Monday, December 16, 2013

For yesterday, The Lord's Day, 3rd Sunday in Advent



Hark, the glad sound! The Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let every heart exult with joy,
And every voice be song!
Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heavens exalted arches ring
With Thy most honored Name.
 --Philip Doddridge

Sunday, December 1, 2013

For The Lord's Day; First Sunday in Advent



The Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance and equal with the Father, did, when the fullness of time was come, take upon Him man's nature, with all the essential properties, and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin; being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin Mary, of her substance. So that two whole, perfect, and distinct natures, the Godhead and the manhood, were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion. Which person is very God, and very man, yet one Christ, the only Mediator between God and man."
 Chapter VIII, Section 2, “Of Christ the Mediator”  Westminster Confession of Faith (1647)