This series will bring the Advent message to life in a colorful way. By using different colors traditionally associated with Christmas, we explore key spiritual truths about the arrival of Christ over 2000 years ago. Each color will tell a part of the story on Christ’s coming, His love, sacrifice, and the hope and victory that we can have in Him.
Our HOPE Is In God’s Promise
Focus: Christ comes to us as the Light of the world and the giver of abundant life. His birth leads us to the hope of salvation and the restoration of all things.
Application: We are to find our hope in Christ during the Advent season. He is the source of new life and our ultimate hope for the future.
John 1:1-5 and John 10:10
Our PEACE Is In Christ
Focus: Jesus, born without sin, is the pure sacrifice for the sins of the world. Through His death and resurrection, He gives us the ultimate victory over death.
Application: We celebrate the victory that Christ brings during the Advent season. In His first coming as Savior and in His second coming as King.
Matthew 1:21-23 and Revelation 21:1-4
Our LOVE Is From God
Focus: We see the fullness of God’s love in both the incarnation of Christ in the manger as well as in the ultimate sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Both lead us to consider the purpose of His coming as a man.
Application: We are to consider how Christ's birth is inseparable from His death. This love He demonstrated should transform how we live and love others in both the incarnation of Christ in the manger as well as in the ultimate sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Both lead us to consider the purpose of His coming.
John 3:16 and 1 John 4:9-10
Our JOY is in Salvation
Focus: We honor Christ as the true Light who has come into the world. His light drives out darkness and bring salvation to all who are called to believe.
Application: The joy of Christmas is found in our redemption. Christ’s coming gives us cause to celebrate with unshakable joy. Christ’s light shines in and through us as we carry the hope of the gospel to others.
John 8:12 and Isaiah 60:1-3