At the Right Time
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Opening
Opening
• Welcome
• Events: Christmas program, Banquet, Candle Lighting Christmas night
• Lori up to talk about banquet
• Boudreaux Joke
Message Opening
Message Opening
• 2nd Sunday of December
• Advent
• Anticipate Jesus’ arrival
• So much more to it than we think sometimes
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4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
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6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
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At the Right Time
At the Right Time
• What does “in the fullness of time” mean?
• When the stage had been fully set and the situation prepared
• When everything was in place
When things coalesce so that God’s purpose can be accomplished in creation
When things coalesce so that God’s purpose can be accomplished in creation
• “coalesce” - when things come together to form a whle
• “creation” - what God has made
• How is it that the “fullness of time” came on that first Christmas?
• Not a phrase to just pass over
• Awesomeness of God
• A glimpse of what had to come together for it to be the “fullness of time”
• Think about this:
• From Genesis the promise of savior
• From Abram - savior would come from a chosen nation
• Had to be a time when that nation was intact but under subjection (otherwise wouldn’t be looking for a messiah)
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2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”
1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
• There had to be a ruling authority to take the census that forced Joseph and Mary to have to travel to Bethlehem at that particular time
9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.
• It had to be a time when Israel was a nation with Jerusalem as its central city.
16 For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet;
• Though crucifixion was not unique to Rome, it had to be the primary means of executing the death penalty - and the method had to be one of nails in the hands and feet
13 For I hear the slander of many; Fear is on every side; While they take counsel together against me, They scheme to take away my life.
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1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
• There had to be a functioning, ruling priesthood with enough power to bring about His death
18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
• “set a sign”
1 Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
• Pul - Libya - the Simon that carried the cross for Jesus was from Libya
• Lud - Turkey - Iconium, Antioch
• Tubal - Turkey
• Javan - Greece
• All under the control of Rome
• Apostle Paul was from Ephesus, Turkey
• Roman road system
• Protection
Application to Today
Application to Today
• You may not realize it, but “fullness of time” is happening in your life
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God will always accomplish His purpose
God will always accomplish His purpose
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10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
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God has made me a two-fold promise:
God has made me a two-fold promise:
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28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
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1) He will use my circumstances to accomplish His purpose in me
1) He will use my circumstances to accomplish His purpose in me
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10 And then, after your brief suffering, the God of all loving grace, who has called you to share in his eternal glory in Christ, will personally and powerfully restore you and make you stronger than ever. Yes, he will set you firmly in place and build you up. 11 And he has all the power needed to do this —forever! Amen.
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2) He will accomplish that purpose at the right time
2) He will accomplish that purpose at the right time
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1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:
Closing
Closing
• Are you in a place now where you wonder if God is going to come through? The fullness of time is coming, I promise. He's setting things up so that at just that right moment, just that right time, He can bring all things together so that His purpose can be recognized in His creation - YOU!