Behold the King, Part 4

BEHOLD THE KING
Love
December 24, 2023 | By Paul Crouthamel

It had been 400 years since the Israelites had heard from any prophet concerning this Messiah. And then, Christmas came. God Himself became a man. He traded the throne of Heaven for a lowly throne in a manger. Love entered the world in a way that hadn’t happened since the beginning of creation. At that moment, everything changed.

SETLIST

Let the Light In
Cody Carnes

All Hail King Jesus
Bethel Music

O Come All Ye Faithful
Thrive Worship

Joy to the World (Unspeakable Joy)
Chris Tomlin

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Meredith Andrews

Manger Throne
Phil Wickham

Here Comes Heaven
Elevation Worship

What a Beautiful Name
Hillsong Worship

Angels We Have Heard on High
for KING & COUNTRY

MESSAGE NOTES

Advent means “waiting” or “arrival.”

St. Augustine
“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”

Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

John 1:9-11
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

John 3:19-20
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

1 John 4:9-10
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Timothy 2:4-6
God wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator, the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all people.

John 1:12
To all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.