Advent Songs #2: The Benidictus

December 8, 2024   Rev. Thomas M. Cox

THE BENEDICTUS * Luke 1:67-79

A HORN OF SALVATION (vs. 69)

1 Samuel 2:1, 10

1. Psalms 18:2, 89:17, 132:17

ZECHARIAH’S SONG

1. Ezekiel 29:21

1. Let the Lord be your S______________ during Advent as you S________ Him without F______.

1. THE MOST HIGH (vs. 76)

• Genesis 14:18-22

• Psalm 78:35

• Love those who are Un________________ this Christmas because of His tender M________.

1. THE SUNRISE FROM ON HIGH (vs. 78)

1. Malachi 4:2- The Sun of R________________ness

1. Let Christ shine His L________ through you and B________ someone with you to our Choir Cantata and/or Christmas Eve Candlelight service.

Luke 1:67-79 (ESV)

67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
    for He has visited and redeemed His people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David,
70 as He spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
    and to remember His holy covenant,
73 the oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74     that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve Him without fear,
75     in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to His people
    in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”