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John knew who he was—even claimed without any hesitation a Scriptural title for himself—because he also knew, more clearly than anything, who Jesus was. From this point of faithful certainty, all other spiritual vision and understanding proceeds.
Read moreJohn the Baptist, who we meet in today’s Gospel, represents for us the whole spirit and character of this Advent season, and it is by way of encouraging and enlightening that character in each of us that Advent guides our steps toward the feast of our Lord’s Nativity.
Read moreNow we are reminded that the Messiah comes to us not only as Lord and Saviour, but also as Judge, just as He is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end all things in creation: “then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
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Our hearts turn once again from their present occupations to behold this thing that is coming to pass, and we cry out with the multitudes, “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
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“Judge therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord.” I only want to add one emphasis to that wonderful Exhortation. Saint Paul would convince us this morning that we are incompetent to judge one another…
Read moreDo not pronounce judgment. That is the message that you and I, in this congregation, need to hear and to heed. Paul gives us three reasons why we are to suspend our judgment…
Read moreWe seem to swing back and forth, from a kind of crazed megalomania, to dreadfully tormented low self-esteem, unable to get it right… But who do we think we are? So often by our thoughts and words and deeds, we proclaim and we pretend that we are the one and only, the Lord…
Read moreIs there any echo of that sentiment in your heart and life? I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. Who is it, that can satisfy the longings of our hearts? What is it, that can quiet the storm inside?
Read moreToday is sometimes called ‘Stir Up Sunday’, because of the wonderful opening line from our collect: ‘stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people.’ We pray, in other words, for zeal…
Read moreThe second coming of Jesus Christ is meant to fill us not with anxiety, but finally with hope. But we must heed all of Jesus’ warnings, and especially that which is given to us today…
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