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We have journeyed through a few of the carols that make up the sounds of this season.
As we come closer and closer to Christmas Day, we want to remind ourselves of what this season is all about!
Today I want to look at, in my opinion, the most vibrant and uplifting of all the carols.
Joy to the World.
As we look at three of the verses from this Carol, I want to draw attention to three lessons we can learn through this carol.
Let’s sing that first verse together:
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
let ev’ry heart prepare him room
and heav’n and nature sing,
and heav’n and nature sing,
and heav’n, and heav’n and nature sing.
I. Joy Because He Came
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
A. Came to be King
There was great joy that night because the king was born!
Yes, He came to be King!
But even more importantly He...
B. Came to Dwell
let ev’ry heart prepare him room
God desires to dwell with you.
This is more than living in, it’s living with.
We can dwell with Christ by:
Reading the Bible
The primary purpose of reading the Bible is not to know the Bible but to know God.
— James Merritt
Peanuts Cartoon With Sally trying to remember a verse she memorized.
She says I memorized the Bible verse we were supposed to memorize for Sunday...
Charlie Brown asks her, “What verse?”
She replies “I don’t know now you made me forget…maybe it was something Moses said, or something from the book of reevaluation.”
She never did find the memory verse, but we should always read the Bible with the intent of reevaluating our attitudes and actions to make sure they are in line with the truth of God’s Word.
Praying
Our prayers are the scented candles of God’s throne room!
Fellowshipping
A.W. Tozer in his book The Pursuit of God said, “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other?
They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow.”
Just as such if we tune heart, each of us to God, we will have unity with each other.
Hearing of Preaching
C. Came to Bring Glory
and heav’n and nature sing.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.
II.
Joy in a Broken World
The broken world around Him rejoiced, because the breaking of the curse has it’s birth.
A. Broken by Sin
No more let sins and sorrows grow
I don't need to tell you about the brokenness of sin all around us!
So yes this world is broken by sin and we see that for...
B. Now Nature Groans
nor thorns infest the ground;
We can read about this broken world in Romans 8
*****SHOW VERSE SLIDES AS I TALK ABOUT THE VERSES*******
19 For the earnest expectation [Greek word means watch with neck outstretched] of the creature [all of creation/the universe] waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
[The day when we, in our new bodies, will be with Christ in that new earth]
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, [All Creation fell subject to the curse, not voluntarily]
[Just picture the enormous hurt and damage and decay that take place in our world.
Think about …
• the disease and savagery of the animal world
• the hurt and damage that so easily happens in the plant world
• the destruction and deterioration that takes place in the mineral world
Think about the earthquakes, tornados, storms, diseases, starvation, attacks, and struggles for survival that take place.
And these are only a few of the many happenings that show the corruption of the world.]
The verse continues...
but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
[At the same time the curse came, hope was given!
A shadow of hope of the one who would come and bruise the head of the serpent.]
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
[Yes nature around us groans for the day that the curse will finally be broken!]
C. Christ Broke the Curse
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
He broke the curse of the Law that pointed to our sin.
He broke this curse through his death, hanging on that tree, the cross.
We now have freedom in Christ!
One day all of nature will be free from the curse.
Until then, all of God’s creation is upheld by the power of His word!
One day we will have a New Heaven and New Earth, where God’s original design for this earth will be realized!
We will fellowship with God!
The third verse points to this wonderful day, when He will rule the world with truth and grace.
Sing that fourth verse with me now.
4 He rules the world with truth and grace
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love.
III.
Joy Brought by Our King
The very nature and attributes of our King will bring us joy!
A. Truth and Grace brings Joy
He rules the world with truth and grace
What a joy it will be to have a world leader that you know speaks the truth!
B. Righteousness brings Joy
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