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This is where you will find sermons and updates for our church. Our mission is to preach expository sermons focusing on the gospel of Christ. We are a church that is tied to the reformed tradition and seeks to submit to the scriptures so we walk in the Lord’s wisdom rather than our own.
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Herod, the king of the jews, is someone who should see that Christ’s entrance into history validates the jewish kingship. However, Herod does not react in joy, but he acts in a horrific way to the news of Christ. Herod demonstrates the horror of human depravity. How can the Lord triumph over this tyrannical man? Is this man able to usurp the Lord’s power?
The name Jesus is a name that we have heard before in this series because it is the same name as Joshua. Joshua was a great military leader and reformer in the midst of Israel. He called Israel to look to their God, to serve their God exclusively, and to set the tone for their houses to serve the Lord. Israel fell pretty far from this as a new people. Their priests lost sight of their God, and the people lost sight of the priest’s significance. The priest was supposed to bring them to God rather than being some sort of good luck charms to manipulate the true God. So, is the Lord able to redeem such a people? If the Lord can redeem such a people then who has to be the redeemer?
The servant is the one who lives out the promises of the Lord. This is great, it is encouraging, and it is very significant for his mission. However, why would we appeal to this text for Christmas rather than Isaiah 9 or Isaiah 7 if we were going to use a passage from Isaiah? What does this servant teach us about the significance of Christmas?
The promised warrior is supposed to secure a life that never ends. You would expect such a warrior to be well armed, and be dressed for battle in the most intimidating way. This is what we want as humans to know that this warrior is an intimidating being. The problem with this is it is not the picture that Isaiah casts for the redeeming warrior. What kind of warrior will deliver and why is this the warrior that we need?
Balak has been paying Balaam to manipulate and to change the promises of the Lord. They have offered the Lord the highest and greatest offerings to win the favor of God. The Lord has responded to the sacrifices, but not in the way that Balak had hoped. The Lord has continued to restate His promises to this man. Now, in this fourth oracle something that changed. There are no sacrifices, but the Lord reminds these men, and us today that his battle plan is fixed. What is the significance of this oracle? What does this tell us about the Christmas story?
Balak is beginning to realize that he cannot control the Lord. However, he still tries by bringing Balaam to the Lord’s enemy territory. The diviner follows Balak’s lead by going to the enemy territory. Is Balaam able to curse the people of God even as they are camping in the wildness? Is Baal able to overpower our God? How does our God make clear that the Lord will establish the true Christmas day?
Do we think about what it means when we say things like, “Jesus is the reason for the season?” There is no doubt that Christ’s entrance into history is significant, but why is it significant? What does it teach us about God being Sovereign and man not being as sovereign as man thinks?
We are a bible believing church in the Belgrade, MT. We are a Reformed Protestant church who desire to build one another up in love as we sojourn under the sun.
