12-3-2023 "Born, Born, Born, to Living Hope!" by Pastor Glen

We begin our new Advent series this Sunday. When you understand the Bible as a Book of Advents, especially birth announcements leading to the incarnation of the Son of God in whom you have been given new birth in baptism, then you gain a greater sense of the presence of God for a life of living hope. We’ll be thinking through the Old Testament and the various places where Jesus was already making advents in those Old Testament times. We hear it in Abraham and in Isaac. We hear it in Jesus’ birth announcement. And we hear it in baptism, which is God’s birth announcement that He has a newborn – you and me! All of this serves to bring us hope. We hope you can join us.If you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. We live stream our worship services directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them. December 3rd – The First Sunday of Advent Advent Series: The Bible: Our Book of Advent(s) Old Testament: Genesis 12:1-3; 18:1-15 Epistle: 1 Peter 1 Peter 1:17-23 Gospel: John 17:1-5, 24 Sermon Title: Born, Born, Born, to Living Hope!