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Christmas: God’s Greatest Revelation
Hebrews 1:1-4
Couple had a Christmas wedding.
Beautiful ceremony.
Wonderful reception.
Took their honeymoon in Washington, D.C. Wonderful time.
Beautiful White House Christmas tree.
Saw all of the buildings decorated and lit up for Christmas.
Took a romantic carriage ride through historic Capitol Hill.
Even snowed a little while they were there.
Even stayed in the Watergate Hotel in Washington.
When they first checked in, the bride was a little concerned.
“What if the place is still bugged?”
The groom said, “I’ll look for a bug.”
He looked behind the drapes, behind the pictures, under the rug.
Finally, he said, “AHA!”
Under the rug was a disc with four screws.
He got his Swiss army knife, unscrewed the screws, and threw the screws and the disc out the window.
The next morning, the hotel manager asked the newlyweds, “How was your room?
How was the service?
How was your stay at the Watergate Hotel?”
The groom suspiciously asked, “Why are you asking me all of these questions?”
The hotel manager replied, “Well, the couple in the room under you complained their chandelier fell on them.”
What you don’t know really can hurt you ... or others!
What you don’t know about God … and salvation … can be hazardous to your eternal health.
There are some things that God wants you to know.
That’s why He has spoken.
[Read Hebrews 1:1-4]
v. 1 – “God … spoke in time past” – in different times and in different ways – by the prophets.
Talking about OT revelation.
· Sometimes God spoke through His mighty acts of history – like the parting of the Red Sea.
· Sometimes God spoke through angelic messengers who revealed truth to His prophets – as He did to Daniel.
· Sometimes God spoke to His prophets through dreams and visions – as He did to Ezekiel and Isaiah.
· Sometimes God spoke directly to the heart of His prophets with a message for His people – as with Amos and Elijah and others among the prophets.
Bottom line: He spoke in time past.
But notice God’s final, full, perfect, permanent, greatest, and most glorious revelation of Himself:
v. 2 – “God … has in these last days spoken to us by His Son.”
Christmas – the incarnation – the coming of God in the flesh.
Christmas – the revelation – the unveiling of all that God is in His Son.
Passage continues on to show us seven things that God wants you to know about Jesus.
Greatest truth anyone could ever talk about – I’m sharing with you today.
I pray with all of my heart that you will get a bulldog grip on this truth – and don’t let it go.
When the child of God
Loves the Word of God
And sees the Son of God,
He is changed by the Spirit of God
Into the image of God
For the glory of God
Because He has found the truth of God.
Notice with me *seven stunning certainties* about Jesus Christ.
*1.
**Jesus is the Son of God*
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God wants you to know and understand today that Jesus is His Son.
Jesus is the Son of God.
Hebrews 1:2 … His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things …
Notice those two words that go together here: His *son*, whom He has appointed *heir.*
In the Bible, there is a vital connection between *sonship* and *heirship*
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Jesus is God’s unique, only begotten Son.
His Father possesses all that there is in the universe, and Jesus is the heir.
He will inherit the universe.
As God’s Son and heir, Jesus shares ownership of everything with the Father.
· The same character.
· The same holiness.
· The same majesty.
· The same righteousness.
· The same glory.
· The same power.
· The same kingdom.
· The same authority.
· The same dominion.
Some folks may show up at your door from time to time, wanting you to take some of their literature.
They believe all kinds of strange things about the end of time, prophecy, and what not.
And they love to talk about those things.
But the main thing that separates those folks from biblical Christianity is this: they don’t really believe that Jesus is God.
They believe that He’s an agent of God.
They believe that He’s a messenger of God.
But they don’t believe that He is the eternal Son of God.
All that God is, Jesus is.
He is nothing less than God.
God underscores that truth throughout the Bible:
Psalm 2 is a psalm about Jesus.
It goes back to eternity past, and records a conversation between Jesus and the Father long before the worlds were formed:
Psalm 2:7 The Lord has said to Me, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You.
Psalm 2:8 “Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.”
In Jesus’ lifetime, God amplified this same truth.
Matthew 3 records something that happened at the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry:
Matthew 3:16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
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Matthew 3:17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
One day – deep into His ministry – Jesus took Peter, James, and John – His inner circle – to the top of a mountain.
There something amazing happened.
Jesus’ clothes began to shine, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
He was clothed with bright light.
Then Elijah and Moses appeared, and they began to talk to Jesus.
Peter started talking, “It’s good for us to be here.
Let’s make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
He didn’t know what he was saying, but he was talking anyway.
Then God the Father interrupted Peter’s rambling:
Mark 9:7 And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son.
Hear Him!”
Mark 9:8 Suddenly, when they had looked around, they saw no one anymore, but only Jesus with themselves.
“This is My beloved Son!” “This is My beloved Son!” “This is My beloved Son!” “This is My beloved Son!”
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