FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT, 20 December 2020

Texts: 2 Samuel 7:1–11, 16; Romans 16:25–27; Luke 1:26–38

 

The Lord Builds a House for David: Jesus Christ Who Comes in the Flesh

 

Lectionary Summary: When King David “lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,” he piously supposed that he would build a house for God (2 Sam. 7:1–2). But the Lord would turn it around: He would establish a house for David and an everlasting throne. This He has done not only for David, but also for all His people, in the Son of David, Jesus Christ, “conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary” (Apostles’ Creed). That holy child, the incarnate “Son of the Most High,” receives “the throne of his father David” and begins to reign “over the house of Jacob forever” (Luke 1:32–33). Having given Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of the world, His body is the true and eternal temple of God in which His people have their own place of peace and rest. That is “the mystery that was kept secret for long ages” but is now “made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God” in order that we may have faith and life in Christ (Rom. 16:25–26). (lcms.org)

 

 

Acknowledgments:

Devine Service, Setting Three from Lutheran Service Book. CPH Creative Worship

Scripture quotations are from ESV Bible

All Liturgy Audio Files are from LCMS Worship Ministry - Lutheran Service Book Audio (https://lcms.app.box.com/v/lutheran-service-book)

Please note that the Hymnals are taken from online Auto-generated by YouTube and from thehymnalproject.org, Lutheran Warbler,

 Koiné, Downtown Music Publishing, Laestadian Lutheran Church, CPH,  Lifeway Worship