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CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS AT CALVARY ADVENT 2020 Christmas is… LOVE JOY PEACE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS AT CALVARY ADVENT 2020 Copyright © 2020 by Calvary Church. All rights reserved. CALVARY CHURCH 5801 Pineville–Matthews Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 704.543.1200 | [email protected] | calvarychurch.com Scripture quotations are from the ESV ® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version ®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Hymn scores are from The Open Hymnal, Edition 2014.06, copyright © Public Domain. Come, Thou Long– Expected Jesus TEXT Charles Wesley, 1744 TUNE Rowland H. Prichard, 1830 ADVENT 2020 3 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. ISAIAH 9:2 his has been an unforgettable year. In 2020, our lives have been upended by COVID-19. Also, the divisions in our nation and our communities have Twidened. It is easy to be frustrated, fearful, and even angry. Yet in the midst of these uncertain and discouraging days, we are reminded that “the people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” (Isaiah 9:2). With the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we celebrate that our Savior has come! Jesus brings light to our darkness and a message of hope to our troubled world. Yes, followers of Jesus are people of light and hope. In Christmas, we find the glorious good news of the Gospel and the love, joy, and peace that is ours, now and forever, in Christ. This Christmas season, I invite you to celebrate with us at Calvary. Use this weekly Advent guide to read and meditate on Holy Scripture as we focus on the coming of our Savior. And as the shepherds did long ago, invite others to come worship. May many experience this life-changing good news of love, joy, and peace. Warmly in Christ, John H. Munro SENIOR PASTOR His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ISAIAH 9:6 ADVENT WEEK 1 290 3 1 2 3 4 5 Christmas is… — THIS WEEK AT CALVARY — Sunday, November 29 Worship with us at 8:30 & 11:00 am Advent Organ Concert at 6:00 pm “For to us a child is born” — Isaiah 9:6 FULFILLED PROPHECY IS ONE OF THE GREAT PROOFS for the accuracy and inspiration of Holy Scripture. The Old Testament was written over a period of about 1500 years, but from Genesis 3:15 there is the promise of a Savior. In the progress of revelation, the prophecies of the coming Messiah become clearer and clearer. Read these prophecies and reflect on their fulfillment in Jesus the Christ! GENESIS 3:15 ISAIAH 7:14 The Promise of a Savior The Sign of Immanuel “I will put enmity between you and the woman, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, and between your offspring and her offspring; the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call he shall bruise your head, his name Immanuel.” and you shall bruise his heel.” ADVENT 2020 7 ISAIAH 9:1–2, 6–7 ISAIAH 42:1–4 For to Us a Child Is Born The Lord’s Chosen Servant But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. Behold my servant, whom I uphold, In the former time he brought into contempt the land of my chosen, in whom my soul delights; Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time I have put my Spirit upon him; he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond he will bring forth justice to the nations. the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, 2 The people who walked in darkness or make it heard in the street; have seen a great light; 3 a bruised reed he will not break, those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; on them has light shone… he will faithfully bring forth justice. 6 For to us a child is born, 4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged to us a son is given; till he has established justice in the earth; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and and the coastlands wait for his law. His name shall be called MICAH 5:2 Wonderful Counselor, The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem Mighty God, But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, Everlasting Father, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me Prince of Peace. one who is to be ruler in Israel, 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace whose coming forth is from of old, there will be no end, from ancient days. on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it ZECHARIAH 9:9 with justice and with righteousness The Coming King of Zion from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 8 CHRISTMAS AT CALVARY ISAIAH 53 like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. Who has believed what he has heard from us? 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? and as for his generation, who considered 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, that he was cut off out of the land of the living, and like a root out of dry ground; stricken for the transgression of my people? he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, 9 And they made his grave with the wicked and no beauty that we should desire him. and with a rich man in his death, 3 He was despised and rejected by men, although he had done no violence, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and there was no deceit in his mouth. and as one from whom men hide their faces 10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 he has put him to grief; Surely he has borne our griefs when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; and carried our sorrows; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and yet we esteemed him stricken, be satisfied; smitten by God, and afflicted. by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; make many to be accounted righteous, he was crushed for our iniquities; and he shall bear their iniquities. upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and with his wounds we are healed. and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; because he poured out his soul to death we have turned — every one — to his own way; and was numbered with the transgressors; and the Lord has laid on him yet he bore the sin of many, the iniquity of us all. and makes intercession for the transgressors. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; THINK ABOUT What Old Testament Scripture would Why did the Jewish nation Why do so many people today fail to you show to someone who believes the largely fail to see that Jesus see “Christ” in Christmas? Bible is just ancient history or myth? was fulfilling Scripture? ADVENT 2020 9 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” JOHN 3:16 ADVENT WEEK 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Christmas is… — THIS WEEK AT CALVARY — Sunday, December 6 Worship with us at 8:30 & 11:00 am “God so loved the world” — John 3:16 IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK OF CHRISTMAS WITHOUT LOVE. Little children love getting presents and all of the excitement of Christmas. As we get older, we love the Christmas memories we share, singing Christmas carols, family gatherings, and reaching out to those in need. We thank God for His amazing love and grace in sending Jesus, who loved us and gave Himself on the cross for us. Reflect on God’s love for you and your love for others, including the poor, the hungry, the marginalized. 1 JOHN 4:7–12 God Is Love world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and whoever loves has been born of God and knows and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one because God is love.
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