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THE MOVEMENT BEGINS (2 OF 4)

by Central Christian Church of Arizona

Scripture: Philippians 2:6-7
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The Movement Begins (2 of 4)
Series: Christmas - Momentum
Cal Jernigan
Philippians 2:6-7


Big Idea: The incarnation of Christ inevitably triggers intense reactions.


1) Introduction

a) Welcome

b) Christmas time

i) It's time to get ''ready'' for Christmas...

ii) A small boy was getting ready by writing a letter to God about the Christmas presents he badly wanted. ''I've been good for six months now,'' he wrote.

iii) But after a moment's reflection he crossed out ''six months'' and wrote ''three.'' After a pause, that was crossed out, and he put ''two weeks.'' There was another pause, and that was crossed out too.

iv) He got up from the table and went over to the little nativity scene that had the figures of Mary and Joseph. He picked up the figure of Mary and went back to his writing and started again: ''Dear God, if ever you want to see your mother again...''

c) Our Current Series: Momentum

i) Bible Matthew 1, Luke 2

ii) Journal:
(1) Week #2
(2) Title: The Movement Begins
(3) Big Idea: The incarnation of Christ inevitably triggers intense reactions.

d) Laws of motion

i) Newton's third law of motion

ii) For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

iii) If a boat was coming into the shore, and you stood on the bow and took a step toward the shore, you would go forward, the boat would go backward.
(1) Some energy is going to go forward
(2) Some energy is going to go backwards

2) A Long Time of Silence

a) We left off last week... 400 years of waiting

b) Time passing...Nothing's happening

c) Where did God go?
i) Is he angry?
ii) Is he coming back?
iii) What does it all mean?

d) Galatians 4:4 ''But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son...''

3) The Action That Began it All

a) The Incarnation

i) What it is
(1) The most significant event in the history of mankind.
(a) This is the event that divided time into two.
(i) To this day...
1. There is a segment of time b ...

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