ADVENT: GOD’S ADVENTURE INTO

HISTORY

Message One

When Life Seems All but Impossible

Luke 1:5-20

Thesis:

The four gospels changed the world because God ushered-in the Savior of the world, so this same gospel is able to change our lives during Advent season

An Experiential Exegesis of LivingWhen It’s “Too Late”

1. The outside is fine but the inside is full of stress, 5-6

An Experiential Exegesis of LivingWhen It’s “Too Late”

1. The outside is fine but the inside is full of stress, 5-6

2. Others have been helped but you are still hurting, 7

An Experiential Exegesis of LivingWhen It’s “Too Late”

1. The outside is fine but the inside is full of stress, 5-6

2. Others have been helped but you are still hurting, 7

3. Lack of blessing is mistaken by others as lack of spirituality

What to Do When Life SeemsAll But Impossible

1. Wait for God’s “and it came to pass” and God will appear, 8,11

Point 1.

The first purpose of Advent season is to get us back to anticipation

What to Do When Life SeemsAll But Impossible

1. Wait for God’s “and it came to pass” and God will appear, 8,11

2. God will disrupt us in order to bless us, 12

Point 2.Often our faith is curtailed because we are possessed of a “limitation theology,” and Limitation Theology truncates what God can do by what we believe is achievable or possible in our lives

What to Do When Life SeemsAll But Impossible

1. Wait for God’s “and it came to pass” and God will appear, 8,11

2. God will disrupt us in order to bless us, 12

3. God uses your duty to set up your opportunity, 8

Point 3.

Zechariah may have just been going through the motions, but the motions set him up for the miracle

What to Do When Life SeemsAll But Impossible

4. God uses what you want to show you what you need

What to Do When Life SeemsAll But Impossible

4. God uses what you want to show you what you need

5. God speaks words about us that seem ridiculous to us, 13

Point 4.The second purpose of Advent season is to get us back to the grace of God

Definition:

Grace is when God empowers you to be faithful even though you have failed, and then rewards you for your faithfulness

What to Do When Life SeemsAll But Impossible

4. God uses what you want to show you what you need

5. God speaks words about us that seem ridiculous to us, 13

6. Grace uses the promise to give you a purpose, 14-16

Point 5.The purpose of grace is to reconcile relationships and bring rejoicing

Point 6.

Only those who trust get to give a testimony

What to Do When Life SeemsAll But Impossible

4. God uses what you want to show you what you need

5. God speaks words about us that seem ridiculous to us, 13

6. Grace uses the promise to give you a purpose, 14-16

7. God gives you praise in the present to erase pain from the past, 25