Hope Presbyterian Church In Winston-salem Sermons

Series: Advent 2022Scripture: Matthew 1:1; 11:2-6; 16:13-16, 21-25 “Who is this, so weak and helpless, Child of lowly Hebrew maid, Rudely in a stable sheltered, Coldly in a manger laid? ‘Tis the Lord of all creation, Who this wondrous path has trod; He is Lord from everlasting, And to everlasting God”  William Washam How “John [the Baptist] saw the mission of the Coming One as primarily one of separation: those who repented he would save and the unrepentant he would judge. John, in fact,expected this twofold messianic work to take place in a single eschatological event. He had predicted that the coming Messiah would both ‘gather his wheat into the granary’ and burn the chaff with unquenchable fire (Matt. 3:12). When John was in prison, he began to reflect on the fact that, while he did see Jesus gathering wheat, he did not see him burning chaff.”  Anthony Hoekema, The Bible and the Future “Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you cr