Sermon for December 15, 2024 - "In the Bleak Midwinter"

Pastor Joel Larson
Scripture: Isaiah 45:15-17 and John 1:1-5, 14
Isaiah 45:15-17
15 Truly, you are a God who hides himself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.
16 All of them are put to shame and confounded;
the makers of idols go in disgrace together.
17 But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
ever again.
John 1:1-5
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.