4th Sunday of Advent – Love
For this final week of Advent, the Church turns her attention to the love of God displayed in Christ (Romans 5:8). The sending of God’s Son was the ultimate demonstration of the love of God for humanity. Once again, our attention is refocused on the very center-piece of our faith, namely Jesus’s incarnation, fulfilling of the Law’s righteous requirements on our behalf, His death, and His resurrection and ascension. Jesus is the center of biblical theology, the culmination towards which all of the Old Testament points. As we look back to Christ’s first coming and reflect on this priceless gift, may we gain a renewed appreciation of God’s love for us and be motivated to love one another as we await His second coming. “Beloved, let us love one another. For love is from God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” – 1 John 4:7