Talk Notes
O Come Let Us Adore Him
Advent 2024
What is Advent?
Formed from a Latin word meaning “coming” or “arrival”. Advent is the traditional celebration of the first advent of Jesus (the Christmas story) and the anxious awaiting of His second advent in glory.
In Advent we are ushered into a time of waiting where we are connected again with our longing for God.
"A society that denies the supernatural, usually ends up elevating the natural to supernatural status"
Phillip Yancy - Rumors of Another World
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles...
25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.
Romans 1:21-23, 25
Corporate adoration shifts our perspective, brings supernatural encouragement, fuels our individual worship & foreshadow's eternity.
Corporate adoration shifts our perspective
Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Psalm 150
Corporate Adoration brings supernatural encouragement
"let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near."
Hebrews 10:24-25
Corporate adoration fuels our individual worship
Corporate adoration foreshadows eternity
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12 In a loud voice they were saying:
“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”
Revelation 5:11-12
