THE GIFT THAT REDEEMS (4 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Luke 2:36-38
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The Gift That Redeems (4 of 5)
Series: He Is Everything To Me
Jeff Strite
Luke 2:36-38
OPEN: Christmas is a busy season for most people. There are the decorations, bright lights, Christmas caroling, and all kinds of family gatherings, Church and school activities it can wear a person out.
One woman, for example waited until last minute to send out her Christmas cards. She had 49 folks on her list. So she rushed into a store and she bought a package of 50 cards without really looking at them. Still in a big hurry, she addressed the 49 and signed them without reading the message inside.
On Christmas Day when things had quieted down a bit, she found the leftover card buried under some papers on her dining room table and she finally read the message she had sent to 49 of her friends.
Much to her dismay, it read like this: ‘‘This card is just to say / A little gift is on the way.’’
Suddenly she realized, 49 of her friends were expecting a gift - that would never come.
APPLY: That poor woman didn’t take time to think about what sending out and she ended up promising a gift she couldn’t give.
By contrast, God spent centuries telling His people the gift He intended to give them. He described that gift in detail so that, when Jesus came, over 300 prophecies described WHO He was, and WHAT He was to do. And, when He showed up, Anna knew exactly WHO He was. We’re told: ‘‘She began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.’’ Luke 2:38
THIS CHILD HAD BEEN BORN TO BRING REDEMPTION!
In fact, that’s a repeated theme throughout the New Testament.
Jesus IS repeatedly referred to as THE ONE who would redeem us.
Galatians 3:13 tells us ‘‘Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us-for it is written, ‘‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.’’
And in Titus 2:14 we’re told (Jesus) ‘‘gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a p ...
Series: He Is Everything To Me
Jeff Strite
Luke 2:36-38
OPEN: Christmas is a busy season for most people. There are the decorations, bright lights, Christmas caroling, and all kinds of family gatherings, Church and school activities it can wear a person out.
One woman, for example waited until last minute to send out her Christmas cards. She had 49 folks on her list. So she rushed into a store and she bought a package of 50 cards without really looking at them. Still in a big hurry, she addressed the 49 and signed them without reading the message inside.
On Christmas Day when things had quieted down a bit, she found the leftover card buried under some papers on her dining room table and she finally read the message she had sent to 49 of her friends.
Much to her dismay, it read like this: ‘‘This card is just to say / A little gift is on the way.’’
Suddenly she realized, 49 of her friends were expecting a gift - that would never come.
APPLY: That poor woman didn’t take time to think about what sending out and she ended up promising a gift she couldn’t give.
By contrast, God spent centuries telling His people the gift He intended to give them. He described that gift in detail so that, when Jesus came, over 300 prophecies described WHO He was, and WHAT He was to do. And, when He showed up, Anna knew exactly WHO He was. We’re told: ‘‘She began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.’’ Luke 2:38
THIS CHILD HAD BEEN BORN TO BRING REDEMPTION!
In fact, that’s a repeated theme throughout the New Testament.
Jesus IS repeatedly referred to as THE ONE who would redeem us.
Galatians 3:13 tells us ‘‘Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us-for it is written, ‘‘Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.’’
And in Titus 2:14 we’re told (Jesus) ‘‘gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a p ...
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