JESUS CAME TO SAVE YOU (4 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17
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Jesus Came to Save You (4 of 4)
Series: Understanding Christmas: Why Did Jesus Come
Scott Maze
1 Timothy 1:12-17
It’s Christmas. Police officers direct traffic at malls to accommodate the overflow crowds of last minute shoppers. Children are crazy interested in what will be under the tree with their name on it. Husbands are starting to consider maybe I should go shopping for my wife!
Yet, to appreciate Christmas, we must first know what it was intended to do. C. S. Lewis that “the first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is – what it was intended to do and hot it is intended to be used.” To place the correct evaluation on the worth of Christmas, you need to know what Christmas was designed for. Christmas is designed for grace. Christmas is designed for your transformation. Christmas is to save sinners, even big sinners.
Today’s Big Idea: God Designed Christmas to Save Sinners.
“I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. 17 To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen” (1 Timothy 1:12-17).
This is a powerful passage. Intertwined in the reason for Jesus’ birth at Christmas is Paul’s story of his conversion. To think of Christmas without thinking of Paul is customary in our day. Our minds drift ...
Series: Understanding Christmas: Why Did Jesus Come
Scott Maze
1 Timothy 1:12-17
It’s Christmas. Police officers direct traffic at malls to accommodate the overflow crowds of last minute shoppers. Children are crazy interested in what will be under the tree with their name on it. Husbands are starting to consider maybe I should go shopping for my wife!
Yet, to appreciate Christmas, we must first know what it was intended to do. C. S. Lewis that “the first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is – what it was intended to do and hot it is intended to be used.” To place the correct evaluation on the worth of Christmas, you need to know what Christmas was designed for. Christmas is designed for grace. Christmas is designed for your transformation. Christmas is to save sinners, even big sinners.
Today’s Big Idea: God Designed Christmas to Save Sinners.
“I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. 17 To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen” (1 Timothy 1:12-17).
This is a powerful passage. Intertwined in the reason for Jesus’ birth at Christmas is Paul’s story of his conversion. To think of Christmas without thinking of Paul is customary in our day. Our minds drift ...
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