No Word from God will ever fail

Family Christmas worship service 

Redding
Attendants: Malibu family; Rocklin family; Grandparents

Sermon: Isaac H. Kim

For no word from God will ever fail

Hymn: Joy to the World

Opening Prayer: Isaac H.  Kim

Piano: Dr. Becky Y. Kim

Bible Reading: Luke 1:26-38

²⁶ In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, ²⁷ to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸ The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

²⁹ Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰ But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,Mary; you have found favor with God. ³¹ You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, ³³ and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

³⁴ “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

³⁵ The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called^[b] the Son of God. ³⁶ Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. ³⁷ For no word from God will ever fail.”

³⁸ “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

 Sermon:

Two that do not fail:

1. God’s word

2. Love

Math: 1+2 = 3 who is Jesus (He is the Word and Love)

Photos: Jesus’ birth; died on a tree; rose again

Today: foretelling of Jesus’ birth

No word from God will fail
- grandpa had a dream

-         word of God true and trustworthy:

-         the good news about the Lord Jesus:

-         3 words of God to remember and live by:

o      John 3:16

o      John 10:10

o      John 6:35-40

³⁵ Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. ³⁶ But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. ³⁷ All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. ³⁹ And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.⁴⁰ For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

Jesus’ nicknames:

-          bread of life

-         resurrection

 

Closing Prayer: Grandpa