We begin this weekend with a man named John the Baptist. John the Baptist was a messenger of God who prepared the way for Jesus Christ who was the Messiah of God. Luke 1:5-25 records the foretelling of his birth and the story is fascinating. Read it. Pay attention to the details as you read it. Then, come to GCC this weekend and be prepared to begin getting your heart ready for Christmas!
Throughout the past 2000+ years,
responses to the birth of Jesus Christ – both its reality and its celebration – have been marked by a level of passion seldom seen in other areas of life.
Some embrace the birth and life of Christ with passionate commitment, and some passionately oppose Christ.
Passionate devotion to Jesus meets passionate opposition to Jesus.
Such extreme responses to Jesus date back to the first two years of his life when, according to the gospel writer Matthew, Jesus became the focus of two competing passions – the passionate worship of those we commonly call “the wise men” and the passionate rejection of Christ at the hands of King Herod.
Join your GCC family and me as we take a closer look at Matthew 2:1-18 this weekend.
I look forward to sharing this Good News with you!
