12-22-2024 10:30am Contemporary Joy Worship - "No Fear of Man"

We obsess over and idolize the power and influence of others. Christ is born in weakness but is greater than man, and uses his greatness to make you a member of his family. Isaiah concludes this well-known and powerful prophecy with, “The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.” There is nothing man can do to stop what God is up to! The Gospel reading is about Mary visiting Elizabeth (who was barren but now pregnant with John) and we experience vicariously the joy John felt being in the presence of the Christ, as well as Mary and Elizabeth’s joy and excitement as well. The promises expressed in the Magnificat are powerful in that they clearly believe that God is and will accomplish what He is planning to do, in spite of the plans of men to spoil them. God will prevail! As always, if you can’t be here in-person, take advantage of our live stream option. We live stream our worship services directly from the home page of Immanuel’s website through YouTube. You can view our worship live streams here: https://immanuelloveland.org/ Below are the Scripture readings if you want to take a look at them. December 22, 2024 – The Fourth Sunday of Advent Advent/Christmas Series: His Gospel is Peace: The Advent of Christ and The End of Fear Old Testament: Isaiah 9:6-7 (sermon focus) Epistle: Hebrews 10:5-10 Gospel: Luke 1:39-55 (sermon focus) Sermon Title: No Fear of Man Permission to reprint, podcast, and/or stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE under license #A-724593-A and/or from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT LICENSING INTERNATIONAL (CCLI) under license #875069. All rights reserved.