12-02-2018 – Born to Die

Bible Text: Micah 5:2 | Pastor: Pastor Mike | This is the bulletin insert. Please also see the sermon notes download.

12.02.18 ~ Born to Die…

Micah 5:2, “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah… from
you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.”
Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.”
Isaiah 9:6, “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.” See Isaiah 53:4-7, 11-12…
Read Hebrews 1:1-3… God announced His Son’s advent and all we need to know about Him.
Galatians 4:4-5, “When the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.”
Politically –
Culturally –
Spiritually –
Luke 2:52, “And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and
stature, and in favor with God and men.”
Luke 3:22, “God declared from heaven, ‘You are My Son, whom I love, with You I am well pleased.’”
Colossians 1:16, “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.”
Revelation 5:6-7, “Then I saw a Lamb, as if slain, standing… He came and took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.” At that point a new song is sung in heaven (verse 9), “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”
Jesus came “to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; …whether things on earth or things in heaven (Colossians 1:20).”
Jesus Christ God’s Light, sent to mankind.
See John 1:1-2, 4-5…
John 8:12, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
1John 1:5, “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all.”
Jesus is, “the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (Colossians 1:15), “in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9), “in Him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17).
Jesus took our punishment for sin (Hebrews 9:12), “through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption,” (Hebrews 10:12) “having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.”
Jesus was born for the purpose of dying for our sins. Revelation 1:8, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” 17-18, ”I am the first and the last, the living One; I was dead, behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.”
1John 5:11-13, “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
Christmas is all about God’s greatest gift, Jesus Christ; He is the Reason for the Season!