THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS – CHRISTMAS VI LESSON: JOHN 12:35,36 The life was the light of men. John 1:4 The thinking of human philosophy draws us away from Christ into ourselves. The evangelist wants to draw us away from ourselves to Christ. He refuses to deal with the divine, almighty, eternal Word of God…

THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS -CHRISTMAS V LESSON: ROMANS 5:6-11 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4 The evangelist says, “In him was life,” as though he were speaking of something in the past, and not, “In him is life.” But this must not be understood as a…

THE FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS – CHRISTMAS IV LESSON: 1 John 1:1-4 He was in the beginning with God. John 1:2 These are statements on which our faith is based and to which we must cling. That there are three persons in the Godhead and that each person is completely the whole of the one…

THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS – CHRISTMAS III LESSON: JOHN 1:1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 “The Word was with God.” Where else could the Word be? Outside of God there was nothing. Moses also says this when he writes, “And…

THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS – CHRISTMAS II LESSON: LUKE 2:15-20 They made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child. Luke 2:17 The faith of the shepherds produced action. St. Paul says, “The kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.” 1 Corinthians 4:20. So also here. The…

CHRISTMAS DAY – CHRISTMAS LESSON: LUKE 2:1-14 In that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were filled with fear. And that angel said to them, “Be…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – CHRISTMAS EVE LESSON: 1 JOHN 3:1-10  I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. John 1:23  If you can now believe that the voice of John is true, fix your eyes in the way he is pointing and recognize the Lamb of God who is taking your sin…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – FRIDAY LESSON: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12-22  Among you stands one whom you do not know. John 1:26  When John says here, “Among you stands one whom you do not know,” he means to say, “Do not direct your eyes too far into the future! He of whom the prophets have spoken has…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – THURSDAY LESSON: LUKE 15:1‒10 “Make straight the way of the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said. John 1:23 The special office of John was to make straight the way of the Lord, to humble the whole world and tell it that all men in general are sinners, lost, damned, poor,…

ADVENT – WEEK 4 – WEDNESDAY LESSON: ISAIAH 40:1-11 They said to him then, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord’, as the prophet…