A sample sermon on the Lantern Festival is as follows:
Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, and the first full moon day of the year. Chinese people have many traditions of the Lantern Festival, such as eating Lantern Festival. In addition, the Lantern Festival is also called the Festival of Lanterns, because on this day people light, watch and admire lanterns. This custom is somewhat similar to what we are looking at today in John 8:12, where Jesus said: “I am the light of the world.”
John Chapters 7 and 8 record the words and actions of Jesus Christ during the Feast of Tabernacles, one of the three very important Jewish festivals. The Israelites used the Feast of Tabernacles to commemorate their coming out of Egypt. The journey into the Promised Land of Canaan after spending forty years in the wilderness. During the festival, all the Jewish men would go to Jerusalem, cut branches from green trees, build tents, and stay in them for eight days.
On the first night, four candlesticks and four very large candles will be prepared in the women's courtyard outside the temple. Because the temple was built on the top of a hill in Jerusalem, after lighting the candles, the entire city of Jerusalem was illuminated. It was in this context that Jesus Christ said: "I am the light of the world," which brought new calls and guidance to people of that era.
The first day after the Feast of Tabernacles is another traditional Jewish festival. When they offer sacrifices on this day, they must place a candle on the cabinet where the Old Testament scrolls are placed. Then he took out the scroll, symbolizing that Jehovah is the light of the entire Jewish nation, "You can see the candlelight lighting up Jesus Jerusalem, but it is only temporary and will eventually go out. But I am the light of the world, and I will Come to illuminate the whole world, my light will never be extinguished.”
There are many verses in the Old Testament that mention that Jehovah is light. For example, Psalm 27:1 says: "The Lord is my light" and Micah 7:8 says: "Though I sit In the darkness, the Lord is my light.” Those who follow Jesus Christ are not in darkness. As long as our lives experience the illumination of Jesus Christ, they can bloom into beautiful and brilliant flowers.
Introduction to Jesus
The Chinese transliteration of "Jesus" is a pronunciation translation of the Greek word ?ησου? (which can be spelled as Iēsous), and the Greek word for "Christ" is Χριστ? (which can be spelled Iēsous). Christos) is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word "Messiah" (māshīah), which means "the anointed one". Jesus Christ has many other titles and titles, such as Immanuel, Son of God, Son of Man, Word, Mediator, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Lamb, Bright Morning Star, etc.
His deeds can be found in the first four volumes of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Christians fully believe the records in the Gospels, while non-Christians believe that the Gospels are not historical documents. Moreover, general historical documents only deal with the existence of Jesus, but lack any specific description of his deeds and thoughts. The compromise view is that Jesus is a deified historical figure.