Series: Grace Upon Grace
Tabernacle Redux
December 13, 2020 | Mike Stancak
This week we begin our Advent series in the prologue of John. John's prologue is extremely dense and confusing to some. But coming out of Exodus we notice that John sees the God of Sinai visiting Bethlehem. The Word that was heard on the mountain is swaddled in human flesh and laid in a feeding trough. All of God's work to reveal himself and to release his kingdom culminates in a climactic act of humility and love: Christmas comes to the world.
TCC Order of Worship, 12.13.20
WELCOME
ADVENT READING
The Shepherds’ Candle - Isaiah 35
Larry and Alice Hovde
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Verse 1
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Savior was born upon this day;
To save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
Verse 2
From God our heavenly Father a blessèd angel came;
And unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same;
How that in Bethlehem was born the Son of God by name.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
Verse 3
The shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in mind
And left their flocks a-feeding in tempest, storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightaway this blessèd Babe to find.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
Verse 4
But when to Bethlehem they came where our dear Savior lay,
They found Him in a manger where oxen feed on hay;
His mother Mary kneeling unto the Lord did pray.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
Verse 5
Now to the Lord sing praises all you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace;
And no more walking shadow your sins have been erased,
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Chorus
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and ev'rywhere
Go tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
Verse 1
While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light
Verse 2
The shepherds feared and trembled
when lo! Above the earth, Rang out the angel chorus that hailed our Saviour's birth.
Verse 3
Down in a lowly manger the humble Christ was born and brought us God's salvation that blessed Christmas morn
Bridge
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Jesus Christ is born Hallelujah, Hallelujah Savior of the world.
SERMON
Arrival
by Hillsong Worship
Verse 1
Who is God that He would take our frame The Artisan inside the paint
Or breathe the very air His breath sustains
The Architect inside the plan
Chorus
Oh come now hail His arrival The God of creation Royalty robed in the flesh He created Jesus the Maker has made Himself known All hail the infinite in-fant God
Verse 2
The One who had no start and knows no end Became confined in time and tense The Everlasting God the Great I Am In the mercy of a mother’s hands
Bridge
The One who holds the stars
In the creases of His hands
Is the One who holds my heart
Like a mother once held Him
The One who knows what lies
Where space has run its course
Embraced a baby’s mind
And now I can know my God
The monarch of the stars
The King above all kings
The ruler of my heart
And the Saviour for my sins
The One who sees what lies
In each and every soul
Embraced our finite eyes
And now we can see Our God
Verse 3
The holy Word of God defined by name The Author climbed inside the page
LORD’S SUPPER
Behold the Lamb of God
By Andrew Peterson
Verse 1
We who walk in darkness deep
Now see the light of morning
The mighty God the Prince of peace
A child to us is born
Chorus
Behold, the Lamb of God
Who takes away our sin
Behold the Lamb of God
The life and light of men
Behold the Lamb of God
Who died and rose again
Behold the Lamb of God who comes
To take away our sin
Verse 2
Wanderers in the wilderness
O hear a voice is crying
Prepare the way make straight the path
Your King has come to die
O Come All Ye Faithful
Verse 1
O come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant
O come ye O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and be - hold Him born the King of angels
Chorus
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
Verse 2
Sing choirs of angels sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God Glory in the highest
Verse 3
Yea Lord we greet Thee born this happy morning
Jesus to Thee be all glory given
Word of the Father now in flesh appearing
BENEDICTION
Series Information
An Advent series through John 1:1-18