December 21st, 2025 | Atrributes of Advent | Luke 2:9-20
The Christmas season is often full—full of schedules, expectations, and emotions. In this message, Pastor Daniel Norris brings us back to the heart of Advent by reminding us that Christmas doesn’t wait for us to have it all together. Instead, Christmas is the moment God stepped into our world.
Drawing from Luke 2:8–20, Pastor Daniel unpacks two powerful attributes of Advent: the Glory of God and the Grace of God. As the glory of the Lord breaks into the darkness of an ordinary field, it reveals God’s holiness and power. And as grace follows, it draws near to ordinary people—shepherds who were overlooked, insignificant, and fearful.
This message explores how God’s glory exposes our need, but His grace reassures us with good news of great joy for all people. Jesus doesn’t arrive in strength or status, but in humility—wrapped in cloth, lying in a manger—so that no one has to climb to reach Him.
Just like the shepherds, we’re invited to respond: Will we stay in the field, or will we draw near and see what the Lord has done? This Advent message points us to the true meaning of Christmas—not what we feel about it, but what God has done through His Son.
A timely reminder that the God we rightly fear is also the God who came near, bringing glory that overwhelms the darkness and grace that changes everything.
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