When Holidays Collide: “New Year’s”

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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church

I. THE OLD YEAR = OLD FEARS
A. FEAR = DISAPPOINTMENT
1. ZECHARIAH (Lk 1:5-13a)
2. WHAT ABOUT ME?

B. FEAR = DESPAIR
1. MARY (Lk 1:29-38)
2. WHAT ABOUT ME?

C. FEAR = DISAPPROVAL
1. JOSEPH (Mt 1:18-21, 24-25)
2. WHAT ABOUT ME?

D. FEAR = DOUBT
1. SHEPHERDS (Lk 2:1-20)
2. WHAT ABOUT ME?

II. THE NEW YEAR = NEW HOPE
A. HOPE = FAITH
1. FEAR IS THE OPPOSITE OF FAITH (Rom 14:23)
2. WORRYING OR WORSHIPING? (II Cor 5:17)

B. HOPE = SUBMISSION
1. FEAR IS THE OPPOSITE OF SUBMISSION (Lk 1:38; Job 11:13-18)
2. STRUGGLING OR SETTLED? (Col 15-17; I Jn 1:8-9)

C. HOPE = PRAISE
1. FEAR IS THE OPPOSITE OF PRAISE (Lk 1:46-56)
2. PANICKING OR PRAISING?

D. HOPE = CONFIDENCE
1. FEAR IS THE OPPOSITE OF CONFIDENCE (Lk 1:45; Ps 56:3-4; 112:6-8)
2. CRINGING OR COURAGEOUS? (Rev 21:5)