Christmas 2007 Jesus Christ God Incarnate

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Christmas 2007Jesus Christ- God Incarnate

• 1 Timothy 314-16
• Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is
  great

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• 1 Timothy 314-16
• 14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am
  writing you these instructions so that, 15 if I
  am delayed, you will know how people ought to
  conduct themselves in God's household, which is
  the church of the living God, the pillar and
  foundation of the truth. 16 Beyond all question,
  the mystery of godliness is great
• He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the
  Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among
  the nations, was believed on in the world, was
  taken up in glory.

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The Importance of the Incarnation of Christ

• God incarnate is a matter practical necessity
• In seeking to be relevant we often sacrifice the
  deity of Christ or the humanity of Christ
• 1 John 42-3 This is how you can recognize the
  Spirit of God Every spirit that acknowledges
  that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from
  God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge
  Jesus is not from God.

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The Purpose of the Incarnation of Christ

• To reveal God to man
• Revealed in the world He created
• Reveal in Scriptures
• Hebrews 11-3 In the past God spoke to our
  forefathers through the prophets at many times
  and in various ways, but in these last days He
  has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed
  heir of all things, and through whom He made the
  universe

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The Purpose of the Incarnation of Christ

• To redeem man from our sins
• The attack on the incarnation is two fold
• There is no sin nature that condemns us
• He cannot secure salvation for ALL
• Romans 518 Consequently, just as the result of
  one trespass was condemnation for all men, so
  also the result of one act of righteousness was
  justification that brings life for all men.

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The Purpose of the Incarnation of Christ

• To complete Gods promises and purpose
• We were created to rule Gods creation (Genesis
  126 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our
  image, in Our likeness, and let them rule)
• Jesus had to be fully MAN to fulfill Gods
  purpose for man
• And be fully GOD to fulfill the Scriptures

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The Implications of the Incarnation of Christ

• Man needs the intervention of God
• 2 Corinthians 89 For you know the grace of our
  Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet
  for your sakes He became poor, so that you
  through His poverty might become rich.
• If the cure required such a drastic measure, then
  the ailment is severe.

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The Implications of the Incarnation of Christ

• Testifies of Gods love for man
• Colossians 115-18 He is the image of the
  invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
  For by Him all things were created things in
  heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
  whether thrones or powers or rulers or
  authorities all things were created by Him and
  for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all
  things hold together.

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The Implications of the Incarnation of Christ

• Colossians 118-20 And He is the head of the
  body, the church He is the beginning and the
  firstborn from among the dead, so that in
  everything He might have the supremacy. For God
  was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in
  Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all
  things, whether things on earth or things in
  heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed
  on the cross.
• The wood of the cradle is the same as the wood of
  the cross

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The Implications of the Incarnation of Christ

• Warns us of rejecting salvation in Christ
• Hebrews 1026-28 If we deliberately keep on
  sinning after we have received the knowledge of
  the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but
  only a fearful expectation of judgment and of
  raging fire that will consume the enemies of
  God.

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Joy to the World

• Joy to the world! The Lord is come
• Let earth receive her King
• Let every heart prepare Him room,
• And heaven and nature sing,
• And heaven and nature sing,
• And heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

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• Joy to the world! The Savior reigns
• Let men their songs employ
• While fields and floods,
• rocks, hills and plains
• Repeat the sounding joy,
• Repeat the sounding joy,
• Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

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• No more let sins and sorrows grow,
• Nor thorns infest the ground
• He comes to make His blessing flow
• Far as the curse is found,
• Far as the curse is found,
• Far as, far as the curse is found.

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• He rules the world with truth and grace,
• And makes the nations prove
• The glories of His righteousness,
• And wonders of His love,
• And wonders of His love,
• And wonders, wonders of His love.