Pastor Shaun Marksbury

  Christmas Light ( Isaiah 9:2) Series:               Christmas Messages                         Text:                 Isaiah 9:2 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                December 24, 2023 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:          PM Service   I.               Introduction We’ve heard readings about our Savior this evening and enjoyed music together.   We’re in a season of joy and celebration.   One of the visuals which continues to arise from our readings, marked in our decorations, is that of light. What is the significance of Christmas light?   We continue to see this metaphor in places like Isaiah 9:2, and it obviously points to Christ.   Yet, in what way does it illuminate the Christmas celebrations?   What is the significance of the Christmas light? II.            The “Light” in Scripture Signifies God’s Presence Isaiah already used the image of light in Isaiah 2:5.   The

  Christ’s Resurrection Power ( John 11: 38–46) Series:               “John: Life in Christ’s Name”           Text:                 John 11:38–46 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                December 24, 2023 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:             AM Service   I.               Introduction Tomorrow is Christmas Day, the day that we remember the incarnation of our Lord.   The teaching of the incarnation, though, can be confusing as we think about what it means that God came in flesh.   How does that practically play itself out?   Is the divinity of God the Son somehow diminished, for instance? Scripture makes it clear that Jesus remained fully God as he walked the earth, while remaining just as clear that he was completely human. We see these two facts meet on Christmas, where a virgin miraculously gives birth to a baby; the divine and the human meet.   Theologians use the term hypo