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I love Christmas!

I love the sights, the smells and even the sounds of Christmas!

We are starting a new series today, on the Sound of the Season.

We are going to look at a few Christmas carols in light of Scripture.

Today we will look at Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

Let’s sing that together

Verse 1

Hark!

The herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King;

Peace on earth, and mercy mild,

God and sinners reconciled!”

Joyful, all ye nations rise,

Join the triumph of the skies;

With th’angelic host proclaim,

“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

Hark! the herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King!”

Verse 2

Christ, by highest Heav’n adored;

Christ the everlasting Lord;

Late in time, behold Him come,

Offspring of a virgin’s womb.

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;

Hail th’incarnate Deity,

Pleased with us in flesh to dwell,

Jesus our Emmanuel.

Hark! the herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King!”

Verse 3

Hail the heav’nly Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all He brings,

Ris’n with healing in His wings.

Mild He lays His glory by,

Born that man no more may die;

Born to raise the sons of earth,

Born to give them second birth.

Hark! the herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn King!”

Verse 1:

Hark the herald angels sing

"Glory to the newborn King!

Peace on earth and mercy mild

God and sinners reconciled"

I. Our Reconciliation

Reconciliation - the restoration of friendly relations.

A. Man with God

B. Man with Each Other

Joyful, all ye nations rise

Join the triumph of the skies

It’s always a very special moment when nations work together for a purpose.

Olympics

Silent Night on German/American battle field.

We will one day sing all together the Praise of God.

Christ came to reconcile all man together with God.

That is one of my favorite parts of Christmas, we all join together to sing about Christ’s coming.

With the angelic host proclaim:

"Christ is born in Bethlehem"

Because Christ came we can all sing!

Hark!

The herald angels sing

"Glory to the newborn King!"

Verse 2:

Christ by highest heav'n adored

Christ the everlasting Lord!

II.

Our Lord

A. Granted by God

B. Sent at God’s Time

Late in time behold Him come

C. Sent in God’s Way

Offspring of a Virgin's womb

1.

As much Man as He ever was God

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see

2. As much God as He ever was Man

Hail the incarnate Deity

3.

But He was God with Us

Pleased as man with man to dwell

Jesus, our Emmanuel

On the reality show Undercover Boss, CEOs would disguise themselves and work within different departments in their companies in order to evaluate the ethos and processes of their everyday employees, those they would never otherwise interact with.

Many of the CEOs had routinely made policies without knowing the people who would be affected by their decisions.

They did not know their people.

Not so with Jesus.

He lived the life of a humble servant, not a CEO (Philippians 2:6–8).

Hark!

The herald angels sing

"Glory to the newborn King!"

Verse 3:

Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace!

III.

Our Provider

A. Provider of Peace

B. Provider of Light

Hail the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all He brings

Then God tells us that we have that responsibility to shine that light through our lives.

C. Provider of Healing

Ris'n with healing in His wings

D. Provider of Salvation