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Introduction
We are just ten days out from Christmas...
Wow it has gone fast, Thanksgiving was late this year, we were traveling we get back and Christmas shopping wasn’t done… panic time!
Don’t worry, crisis averted… my kids will have gifts to open.
I hope they like their new socks and underwear.
this is the story of the American Christmas right…
We see it coming, we prepare for the onslaught of commercials, gift buying, event planning, family gatherings, community events
then we need reminders that the reason for all of this is supposed to be about Jesus and his coming
God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay, remember Christ our savior was born on Christmas Day, to save us all from Satan’s power when we have gone astray.
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.
The Purpose of Christmas
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons
Jesus’ Perfect Timing
There are always four Sundays between Thanksgiving and Christmas
in the church world it is called the season of advent…
we have celebrated advent in the years past
I chose to not do that this year, I always hesitate in being too traditional that it means nothing to us
but yet every year, we say things like I cannot believe that next week is Christmas… As if normally there are four weeks between, yet, this year there are only two
What happens is, our timing for what ever reason gets off
you know those people that have bad timing, maybe you are more familiar with the ones that have good timing
always sem to call you when you are about to eat… or better yet, show up when you are about to eat
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
When time came to completion…
Paul is the writer and I think that it is important, that before we dive into all of this they we understand the completion of time…
Fullness of time… KJV, ESV, NASB
Time did not stop…
When Roman society and the spirituality of man were ripe
this is interesting thought… but I am not one the subscribes to it
why, there has not been a better time in history that you could get a message out…
infrastructure and ability to travel from one place to another quickly is unmatched by any other time in history
God does not need our infrastructure…
oh I wish those folks would hurry up and make travel easier… well, this is good enough
When Roman society and the spirituality of man were ripe
When man could understand the law enough to appreciate the sacrifice of Jesus
Paul has spent several chapters speaking about the grace of God… that there is no other gospel and that we cannot save ourselves
there is only one gospel, he defended throughout his travels and before the other apostles…
that the law does not save, it only convicts
Can you imagine what we would be like if Jesus would have come and died for our sins just outside the garden of Eden…
if Eve would have given birth to Jesus… then offered up the child as a sacrifice.
the ease that people would see salvation…
kind of like infant baptism… as if because you get their head wet, regardless of what they do in their life they are saved.
there would be no true appreciation of our sin and his sacrifice
we would be religious people with no real relationship with God
we would be followers of God by name only
this is where we are in our country
I am always amazed when traveling at the different cultures
I know there is always a hesitation, or fear, when the Pastor travels we get to hear how we do not worship like other cultures, we don’t love Jesus like other cultures.
we don’t, I think that is a good thing, that will be the joy in Heaven, all the different ways of worshipping and rejoicing in the love of God
my fear with American christianity is not the way people worship, that is different between denominations and churches ext…
I am afraid at the ease with which one associates themselves as a Christian
we cannot fathom the persecutions and sacrifices that people around the world make to when they accept Christ and begin to call themselves a Christian
I do not want us to have to go through that, but at the same time, we must not act like we have it hard here
oh, they do not use the word Christmas…
oh, we might lose our tax status if the wrong person gets elected.
Remember the purpose of Christmas
We must remember the purpose of Christmas, and the first thing is to remember, Jesus came at the perfect time
Jesus is Born
It is funny that this is something that we have to be reminded of
I am not talking about those who say, Happy Holidays… Us, we need to be reminded
We are the ones that when we say how long until Christmas, we think shopping days
God sent…
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law
dispatched, sent with a a designated goal
This was not the creation or starting point of Jesus
sent his son not created his son
Christmas is not the beginning of Jesus, it is not the moment when God finally figured out what he was going to do to solve this sin problem
Well I said I wouldn’t flood the world again… So I know, Mary is going to have a baby
The Son is eternal
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Jesus is God in the flesh
Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.
Fully Man
Immanuel means, God with us!
Fully Man
born of a woman - fully human
this goes back to , where God tells Eve that her offspring will battle against Satan
born under the law - as in subject to its curse
died under the curse of the law - though was perfect
took the wrath of God that was due us under the law
There is a temptation on our part to think of Jesus as so high above us, which he is, that we believe that he wasn’t tempted to sin, not understanding what it means to be human
this is what born of a woman under the law means.
he is fully human, fully man
he was tempted to sin in every way, he did not have it easier because he was God
or he would not be the perfect sacrifice
I would think that would be tempting to not go through this...
It seems like yesterday I was creating all of this… now here I am stuck in it
He has to be fully God in order not to sin, he had to be fully man to pay the price and take our place
Jesus Came to Redeem
We looked at God sent… remember that word meant, sent with a purpose or mission you might say…
The text gives two reasons for the birth of Christ, to redeem and adopt
to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
the english word redeemed is derived from a latin root meaning “to buy back” thus meaning the liberation of any possession, object or person
to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
the greek word means to liberate, to obtain release or freedom by means of payment
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