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Prayer
I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas.
She told me "Nothing would make her happier than a diamond necklace" So I bought her nothing.
I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas.
She told me "Nothing would make her happier than a diamond necklace" So I bought her nothing.
There's nothing like the joy on a kid's face when he first sees the PlayStation box containing the socks I got him for Christmas.
There's nothing like the joy on a kid's face when he first sees the PlayStation box containing the socks I got him for Christmas.
Welcome (Merry Christmas)
Does anyone still have any last minute shopping to do?
Well....we’re talking about it, so apparently it’s UPON US AGAIN....
Christmas - and everything that comes with it...
From...
Ugly sweater parties
to - Bumper to Bumper traffic - every minute of every day
from - real Christmas trees / to - fake Christmas trees
from - Non-Stop Christmas music on the radio
to - Never-ending requests of “When’s it my turn to play with his toy”
From - Crazy uncle Larry telling all the classic family stories again...
to - Crazy Mariah Carey lip syncing to some jingle bell version of “All I Want for Xmas...” before deciding she’s too exhausted to even TRY to fake it...
And we CAN’T GET enough of it!
We SOAK it up…we take 10 billion pictures, record 10 billion videos...
And when it’s OVER, we CAN’T wait till next year...
WHY?
Because for ALL the CRAZINESS....there’s MUCH beauty!
PICTURE SLIDES:
If there was ever a time of year where families push aside their differences....
..their divisions, to come together....and BE together...
It’s Christmas… and that’s a beautiful thing
And so we all KNOW and have EXPERIENCED the - Beauty of Christmas...
But what I’d like to do today is - GET DEEPER
Get a NEW perspective on this thing CALLED Christmas...
If ALL we’ve ever seen is the flashing lights....
If ALL we’ve ever felt is the FAMILY love...
THEN - my hope for you today is that you’ll see that there’s - MUCH more BEAUTY to BEHOLD…! - When it comes to Christmas.
And so let’s get started…and what I’d first like us to gaze at today is...
The Beauty of Christmas
Now you might be thinking - Thanks MIKE - Yeah, uhh, I know Christmas is about the Birth of Jesus...
Right - of course we all know that Christmas is about the Birth of Jesus...
1000 Nativity scenes we’ve no doubt - seen...
AND SO we get it right…we know this - is about - that...
BUT…have we really, truly considered WHY Jesus was born in the first place?
Well let’s look at why.
To find out, we’ll go to the Bible and see what Jesus says...
So Jesus here - fills us in on some things that we need to know.
FIRST thing - there is a GROUP of people that Jesus came to RESCUE...
and this group is referred to by Jesus as - the Lost
Ok, so let’s figure out who those people are...
Let’s go to the First Book of the Bible...
In the very beginning, we see God create...
In chapter 1 of Genesis we see God create the heavens and the earth...
In chapter 2 He creates man and woman...
And then this happened:
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So God lays out before them a proposition…You can eat of any of the trees…except for one...
What do they do?
Adam and Eve sinned.
What was their sin?
Their sin was that they DESIRED something more than God.
The RESULT of that sin - was that they ate of the tree.
Now, you might be thinking - Ok, well how does this story in Genesis relate to the LOST people that Jesus CAME TO SAVE (Rescue)?
Let’s dig deeper...
Ok, so here we begin to see how the SIN of Adam affects the world!
SIN - came into the world through 1 man - Adam
And DEATH came with that sin...
It says DEATH spread to all men because ALL sinned!
SEE - before sin ENTERED the world - The relationship between God and man was one of PURE LOVE..
There was UNHINDERED Worship!
...it was all about WORSHIPPING God!
There was NOTHING between God and man EXCEPT for - 'LOVE for God'!
There was NOTHING between God and man EXCEPT for - 'LOVE for God'!
BUT THEN...SIN happened...
Sin entered the world through one man - ADAM...and the consequence of that SIN reached through time and KILLS all of us... Why?
Because we ALL sin...
Sin entered the world through one man - ADAM...and the consequence of that SIN reached through time and KILLS all of us... Why?
Because we ALL sin...
What did SIN do?
it shattered creation (what was good) ...
Shattered the unhindered worship of God...
AND NOW, man was separated from God.
Physical death and Spiritual death now came into the world... LISTEN - FOR ALL MANKIND.
The group that Jesus CAME to save - THE LOST = ALL People
And we REALLY DO know this!
We know that we’re sinners don’t we?
For those of you who have kids...
QUESTION:
Do your kids COVET?
(Covet: to desire things that aren’t yours)
Now - do your kids COVET?
Of course they do! - Did you TEACH them to covet?
How about this one:
DO your kids LIE?
Did you teach them to LIE?
These are all SYMPTOMS of the SIN problem that we have!
ALL of us!
And it IS a problem for ALL of us...
Ok, so we’re ALL sinners.
BUT does that make us LOST?
Remember?
If Jesus came to save the LOST...
How does BEING a Sinner relate to being LOST?
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