Deuteronomy 6:20-25Ephesians 2 and Matthew 1:18—2:15
A Scriptural Sermon For A Christian Adult In The Christmas Season
How do you start a funeral sermon in the Christmas season? Funerals at this time of year are harder, and sometimes, I find myself thinking of those whom I’ve been called to bury in this season when the angels sing.
We’ve made Christmas into such a time of song and joy that it’s easy to forget the real message that the Christ Child brings.
God understands and shares our pain and sorrow.
Jesus came into a troubled world. He himself was threatened from the very start.
“Out of Egypt have I called my son,” Matthew quotes the words Hosea said about Israel.
What happened in Jesus was something even greater than the exodus, the saving of God’s people Israel, and for us on earth, it…