Immanuel Lutheran High School, College, and Seminary
Eau Claire, WI

2013-12-09 ILC Chapel — Christmas Joy depends on our…

2013 Chapels -
Christmas Joy depends on our Savior.

 

Date : 2013-12-09
Speaker : Rob Sauers

Hebrews 1:1–6 (Listen)

The Supremacy of God’s Son

1:1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

For to which of the angels did God ever say,


  “You are my Son,
    today I have begotten you”?

Or again,


  “I will be to him a father,
    and he shall be to me a son”?

And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,


  “Let all God’s angels worship him.”

(ESV)

Hymn: TLH 87, st. 1,3 :
Joy to the World

Hymnary.org — Organ Audio

1. Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing.

3. No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.