The Five P's of Christmas
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WELCOME!
WELCOME!
10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
PATERNITY
PATERNITY
Paternity means Fatherhood. Regardless of the circumstances of our birth, the situations our upbringing, or quality of our earthly relationships; in Christ we are restored to fatherhood. No longer a spiritual orphan, forced to perform for acceptance, love, or value. We are restored to God’s original state in creation, that of a human being - created in the image of a loving father, fully loved, fully desired, fully alive. Not a human doing, living on the hamster wheel of performance, never able to love or be loved unconditionally.
12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
PARDON
PARDON
13 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,
14 who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.
7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.
8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Romans 3:21-26 The Passion Translation (TPT)
21–22 But now, independently of the law, the righteousness of God is tangible and brought to light through Jesus, the Anointed One. This is the righteousness that the Scriptures prophesied would come.[a] It is God’s righteousness made visible through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ.[b] And now all who believe in him receive that gift. For there is really no difference between us, 23 for we all have sinned and are in need of the glory of God. 24 Yet through his powerful declaration of acquittal, God freely gives away his righteousness. His gift[c] of love and favor now cascades over us, all because Jesus, the Anointed One, has liberated us from the guilt, punishment, and power of sin! 25 Jesus’ God-given destiny[d] was to be the sacrifice to take away sins, and now he is our mercy seat[e] because of his death on the cross. We come to him for mercy, for God has made a provision for us to be forgiven by faith in the sacred blood of Jesus. This is the perfect demonstration of God’s justice, because until now, he had been so patient—holding back his justice out of his tolerance for us. So he covered over[f] the sins of those who lived prior to Jesus’ sacrifice. 26 And when the season of tolerance came to an end, there was only one possible way for God to give away his righteousness and still be true to both his justice and his mercy—to offer up his own Son. So now, because we stand on the faithfulness of Jesus,[g] God declares us righteous in his eyes!
Romans 3:21-26 The Passion Translation (TPT)
In Christ, I’m Justified! It is just-if-I’d never sinned!
In Christ, I’m Justified! It is just-if-I’d never sinned!
PURITY
PURITY
14 For we know that the law is divinely inspired and comes from the spiritual realm, but I am a human being made of flesh and trafficked as a slave under sin’s authority.
15 I’m a mystery to myself, for I want to do what is right, but end up doing what my moral instincts condemn.
16 And if my behavior is not in line with my desire, my conscience still confirms the excellence of the law.
17 And now I realize that it is no longer my true self doing it, but the unwelcome intruder of sin in my humanity.
18 For I know that nothing good lives within the flesh of my fallen humanity. The longings to do what is right are within me, but willpower is not enough to accomplish it.
19 My lofty desires to do what is good are dashed when I do the things I want to avoid.
20 So if my behavior contradicts my desires to do good, I must conclude that it’s not my true identity doing it, but the unwelcome intruder of sin hindering me from being who I really am.
21 Through my experience of this principle, I discover that even when I want to do good, evil is ready to sabotage me.
22 Truly, deep within my true identity, I love to do what pleases God.
23 But I discern another power operating in my humanity, waging a war against the moral principles of my conscience and bringing me into captivity as a prisoner to the “law” of sin—this unwelcome intruder in my humanity.
24 What an agonizing situation I am in! So who has the power to rescue this miserable man from the unwelcome intruder of sin and death?
25 I give all my thanks to God, for his mighty power has finally provided a way out through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One! So if left to myself, the flesh is aligned with the law of sin, but now my renewed mind is fixed on and submitted to God’s righteous principles.
1 So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One.
2 For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us from the “law” of sin and death.
3 For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Yet God sent us his Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothed with humanity, God’s Son gave his body to be the sin-offering so that God could once and for all condemn the guilt and power of sin.
4 So now every righteous requirement of the law can be fulfilled through the Anointed One living his life in us. And we are free to live, not according to our flesh, but by the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit!
5 Those who are motivated by the flesh only pursue what benefits themselves. But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue spiritual realities.
6 For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mindset controlled by the Spirit finds life and peace.
PASSION
PASSION
The word passion is often associated with sin, if we speak of a night of passion, we don’t think of passionate knitting. A sin damaged world is both fascinated by passion and at the same time enslaved by it.
When Christ puts the Holy Spirit in our lives, for the first time, we can enjoy unselfish passion; passion allows us to achieve virtue, creativity, and excellence.
IN CHRIST:
Passion empowers us rather than enslaving us!
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman
35 Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.
36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
PURPOSE
PURPOSE
Christ turns our passion in to com-passion
Passion is simply a strong desire
Compassion is a that strong desire directed towards helping others in less fortunate circumstances than ourselves.
Christ said that there is no greater love, than for a person to lay their life down for a friend.
10 For one day we will all be openly revealed before Christ on his throne so that each of us will be duly recompensed for our actions done in life, whether good or worthless.
10 For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].
