Advent 2019 | Twilight
Nick Saltas / Luke 2:25-32
Twilight: the period of the evening between daylight and darkness. As we continue our Advent series, we look back at what has happened and look ahead to what has yet to happen. God's promise to return, to permanently scatter the night and usher in a new day. How are we to live as we wait?
Sermon Questions
The Twilight of the “Already not Yet”
What has already Happened?
What has yet to happen?
How are we to live?
How are we to live:
Hope-filled, active waiting
Direct attention to the sunrise
Awake from our slumber
Questions:
What was the most interesting part of this past Sundays message for you personally. Why do you think that specific portion of teaching was intriguing to you?
How would you explain the concept of the “already not yet” nature that we live in today as followers of Jesus? How would you explain it to a new christian or someone outside of the faith?
On a scale of 1-10 how good are you at “Hope filled active waiting?” How have you grown or diminished in this area of faith? Why do you think this change has occurred.
We are made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. Made for relationship, we insist on our own way. Made for beauty, we are satisfied with sentiment. But new creation has already begun. The sun has begun to rise. Christians are called to leave behind, in the tomb of Jesus Christ, all that belongs to the brokenness and incompleteness of the present world ... That, quite simply, is what it means to be Christian: to follow Jesus Christ into the new world, God's new world, which he has thrown open before us. - NT Wright