And so we have entered another season of Advent at NPC. The times and seasons come around regularly to remind us of the fullness of God's truth, God's grace, God's mercy, God's love, God's presence...all revealed, demonstrated and embodied in Jesus the Christ.
In this year of focusing on what it really means to be missional, Advent is a timely reminder of the greatest missional movement of all time...God in Jesus incarnated as human, as The Christ. And so we remember, so we celebrate, so we long, so we grow.
We remember the promise of the coming light:
Isaiah 9:2 (NIV)
The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land
of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.
We celebrate that Jesus, the incarnation of God, is the light:
John 8:12 (NIV)
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
We long for Jesus to be more and more present in us:
Colossians 1:27 (NIV)
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
We grow in being Christ's light in the world:
Matthew 5:14 (NIV)
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
The Christ | among us, in us, through us
Advent 2010
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