What are you doing with your new story
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Intro and tension
Intro and tension
Fairy lights + Tinsel = Beautiful | Take out of box | Forget how hard | Just take for granted | When someone asks “Oh that’s right”
I wonder | How many of us - Go through motions without recognising | There was a time, That Jesus had not come down
BC - Before Christ | 400 years of silence
Before God made greatest move of all time | Broke through divinity into Dust - to go to a cross - Because of that we are living in Favour
Matthew 1:20–21 (ESV)
But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Even at Birth - Looking forward to Cross.
2 questions;
What does it mean for you, that because Jesus came, we live in AD - Year of the Lord.
How has the story changed, because of what Jesus did…
Title: What are you doing with the new story
My Hope: The cross will not be historic event for you today but something that actually happened | There is power here for you.
**prayer**
Series | New Birth | What does New Birth mean for us | Waiting for new Brith
Last week - Waiting - Waiting on God - Jesus waiting on You > Next Week: New Life - New King - Our Reaction to the Incarnation
Today - talk about how Jesus Split History and wrote NEW Story | What does this mean for you?
New Story is different.
Key Verse:
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
2 Points;
Jesus Stepped Down
Why Jesus stepped down
What this means for you - Let’s dive in.
Christ arrived and Changed human history | split veil between divinity and dust
**Present | Don’t know what’s inside - but God shows us and we been inserted**
Matthew - We are looking Forward | Philippians - Looking back;
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Sometimes - walk around - Man I wish God would make a move.
Like me forgetting I put fairy lights in tinsel
1st thing to realise today
God has already made the greatest move that has ever been made toward us.
Greatest decision about your life = Made by God when he stepped down from divinity to dust.
All Culture trying to break through dust to divinity.
difference between us and other spirituality? God made move toward us - not other way around.
I hear it “Oh, not church, that’s religious, but I believe in a higher power”
How do you tap into that?
well, you place 12 crystals when full moon.
Or draw tarot cards correctly.
Listen = Nothing you need to do but repent.
If we grasp fact, that God has already made the greatest move toward us you’ll realise 2 things;
Your can’t earn your way to Heaven
You are living in immeasurable favour
by product of Grace and Mercy.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The story is the veil, has already been cracked.
He split time from BC to AD - Anno Domini - In the year of the Lord.
How does your life change knowing that God broke through the veil - For you? That Jesus is Immanual - God with us.
Why do you exist? Give God Glory - All of this, should turn to worship.
But it gets better.
Story - think it’s the end of the story - but then the author brings out another book -
When God Split History | put you in a new story = Not just that he came
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Save people from Sins | At drop | Christmas about defeating greatest enemy | Sin | Seperation from God | Hell
His Birth about defeating satan
What are implications?
Spiritual Implication;
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
New and LIVING WAY - Instant he died - debt cancelled | Guilt removed | way created -
Yes you have old story, but living in a new story.
(Stop saying I want a story)
2nd Implication -
Cross = Wiped penalty for Sin
Resurrection defeated Sin and Death
Holy Spirit that rose JC from Death now lives in you to give you Power to defeat sin.
How does this work?
Revelation 1 - Description of Jesus - white robe | Golden Sash | Hairs white | eyes flame of fire - Listen -
God wants us see baby, and manger - but wants us to understand this baby is a warrior…
In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
and? Jesus got the keys - to set you free.
Transaction took place | Jesus died |new ownership - and now Jesus has the keys.
**Who has some keys**
Keys to a padlock - You’ve tried all your keys
Ask Josh for Padlock key
But Jesus has the key
Main key - This key - Opens gates of hell | Lets you out of wrath of God and eternity without God due to your choices - and into relationship.
anyone need that key today?
Key to spiritual / Physical life.
Remember when Lazurus died -.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
I am the KEY TO LIFE.
Death swalllowed up in victory.
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Without Key- You can’t defeat it- Doesn’t matter how good you are.
But Jesus did defeat it | Gives you opportunity to defeat it - through Him.
Remember Jesus - went to nazereth - read scroll from Isaiah
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
2023AD - The year of hte Lord - we walking in Lord’s favour.
2nd key ( (Back on persons key ring)smaller) -
Anyone know where this goes? You do if it’s your key ring
Jesus saying = Merry Christmas, I have keys if anyone needs to be set free.
Cell you’ve been locked in - I got the key | to bad habit | curse | secret | addiction |
I got them
Jesus broke through viel | divinity to Dust | So you can walk through locked door | covered in Jesus blood.
Into His kingdom first, then freedom from whatever Satan has on you.
Christmas | family | Singing | Carols | and some of us are going ot do it behind bars
Jesus saying
I went down - with all superiority | authority | I took keys ,and I am setting the captives free.
Spirit of Lord i on me | He has annointed ME to set CAPTIVES FREE | Going to make way for YOU
Close and inpso
Close and inpso
This is moment | Time | Chnace to walk through incarnation, into relationship.
Time for New Birth
At Christmas - Don’t check if fairy lights is in tinsel -it’s done - just hang it.
close the book to the last story - Lean into new story.
What does life look like? if you get in God’s story | Knowing he made first, greatest move and he has the keys.
Prayer life different? day different? relationship different? Christmas…different?…
all about Jesus - Not us | His Glory but at his heart - was you.
Today is day - for Dust to step into divine - to say - I want to walk in God’s story. in His Will…all the way to eternity.…
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
To all believed in THE Name - not that he had a name.
Leaned on the name…MESSIAH
SAVIOUR | FORGIVER | SACRIFICE | PRINCEO F PEACE
Jesus - born 4-6 BC - But if you’re eternal word, can be born before yourself - Split Histry- Wonder if someone here today could be born, and your story born, today.
2023 AD- ANNA DOMINI - THE YEAR OF HTE LORD
**prayer**