ADVENT

Searching for the Savior

Career Ministry Fellowship
...making a career of living for the Lord!

December 18, 2011

Message Three

LETS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT!

Isaiah 9:2-8
I. ILLUMINATION: MINISTRY OF THE MESSIAH, 1-5 A. First Coming: To Protect a Remnant, 1-2 B. Second Coming: To Enlarge a Kingdom, 3-5 II. IMMANUEL: MEANING OF THE MESSIAH, 6-7 A. Born as a Human Baby, 6 B. Becoming a Divine Judge, 7

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF AN ENCOUNTER WITH LIGHTS 1. Night lights mark our ______________ 2. Stop lights prevent our ________ 3. Runway lights direct us to our __________________ Gen. 1:2-3 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Christmas comes once

THESIS

a year to remind us there is a light shining even if we cannot see it yet

Denition Light gives the power of ____________

Point 1. Light is the energy of ________, and only light can defeat darkness.

THREE ________ OF LIGHT A. Chemical rays originate light B. Light rays illuminate light C. Heat rays consummate light

1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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Dont let the babe in the manger get buried under tinsel & paper
THREE REVELATIONS OF LIGHT A. Light ______________ truth B. Light ________________ fear C. Light ______________ faith LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT 1. Shining the light means ________________, 2 2. Shining the light means __________________, 3 3. Shining the light means ______________, 4-5 4. Shining the light means ____________________, 6-7
2 Cor. 4:3-6 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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Point 2. No matter what you name God, you have not completely ______________ him. Point 3. The redemptive light that has been revealed, has to be ________________.
John 1:4-5 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Shepherd School Classes start Jan. 8 Wed. P.M. class: Alan teaches Life of Paul 12 weeks starting Jan. 11

Advent Light
Isaiah 9

NEW YEARS 2012 Sun Jan 1 How Faith Functions, Luke 7:1-10 REVELATION: JESUS UNVEILED! Sun Jan 8 Start with the Right Conclusion, Rev 5
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