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[TIM] Intro: Merry Christmas

Intro: Merry Christmas

Thank you for coming as we celebrate the coming of the King.

He is our way in a manger, not just our way home to heaven but a way to new life.

A way for us to live a new life and be transformed into the person we were destined to be.

>>> Key Idea: He Transformed so that we could be transformed.

Jesus transformed himself into man so that you and I could be transformed into the likeness of Christ.

So we could be transformed into the family of God.

Jesus transformed himself into man so that you and I could be transformed into the likeness of Christ.

So we could be transformed into the family of God.

[RYAN] I. Past

is a particularly rich way of telling the story of Christmas, and Paul's excitement is such that the original passage is one long, breathless sentence.

The flow of his thought goes from past, to present, to future.

Our past is a mess of good things and horrible things.

The way we tell it at age twenty is different from the way we tell it at sixty.

Paul assumes we all have our particular stories; he is telling a deeper one, one that we are all a part of:

eph1.

Adoption --> Birth Certificate

He took responsibility for your whole life -- everything, including all the things you’ve done wrong

“All things work together for good”Doesn’t mean it was good, but transformed for your good

“All things work together for good”

Doesn’t mean it was good, but He transforms it for your good

>>> He takes your past and transforms it.

He is making all things new.

Including your past and your future.

What a God we have that takes our willful rebellion and transforms it for your good.

[TIM] II.

Present

God's persistent love through the ages moves to redemption and forgiveness of sins in the present.

Everything hinges on this.

If we are left in our sin, then we are separated from God.

It’s wasn’t enough to transform our past alone, because as experience following Christ has taught us, we must choose daily to deny ourselves and submit to Christ.

It’s a battle everyday.

eph1.6-

It is so wonderful to drop forever the burden of sin.

To let Jesus transform it for our Good but lets not forget about right now.Right now in the present you are Forgiven and free.

Christ has made peace with God on your behalf and you are free to be what God intended for you to be.

Forgiven and free are there better words.

Do you understand that when I say Forgiven and Free I am talking about you follower of Christ?Never alone ...When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy SpiritYou never have to be lonely again.

/ Christmas time is for some the loneliness time of the year.

It is so wonderful to drop forever the burden of sin.

To let Jesus transform it for our good but lets not forget about right now.

Right now in the present you are forgiven and free.

Christ has made peace with God on your behalf and you are free to be what God intended for you to be.

Forgiven and free, are there better words?

Do you understand that when I say Forgiven and Free I am talking about you follower of Christ?

>>> He transforms your past.

He transforms your present and he transforms your future.

He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end.

He will never leave anything out.

Everything has been accounted for.

You never have to be lonely again.

/ Christmas time is for some the loneliness time of the year.

.. be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

.. be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

>>> He transforms your past.

He transforms your present and he transforms your future.

He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end.

He will never leave anything out.

Everything has been accounted for.

[RYAN] III.

Future

A good story ends well.

Hope is essential to the human life.

Without it we try to stay busy enough so that we are distracted by the bleak realities ahead.

God's master story, of course, is the story of hope.

eph1.9-11

Your destiny is to be transformed.

One day you will be changed.

Changed in the twinkling of an eye.

Your destiny is to be transformed.

One day you will be changed.

Changed in the twinkling of an eye.We will transformed into eternal bodies /scriptureWhere we live will be transformed / new earthHow we live with Him will be transformed / glass darkly to face to faceYour future is so bright...

We will transformed into eternal bodies / scripture

Where we live will be transformed / new earth

How we live with Him will be transformed / glass darkly to face to face

Your past has been redeemed, your present has been given victory and you future has been ordained

Your future is so bright...

>>> Your past has been redeemed, your present has been given victory and you future has been secured.

…things are going great and only getting better.

[TIM] IV.

Conclusion / Christmas Story

This baby in the manger is the beginning of the transforming work of our Savior Jesus the Christ

In other translation the use Blessed is he on whom God’s favor rest.

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.

She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.