Southview Baptist Church
The Promised One | Light for the Nations — Hope for All People
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield concludes our Christmas series, The Promised One. Today, Isaiah and Matthew reveal to us that Christ is the hope not just of Israel, but of all nations. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Think big — Don’t let lack of imagination limit your view of God’s deliverance (Isaiah 9:1‑7).
• God’s deliverance involves more than so‑so life, but a move from darkness to light (1‑3).
• God’s deliverance is not just a win but shattering the yoke of burden (4‑5).
• God’s deliverance is of eternal significance (6‑7).
Action: You have been delivered; don’t settle for slavery to sin!
• God’s deliverance involves more than so‑so life, but a move from darkness to light (1‑3).
• God’s deliverance is not just a win but shattering the yoke of burden (4‑5).
• God’s deliverance is of eternal significance (6‑7).
Action: You have been delivered; don’t settle for slavery to sin!
2. Think meek — Don’t let cultural or political grandeur isolate the Gospel (Matthew 4:12‑15).
• Jesus spent a significant amount of time and energy in places that lacked political and cultural significance.
• Jesus spent time and energy in places that were not exclusively Jewish.
Action: Identify one person of lower status or influence you can intentionally love this year.
• Jesus spent a significant amount of time and energy in places that lacked political and cultural significance.
• Jesus spent time and energy in places that were not exclusively Jewish.
Action: Identify one person of lower status or influence you can intentionally love this year.
3. Think bright — Don’t forget what the Gospel actually proclaims (Matthew 4:16).
• Darkness accurately describes those who reject God — blind to truth, deaf to wisdom.
• Spiritual darkness is not just ignorance — it is death.
Action: Remember, you are not selling snake oil — you are proclaiming eternal life and light.
• Darkness accurately describes those who reject God — blind to truth, deaf to wisdom.
• Spiritual darkness is not just ignorance — it is death.
Action: Remember, you are not selling snake oil — you are proclaiming eternal life and light.
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