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ADVENT While We Wait Lesson 1 Titus 2:11-14 112518 ADVENT While We Wait Lesson 1 Titus 2:11-14 112518 Introduction 1 This morning we are beginning a new teaching series that will extend throughout the month of December in which we will be focusing on the celebration of Advent. 2 In the church calendar Advent is the first among five Christian celebrations that also includes Epiphany, Lent, Easter and Pentecost. The word Advent comes from the Latin word “adventus” which means arrival. 3 So, Advent is a period of four weeks leading up to Christmas in which Christians look back in remembrance to Jesus first coming or advent and look forward with anticipation to His second coming or advent. a This is accomplished by considering the four themes of Advent, one for each week; Hope, Love, Joy and Peace. b Jesus has come and will come again. And that means we can experience real hope, true love, fulness of joy and unending peace. 4 Now I know that some of you are saying, Jeff we have never done anything like this as a church. Yes, the Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans do Advent but we don’t. The Presbyterians Episcopalians celebrate Advent but we have never done so … so why now? 5 Well the simple answer is so that we make sure to celebrate the right Christmas. There are two versions, Cultural Christmas and True Christmas. a Now for the most part there is nothing wrong with CC … Christmas trees & wreaths, gifts & decorations, gingerbread & eggnog, turkey & ham, office parties & family gatherings, Elf & Scrooge, Home Alone & my favorite CC movie, A Christmas Story. Have to watch it every year. b Nothing wrong with all of this of course unless it keeps you from experiencing True Christmas as is often the case because CC is like a tsunami that can just sweep you off your feet. c If you get caught up in it … and all of its individualism, consumerism and materialism you will inevitably end up with the Christmas blues and a Holiday depression by the time it’s all over. ADVENT / While We Wait / Lesson 1 / Titus 2.11-14 1 6 And this is why we need Advent. Advent helps us keep our focus on True Christmas and get to high ground to we don’t get swept away by the tsunami of CC. a But we also need Advent to help us live out our faith the other eleven months of the year. b As we remember and rejoice in Christ’s first advent and wait and long for his second advent we are also reminded that we live in the middle of the two advents of Jesus. And this is really important when it comes to following Jesus in this present age. 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self- controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. Titus 2:11-14 1 Notice first of all from our text that there are two appearing’s or advents of Christ … one called an appearing of grace, the other called an appearing of glory. a In verse 11 it says … For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. Titus 2:11 Verse 14 clarifies that by telling us that this “grace appearing” was none other than Jesus Christ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. b So that is the first advent. Then in verse 13 we have the promise of Christ’s second advent …while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, Titus 2:13 c First the appearing or advent of grace, then the appearing or advent of glory. The first coming and the second coming. In Paul’s mind these two are inseparably linked. The Jesus who came in humility and grace is the Jesus who will come in power and glory. 2 So when the grace of God appeared in history about 2,000 years ago, that grace appeared as a real man, who died to redeem us from sin, make us His own, make us eager to do what is good (v14) and to live self-controlled and godly lives in this present age (v12). This was the aim or purpose of ADVENT / While We Wait / Lesson 1 / Titus 2.11-14 2 the first advent. And that purpose will be completely realized at the second advent or the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ (v13). 3 I think it would be safe to say on the basis of these verses that the motivation and power to live a life pleasing to God …to live self- controlled, upright and godly lives … eager to do what is good … to live a life pleasing to God comes from three sources. If you and I are going to live the kind of life that pleases God we need to do three things: a Look back with gratitude to the grace of God that appeared in Jesus Christ at his first advent. b Look forward with hope to the glory of God that will appear in Jesus Christ at the second advent. c Realize that we live between the two advents of Jesus. We live in a time of waiting. Paul says live godly lives (live for the Lord) in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope. This present age is not all that there is. There is another age to come and we are to live with the posture of waiting for the future age. d Theologians call this the “now but not yet” of Christianity. The kingdom of God has come in the first advent of Jesus Christ but it will fully come in His second advent. Now but not yet. • In the previous age under the Old Covenant it was always “not yet.” • In the future age following Christ’s second advent is will always be “now.” The kingdom of God will be fully realized. All of the promises will have been fulfilled. e But in this present age it is “now but not yet.” Many of the promises have been fulfilled but not all of them. • Now we have been redeemed from sin’s penalty and power but are still waiting to be redeemed from sins presence. • Now we are fully forgiven all our sins but we still are waiting for our final perfection when Christ will present us to himself without spot or blemish. • Now we have been made righteous through Christ but are still waiting for our glorification and sinless perfection. • Now we have been adopted into God’s family and given the Holy Spirit as a down payment … but we are still waiting for our full heavenly inheritance. ADVENT / While We Wait / Lesson 1 / Titus 2.11-14 3 • Now we have been raised to newness of life but we are still waiting for our bodily resurrection. • Now we have been given new birth but we are still waiting for the new heavens and new earth. • Now we live in this present age but we are still waiting for the future age to come. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 4 The now but not yet that is unique to this present age can be summed up with a powerful metaphor found throughout all of Scripture but best summarized in 2 Corinthians 5:6. … as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord … we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. 2 Cor 5:6b,8b a We are not home yet. This world is not our ultimate home. We are exiles, living away from our true home looking forward to the day when we will finally arrive. b Our citizenship is in heaven and we eagerly await a Savior from there (Phil 3:20). We are Christ’s ambassadors representing our King in a foreign land (2 Cor 5:20). We are not home yet. We’re on a mission. c But until then we wait. And to wait well we have to live like we are not home yet. We need to lives as exiles awaiting our homecoming. And this is the overarching theme of all of scripture. The Theology of Exile and Homecoming 1 In the beginning we were created to live in the garden of God, the perfect home. a That was the world we were designed for, a place in which there was the truest kind of love, where there was no decay or disease or shortage or strife or war. b More importantly it was a place where God was uniquely present in His magnificent beauty to worship and enjoy and reflect to all creation. That was the original design and our original home. 2 Unfortunately, in Adam we all rebelled against God the Father’s authority and rejected his care.
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