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Introduction
Good morning and Merry Christmas!
This morning if you would like, start turning in your Bibles to .
This morning we are going to detour from our Journey Through Matthew, and take a look at the “Christmas Story” that is rarely explored.
Most of of the time when we think about the Christmas story, we think about Mary and Joseph in the manger.
The little baby Jesus being wrapped in swaddling clothes.
The wise men gathered around with gifts and acts of worship.
And there is absolutely nothing wrong with these stories about our Savior’s birth, but we often leave out one thing.
And this one thing is in many ways more important than the nice descriptive stories of how Jesus came.
And this one thing is “why?”
Why did Jesus do it?
Why did Jesus come to this earth in the form of a baby boy?
Why did Jesus endure all the things that he endured?
And this morning we are going to look at the subject of “why.”
And we are going to do so in the context of .
So, if you have found in your Bible I’d ask you to stand with me as I read starting in verse 10.
John writes this . . .
Scripture Focus
John 1:10-
Where Did He Come From?
Now, of course we know that when John refers to “he” here that he is referring to Jesus, the Christ, the Messiah, the Savior of the world.
And we will get to our focus here momentarily but first, where did he come from anyway?
How did Jesus even get here to begin with?
And for that we back up to the first verse of the chapter.
John 1:
Now, Jesus is “The Word” or the “Logos” or the “Eternal Voice of God.”
John tells us that The Word was with God and Was God from the very beginning.
And if we look all the way back to we find that . . .
And the first act of God was . . .
And then . . .
And then . . .
And on, and on, and on...
But the point I would like us to see from this is the fact that God said...
In other words God spoke all things into existence.
And seeing that Jesus is The Word, The voice of God, this means that when God speaks it is Jesus Speaking.
Jesus has spoken all things in to existence, including you and me.
All things.
This is precisely what John means when he says . . .
John 1:3
So, basically this morning if you are alive, you are alive because Jesus has given you life.
And we do not realize that.
Now, there is all sorts of biology that takes place but our source of life comes from God.
And when God created all of us, God did not just throw some dirt in the air but we were created with care and with love.
We are created in the image of God.
And this doesn’t mean that we are created to look like God, but rather we are created with the same qualities and characteristics of God.
That doesn’t mean that we are to strive to be God or be like God, but rather that same character that God has expressed is how we should live our life.
And that character is one of love.
God’s essential quality and character is that of love.
We were created out of God’s love and God desires for us to share His love with others.
God desires for us to love others with the same love that God shows us.
And that love is unconditional love.
Which is the the backbone behind why Jesus had to come in the way he did.
John goes on to explain to us that . . .
John
Jesus came because as human beings we have been consumed and deceived by the darkness, or better known as sin.
Sin has invaded and perverted our very core to the point that even though the light of Jesus Christ shines all around us we cannot see it because we are consumed by the darkness.
Paul writes that . . .
None of us are immune to it.
None of us can avoid it.
It has become part of our nature.
And because God loves us, because God created us out of His love, God knew that there had to be some way to reconcile us with him.
And that way was Jesus Christ.
The very One who spoke life itself into existence would be the very one who would come to redeem us all to God.
The Only Begotten Son of God would make himself a little lower than the angels, as the writer of Hebrews puts it.
He would . . .
All for our sake.
And it all started with a Baby in a Manger . . .
Luke 2:4-
Luke 2:1-
Which is where we typically leave things on Christmas.
With the shepherds glorifying God and telling the story.
With the whole world rejoicing.
But Jesus didn’t stay a little Baby in a manger.
Jesus grew up and Jesus fulfilled his mission.
That mission being the redemption of humanity.
Jesus grew up to warn us. . . .
However, we, in our sin, had different plans.
John 1:10-
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Isaiah 53:2-
Isaiah 53:2-
He endured all of this so that . . .
John 1:
Altar Call
So, while we celebrate and rejoice over the birth of our Savior, which is a glorious event.
Let’s not forget the reason why.
Which was to redeem you and me.
It wasn’t to buy gifts and eat lots of food.
It wasn’t to visit with family and drink egg nog.
It wasn’t do all the things we like to do.
It was all for our redemption because God loves us.
So, today as we gather with our families and celebrate Christmas will we be celebrating as a child of God or a child of the world.
Because if we will be honest with ourselves, without Jesus we are celebrating a lie.
A lie to ourselves and a lie to God.
This morning before we go our separate ways for the day, we need to pause and think about the reason why.
The greatest gift of all is the gift of salvation and eternal life.
Jesus has brought that gift to all of us, the question is, will we accept the gift?
The choice is yours to make, what decision will you make this morning?
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