Sunday Sermon by Jory Leong on 23 Dec 2012

5. 1. Mary’s Song (Magnificat) Luke 1:48-55
2. Zechariah’s Song (Benedictus) Luke 1:67-80
3. The Angels’ Song (Gloria in Excelsis) Luke 2:14
4. Simeon’s Song (Nunc Dimittis) Luke 2:29-32

6. Luke 1:67-79

7. Background to Zechariah’s Song
• Israel was ruled by pagan Roman empire
• Elderly priest Zechariah & his wife,
Elizabeth
• 20,000 priests - descendants of Aaron
• Priests divided into groups to serve in the
temple 2 weeks in a year
• Angel of God appeared to Zechariah
• Angel said Elizabeth will bear a son, to be
named John

8. Background to Zechariah’s Song
• Zechariah replied with unbelief - received 9
months of mute training
• On 8th day of John’s birth, friends &
relatives gathered to circumcise the baby
• Elizabeth wanted to name the child ‘John’
• Relatives asked Zechariah
• Zechariah wrote the name ‘John’ on a tablet
• Immediately Zechariah could speak again &
begun to praise God with a song

9. Luke 1:67-79
Jesus the Messiah
has arrived
1. Horn of Salvation – God’s Salvation
2. Rising Sun – God’s Sunrise

10. “There are 256 names given in the
Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and
I suppose this was because He was
infinitely beyond all that any one
name could express.”

11. 1.Horn of Salvation
– God’s Salvation
v. 69 “He has raised Horns of the Altar
up a horn of
salvation for us in
the house of his
servant David”

13. 1.Horn of Salvation
– God’s Salvation
v. 69 “He has raised Horns of the Altar
up a horn of Atonement
salvation for us in (Lev 17:11, Heb 9:22)
the house of his
servant David”

15. 1.Horn of Salvation
– God’s Salvation
v. 69 “He has raised Horns of the Altar
up a horn of Atonement
salvation for us in (Lev 17:11, Heb 9:22)
the house of his
servant David” Horns of an Animal
Strength & Victory
(Psalm 18:2, 92:9-10)

16. 1.Horn of Salvation
– God’s Salvation
Jesus came to…
redeem (Luke 1:68)
save (Luke 1:71)
rescue (Luke 1:74)
forgive (Luke 1:77)

17. “The missionary can
stoop to the lowly
condition of the heathen
slaves but he cannot set
them free. He can die with
them in their chains; but he
cannot break the fetters.
But Jesus not only
visited His people, but
He has redeemed them.”

19. Dec 1987 – Jan 1988

20. Smokey Mountain - Tondo, Manila

22. “The missionary can
stoop to the lowly
condition of the heathen
slaves but he cannot set
them free. He can die with
them in their chains; but he
cannot break the fetters.
But Jesus not only
visited His people, but
He has redeemed them.”

23. 2.Rising Sun
– God’s Sunrise
v.78-79 “because of the KJV “dayspring”
tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun MSG “God’s sunrise”
will come to us from
heaven to shine on NLT “morning light”
those living in darkness
and in the shadow of RSV “day shall dawn”
death, to guide our feet
into the path of peace”

24. Jesus is the Rising Sun
God’s Sunrise for us!

25. “Jesus has come, not as a blaze which
will soon die down, but as a light
which will last our day, yea, last for
ever.… The visits of God are like the
dayspring, because they end our
darkness. The dayspring banishes the
night… When the Lord visits us, it is
as the dayspring, because he brings us
hope of greater glory yet to come.”

28. Jesus is the Horn of Salvation... God’s Salvation for us!
Jesus is the Rising Sun... God’s Sunrise for us!

29. “Born that man no more may die Jesus is God’s
Born to raise the sons of earth Salvation for us!
Born to give them second birth”
Jesus is God’s “Light and life to all He brings
Sunrise for us! Risen with healing in His wings”

31. A time to stop, reflect and wait
A time to re-live the Christmas story
A time to welcome Jesus into our lives
A time to change
Are our hearts ready?

33. Jesus is the Horn of Salvation... God’s Salvation for us!
Jesus is the Rising Sun... God’s Sunrise for us!