BORN TO BE A BETTER SAVIOR (3 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Hebrews 7:22-27
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Title: Born To Be A Better Savior (4 of 4)
Series: Born To Be Better
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Hebrews 7:22-27
There was a Christian who gave a Bible to somebody who was going through a rough time. Their life had been one disaster after the other, but in all that time there was never really made an effort to follow Jesus.
So, as this Christian gave a Bible to the man... he encouraged him to read it, and he suggested that (since it December) that the man might start by reading the Christmas story.
The man looked at him with real surprise and said: "You mean the Christmas story is... in the Bible?" (Rodney Buchanan)
Today is Christmas ... December 25th.
There are a lot of people who struggle with that date, not only because most scholars agree that Jesus was NOT born on December 25th, but also because of a lot of the stuff that surrounds the holiday. As a result, a lot of folks have trouble with the whole Christmas thing.
I understand that... but I disagree. Why? Because there are 2 (count them - TWO) Gospels that deal with Jesus' birth - that's 196 verses. And that's not counting Galatians 4:4-5 which says: "When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons."
In addition, there are number of prophecies in the Old Testament like Genesis 3:15 where God tells Satan: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he (the male child of the woman) shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
That phrase "OFFSPRING of the WOMAN" points TO Jesus, because ordinarily, AN offspring would describe a child as the offspring of a MAN, or of both a MAN and a WOMAN (Pause). But this boy-child was only described as being of a woman. I mean, it's kind of like the child was - I don't know - born of A VIRGIN or something! Which of course, is what Isaiah 7:14 declared ...
Series: Born To Be Better
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Hebrews 7:22-27
There was a Christian who gave a Bible to somebody who was going through a rough time. Their life had been one disaster after the other, but in all that time there was never really made an effort to follow Jesus.
So, as this Christian gave a Bible to the man... he encouraged him to read it, and he suggested that (since it December) that the man might start by reading the Christmas story.
The man looked at him with real surprise and said: "You mean the Christmas story is... in the Bible?" (Rodney Buchanan)
Today is Christmas ... December 25th.
There are a lot of people who struggle with that date, not only because most scholars agree that Jesus was NOT born on December 25th, but also because of a lot of the stuff that surrounds the holiday. As a result, a lot of folks have trouble with the whole Christmas thing.
I understand that... but I disagree. Why? Because there are 2 (count them - TWO) Gospels that deal with Jesus' birth - that's 196 verses. And that's not counting Galatians 4:4-5 which says: "When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons."
In addition, there are number of prophecies in the Old Testament like Genesis 3:15 where God tells Satan: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he (the male child of the woman) shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
That phrase "OFFSPRING of the WOMAN" points TO Jesus, because ordinarily, AN offspring would describe a child as the offspring of a MAN, or of both a MAN and a WOMAN (Pause). But this boy-child was only described as being of a woman. I mean, it's kind of like the child was - I don't know - born of A VIRGIN or something! Which of course, is what Isaiah 7:14 declared ...
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