The Light That Lives In You

Contemporary Service

Special - Noel - Debbie Sandridge

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Lighting The Advent Candle - Matt And Whitney Marshall

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Welcome

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Worship - Silent Night

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                Go Tell It On The Mountain

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                O Come All Ye Faithful

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Teaching - The Light That Lives In You - John 1:1-14

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Closing Song - Reprise - Go Tell It On The Mountain

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Traditional Service

Prelude

 

Call To Worship - Choir - I Extol You - 248

 

Lighting The Advent Candle - Larry And Sharon Hypes

 

Welcome And Announcements - Lee Hutchinson- Worship Leader

 

Blessing Of Tithes And Offerings/Doxology

 

Hymn - O Come All Ye Faithful - 249

 

Joys And Concerns

 

Hymn - Silent Night - 253

 

Special - Noel - Debbie Sandridge

 

Scripture - John 1:1-14

 

Sermon - The Light That Lives In You

 

Closing Hymn - Away In A Manger - 261

 

Carrying The Light To The World

 

Benediction

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Sermon Outline

The Light That Lives in You

John 1:1-14

I. Deeper truths of Christmas

a. Dating the writing of the gospels - Some think Mark was written first, others think Matthew was penned before the others.

b. Everyone agrees that the gospel of John was the last to be written.

c. It reflects a deeper understanding of Jesus.

d. John 1:1-14 In the beginning was the Word...the logos

e. Logos - the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning.

f. Colossians 1:16

g. Genesis 1 ”in the beginning God...”

h. John 1:1-14

i. Isaiah 9:2 Likely written roughly 700 years before it came to pass.

j. John 8:12 “I am the light of the world....”

k. Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world.

II. The light within us

a. Jesus was born under the heavens ablaze with light of heaven.

b. Light is woven into the fabric of our Christmas celebration...

c. Jesus is God’s love embodied — the Light that cannot be overcome.

d. You and I have the privilege to be carriers of His light.

e. Just be who you are in Jesus.

f. The world doesn’t need your perfection — it needs the light Christ has placed in you.