Advent 2025: He Shall Be | Messiah - Suzy Silk

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our Advent series, He Shall Be, with a teaching on the significance of Jesus as the Messiah, reminding us how Advent and Hanukkah point us back to God's faithfulness and His promise-keeping nature, even in fearful and anxious times. Jesus is the Messiah whom God had long promised, perfectly accomplishing what no earthly king could and fulfilling dozens of specific Old Testament prophecies. Because God is the Lord of history and has proven Himself faithful time and time again, we can trust Him with our futures. Pastor Suzy invited us to lift our eyes above the chaos into a long-term perspective focused on God's faithfulness and to remember that the antidote to anxiety is not answers but the person of Jesus—resting in the certainty that the Messiah has come and will come again.

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0:00.0	So the teaching text for tonight is from Luke chapter 2, starting in verse 4. It says this.
0:12.1	So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth and Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town of David,
0:20.3	because he belonged to the house and line of David.
0:23.8	He went there to register with Mary,
0:26.0	who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
0:30.6	While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born.
0:35.1	And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed
0:41.4	him in a manger because there was no guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living
0:49.0	out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night, an angel of the Lord appeared to them,
0:56.6	and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
1:01.9	But the angel said to them, do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy
1:08.6	for all the people. Today, in the town of David,
1:13.2	a Savior has been born to you.
1:16.0	He is the Messiah, the Lord.
1:19.3	This will be assigned to you.
1:21.2	You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.
1:26.0	Suddenly, a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angels,
1:30.5	praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth, peace to those on whom
1:38.7	his favor rests. When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherd said to one another,
1:45.9	let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.
1:51.8	This is the word of the Lord.
1:54.6	You may be seated.
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