Title: For God So LOVED the World (4)
Series: Advent
Author: Jordan Easley
Text: John 3:16, Luke 2:11
Read Kids book: The Legend of the Candy Cane
(Play Christmas music as I read...& show pictures of the book on the screens)
Even though we celebrate Christmas every single year... there's still seems to be some confusion regarding the details of the story... from time-to-time.
I heard about a ten-year old boy that had a Christmas question and so he asked his Grandmother after church... "Which Virgin was the mother of Jesus?" He said, "I can't remember her name. Was it the Virgin Mary... or was it the King James Virgin?"
For some of us here today... there still may be a little confusion regarding what Christmas is all about. May I remind you? It's about a God that loved you so much... that He sent His One and only Son to the earth... so that you could be forgiven of your sins... and become a child of the King... for all eternity.
[John 3:16] says, "For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."
Jesus Christ came... as the Son of God and God the Son... He was fully man and fully God... and He paid the ransom for our sin with his own life...so that we (sinful people from all walks of life) could be saved and seen as righteous in the eyes of God. So, what is Christmas all about?
Christmas is the celebration of God's salvation. It's a season that reminds us... just how much God loves us.
God demonstrate His love... by sending His Son.
But God also demonstrated His love... by sacrificing His Son.
[Romans 5:8] tell us, "But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Today, we look to the cradle, and we celebrate the birth of our Savior... but we also look to the cross and remember the sacrifice Jesus made on our behalf. That's why this weekend, we're observing the Lord's Supper ...
Series: Advent
Author: Jordan Easley
Text: John 3:16, Luke 2:11
Read Kids book: The Legend of the Candy Cane
(Play Christmas music as I read...& show pictures of the book on the screens)
Even though we celebrate Christmas every single year... there's still seems to be some confusion regarding the details of the story... from time-to-time.
I heard about a ten-year old boy that had a Christmas question and so he asked his Grandmother after church... "Which Virgin was the mother of Jesus?" He said, "I can't remember her name. Was it the Virgin Mary... or was it the King James Virgin?"
For some of us here today... there still may be a little confusion regarding what Christmas is all about. May I remind you? It's about a God that loved you so much... that He sent His One and only Son to the earth... so that you could be forgiven of your sins... and become a child of the King... for all eternity.
[John 3:16] says, "For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."
Jesus Christ came... as the Son of God and God the Son... He was fully man and fully God... and He paid the ransom for our sin with his own life...so that we (sinful people from all walks of life) could be saved and seen as righteous in the eyes of God. So, what is Christmas all about?
Christmas is the celebration of God's salvation. It's a season that reminds us... just how much God loves us.
God demonstrate His love... by sending His Son.
But God also demonstrated His love... by sacrificing His Son.
[Romans 5:8] tell us, "But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Today, we look to the cradle, and we celebrate the birth of our Savior... but we also look to the cross and remember the sacrifice Jesus made on our behalf. That's why this weekend, we're observing the Lord's Supper ...
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