship with God. A breaking relationship was gone and it is in that mess and that deepest problem that we find Humanity's greatest. Hope a hope in the coming of a king. So what I want you to do is if you can have a bottle in hand, it's like a magic the Bible come to you and I'm going to try and drown out the story the funny shaped as best as I can and I want you to follow along directly. I can't I have three headings. Is that her in the face of an enemy if we can have a Bible with him he the front. Is there a height in the face of the enemy? Is that height in the face of judgement and fiddly the gift of Hope found in the

Site, is that hurt in the face of the enemy? Let me have the contacts. Sorry, but yet it is 7:30 BC and if we can have them up there are Whispers of a growing superpower in the Northeast and that CPAP. How is Assyria? It's the red pointing hand and if you look on the map a serious rule 30 years from now, but at this point in history as we look at it, they still haven't pushed South yet. And meanwhile just south of Assyria in the pink kind of icons at to David kingdoms have teamed up together kind of like the movie Avengers and that the phone is defensive alliance against Assyria and these two kingdoms our room, which is Syria and Israel. And if you can see it and Israel, sit between Assyria and Rita in the South not an orange Israel an arum send an invite to Judah to join their team and it sounds like a good idea doesn't it three is better than two. Accept the invitation doesn't come in a carton pretty flowers. It comes in and saying we will smash you unless you join us. And that is what we read and I saw a 7-1 this took place during the reign of King ahaz, son of Jonathan's son of Hezekiah king of Judah resin king of Aaron along with Peter some of them Elijah king of Israel wage war against Jerusalem, but he could not succeed.

So now Judah is scared and pushed to the corner. And it's not because an army is knocking on her door. It's because of a deep tension. There is a deep tension of whether Drita should join them or not. Now, why is the retention it's because even though Gina has a human King ahaz. Ultimately Jude is truthing is God God himself and even a has was supposed to rule God's Nation Under And safe when she have to trust in any other king apart from God is treason to her God to say yes in Israel to say no to God. Just to dig a little further.

You don't know is that God is all-powerful and dependable but how does knowing that translate Under the white of all problems and under the seasons that she has to make and I think we feel this tension, too. Sometimes we don't know you what trusting God looks like in the face of cancer in the face of death or sickness. Sometimes we don't know how to trust God under the sadness and anxiety. We feel about how finances oil families with a relationship well failures. Sometimes the enemy feels too big.

And Gina would have felt this tension.

Anything new in the feeling of being a failure towards God. Unlike you deeply found you are not aligned because that we read on we see Judah say no and reject. Hey God, it's a point to is that hot in the face of judgement? When I jumped right in a Bible, or you can follow along on the screen. This is gone speaking with Isaiah. Do not call everything in Alliance. These people say is an alliance. Do not see what they feel. Do not be terrified. You are to regard only the Lord of hosts as holy only. He should be feared only. He should be held and all. Anoint 8527 the Lord speak to me again, because these people rejected the slowing flowing Waters of shiloah and rejoiced with resin and the sun REM oil. The Lord will send Lee bring against them the mighty rushing waters of the Fridays River the king of Assyria and All His glory and spilling all that spank.

Now what is happening he? What unit is signs that the bigger enemy is a cereal and Soju. Ignores God's word and says to the king of our Amanda king of Israel. Yes. Powers combined. We will hold out against Syria.

The God sees things a different way. Did you notice how God say that he will actually send as Syria against them for her decision seat. Siri is a big and God is not discounting that but Assyria is not the biggest enemy. God who teach them that the biggest enemy is a fractured relationship between them and God. The much bigger enemy is actually not listening to God and saying no to God. This is when the Bible cos sin sin is not just hurting people or doing wrong. Sin is terrible because you are closing your ears against a good God your God and pretending that he isn't there. Insight particular from this passage in this story you can see how sin is a terrible idea Kanye for at least two reasons. One we see the bigness of God's reputation in his rule. I mean to offend someone she could send the whole Kingdom of Syria like his chest piece against you God is big But secondly, we also see that sin is a personal offense against God. Drita's action was a personal rejection of her relationship to God just as all sin is a personal rejection of our relationship to God. Sorry was trying to illustrate the Living God created us and cause us to be perfect as he is perfect and say when we cheat or lie about taxes, for example, the mice offended person is God. But when we had selfish Oar we had people that most offended person is always God. And so what will it be or whether small or send is a personal rejection of God's kingly relationship over everything? And a terrible thing is o s a u r a center. Just as I am a sinner. Just as all Christians are sinners. The terrifying thing about Sin is that God judges sin.

When was Arizona a state if these words of judgment was spiking against you and I replace some of the words so you can feel a bit more attention. Is as I speak as well to the testimony if they do not speak according to this word. Sorry, if you do not speak according to this way, and there will be no I doing for you. You will wander through the land dejected and hungry. When you are famished, you will become enraged and looking up your cares your king and your God. You look to want to hear and see only distress darkness and a gram of Affliction and you will be driven into thick Darkness. Wow, that's intense, isn't it? The biggest enemy is not war. The biggest enemies not even ourselves as like a self-help book might work God teaches us that our biggest enemy is facing his judgment for Elson. So the question is what hope can there be in the face of judgement? It would make sense. If that was 904 Judah for his sin just as it'll make sense if there was no hope for us in Allison against God. That's a big surprise is that God himself gives us the gift of Hope and the gift comes in the form of.

Say that lady gift of Hyde down in a king. How long have these promises about the coming of a king Azariah 714 therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. The Virgin will conceive have a son and name him Emmanuel, which is Hebrew for God is with us all as I9 the people walking in darkness have seen a great light a light has Dawn on those living in the land of Darkness. You have enlarged the nation and increased its Joy the people have rejoiced of 40 as a Rejoice at harvesttime as a rejoice when dividing spoils. Vision from God as Allah sees the coming of a king. But it was a question play me some day. How is a king a sign of Hope and how is Hakeem going to help Drita? And I think the answer lies in the king's name. One more people today trees baby names based on whether they sound good or not. There was a time when your name was a sign for hit you up if our example Osmond which means protected by God, it means your parents were really concerned about your safety really likes Donny Osmond. In the same way. This King will be what his name will be. Sorry, just read up personally offended and rejected her God. But when this feature King Emmanuel comes God will be with his people. He will be called wonderful counselor before the worm in Isaiah 9 wonderful counselor, Mighty God as God himself. Eternal Father is King okay for his people as his own children. He'll be called Prince of Peace is king put an end to Wars and establish security and safety for all his people forever. This Promise is on a scale of a kingdom that will be in men's and that will never end. The height in the face of judgement is concentrated on this King in on his kingdom. Isn't it amazing?

It is a hope. We're sin and his consequences one day no longer be a thing. Isn't that amazing like you think about it one day when send your sin and everything that that you dislike when you everything where you reject God no longer being a thing. May God will be the king and they will be his people in a kingdom where there is complete Safety and Security God is teaching his people to Hope in him. And what it looks like to heighten God is too hype in his King. Now 700 years light up. An angel speak to a man called Joseph and was engaged to a young woman about a son who would be born to them and the excitement and anticipation Matthew 1:20. But I think I can see these things and Angel of the Lord suddenly appear to human the dream saying Joseph son of David afraid to take Mary as your wife because what has been saving her is by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you want to name him Jesus which means salvation because he will save his people from their sins that is to place to go fill with spiking through Google and see the Virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son and they will name him Emmanuel which is translated. God is with us. Jesus is the Emmanuel he was incredible news has come. The birth of Jesus like a bright florist light piercing through the darkness of sin and brightness in a weld. It's a bit that makes me think of Lord of the Rings. When are we going to come King? But this King saves much more than Middle Earth is the darkness of sin and brightness. I think a lot of times when I'm stranded at night and my car I have a flat battery in a white stock and in the excitement and the relief that I get when I see the headlights are the NRA Maven shooting through the night as it came to rescue me. Isn't it incredible that this first Christmas day? We've learned so much about God and his plan for his people. And what do we learn as as we think about this first Christmas? That very he was God the son Jesus was willing to sympathize with our weaknesses putting on flesh so that he would be born as one of us. And he did this on that first Christmas morning, so he could represent sin is so that he could willingly die in a place on the cross hiking on the Judgment that we deserve for Allison. See that first Christmas with the beginning of a work on a cure for sin and judgment and it will be completed when Jesus would go to the cross and died for house in. And judgment was paid for everyone she would receive this King as vekhan and savior. 281 Juniper Loop in this King and as a savior The Cure has been found and the Judgment has been paid but one day Jesus will return to bring us into his Heavenly Kingdom and they'll be no more death no more morning. No more crying. No more pain. This is tremendous. Hope in Jesus. Jesus is the hope. He is the king that you want to say. He is a savior you want advice about Inside the question. I wanted to come to this. Do you believe that Jesus is Emmanuel? Have you set your Hope on him? This is what Christmas points to John one but two all he did receive him gave him the right to be children of God to those who believe in his name.

Aynax, all the prophets testify that came through his name everyone who believes in him will receive the Forgiveness of sins.

My grandfather passed away from cancer when my dad was only 16 or 17. My grandmother passed away from a mixture of cancer, and I was honest. A cure for cancer will be great when a minute.

And when it comes I'm sure that they'll be environment when the whole world would stop and to dream about a life free from that Dragon called cancer.

The wind comes to the dragon of sin and judgement which affects us even now the Cure has already been found. Jesus has come the penalty for sin has been paid the doors to the kingdom of heaven are open.

So do you believe that Jesus is Emmanuel? And when you did encourage not stop dreaming of the day when Jesus Christ returns and his kingdom will be established and they'll be people from on tongues a note Rhymes and All Nations Worship in Jesus in his name. Says you enjoying Christmas today and this evening. We praise the name of Jesus when he praised his power and His glory. I want to finish with my friend. Is this from these chapters? I'm from 8:17. I will wait for the Lord who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for him. Hairspray Halloween give you so much. Thanks. That even in our sin and even while we were your enemies. You demonstrated your lawn for us and sending your son. As a human as a man to tank Allison on him. We thank you that you raised him from the dead. We thank you that you made him King of Everything. We thank you that we have a great hope in Jesus Christ help us to look forward to the day when he returns and finally pray that this Christmas might be full of joy as we meet with family as we meet with friends. And as we ever Joyce are in this season may keep pointing us back to Jesus and to dream about the hope we have in him. I'm in. Please. I'm going to respond in a song. We're going to sing Joy to the World.