PM: “WAITING ON THE LORD”

Dec. 29, 2024
TEXT:  Luke 2:22-52

I. Why he was waiting (vv. 25-27)
A. Because he was a godly man (v. 25a)
B. Because he was a faithful man of God (v. 25b)
C. Because he knew the promise of God about Messiah (v. 26)
D. Because he was yielded to the Spirit of God (v. 27)

II. Where he was waiting (v. 27)
A. He was faithfully waiting at the house of God
B. He was faithfully waiting at the worship of God
C. He was faithfully waiting at the place of God’s Word
1. Where God’s Word is promoted by reading it
2. Where God’s Word is proclaimed by teaching it
3. Where God’s Word is practiced by obeying it

III. How he was waiting (vv. 28-35)
A. He was expecting God to fulfill His promise
B. He was anticipating God to send His Messiah
C. He was testifying of God’s work on earth

IV. Who he was waiting with (vv. 36-38)
A. A faithful godly sister in the Lord (v. 36)
B. Another faithful servant of God’s house (v. 37)
1. Faithfully present at God’s house
2. Faithfully serving in God’s house
3. Faithfully obeying God’s will in God’s house
C. A Faithful declarer of the redemption only in Jesus (v. 38)
1. Thanksgiving to the Lord for His redemption
2. Speaking of the Saviour to all who will listen
3. Encouraging others to look for God’s redemption in Jerusalem