The Unexpected Messiah

The Unexpected Messiah

December 10, 2020 The Unexpected Messiah – Isaiah 11:1-5 Dr. Larry S. Lightner Out of the stump [line] of David’s family will grow a shoot—yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and...
The Unexpected Messiah

God Steps Out

December 9, 2020 God Steps Out – Colossians 1:15-18 Dr. Larry S. Lightner He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones of dominions or rulers or...
The Unexpected Messiah

Love’s Birth

December 8, 2020 Love’s Birth – Isaiah 7:10-15 Dr. Larry S. Lightner Again, the Lord spoke to Ahaz, “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. “But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the...
The Unexpected Messiah

Love Everlasting

December 7, 2020 Love Everlasting – Micah 5:2 Dr. Larry S. Lightner But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient...
The Unexpected Messiah

The Good Shepherd

December 6, 2020 The Good Shepherd – John 10:11 Dr. Larry S. Lightner Read Psalm 23; Luke 15:1-7; John 10:1-18 Often as we read the Old Testament and the New Testament we run across descriptions and terms that seem rather foreign to our thinking. This is often because...

King of kings; Lord of lords

December 5, 2020 King of kings – Matthew 2:2 Dr. Larry S. Lightner Read  Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 2:2; Luke 19:37-44 If we think toward the beginning and the end of the life of Jesus on earth, one cannot escape the identification of the ones who proclaimed the...