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The Timeless Message of Christmas

The Timeless Message of Christmas. Joel 2:28-29 Acts 2:16-17 Luke 2:9-11 Romans 8. Hard to move on from Thanksgiving! So much to be thankful for. The First week of Advent is a time of Looking Back. The Prophecy of Joel Uncertain Times of Painful Transition!. A Future Prophecy

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The Timeless Message of Christmas

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  1. The Timeless Message of Christmas Joel 2:28-29 Acts 2:16-17 Luke 2:9-11 Romans 8

  2. Hard to move on from Thanksgiving! So much to be thankful for....

  3. The First week of Advent is a time of Looking Back

  4. The Prophecy of Joel Uncertain Times of Painful Transition!

  5. A Future Prophecy “And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

  6. Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.” Joel 2:28-29

  7. A Time of Great Political Change King Joash Looses Jehoioda as His Trusted Adviser

  8. A Time of Great Political Change In the Transition, Syria exerts its Power and Authority

  9. A Time of Great Spiritual Confusion King Joash Engages the Baals

  10. A Time of Great Societal Anxiety The People Turn Against Joash

  11. Christmas Provided A New Reality

  12. “But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh...’” Acts 2:16-17

  13. Christmas Provided A New Reality God would Reach Out to all the People of the Earth

  14. Christmas Provided A New Hope

  15. “And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

  16. “Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the…

  17. “…city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.’” Luke 2:9-11

  18. Christmas Provided A New Hope The ‘Good News’ of Christ’s Birth is Given

  19. Christmas Provided New Promises No Condemnation!

  20. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”Romans 8:1

  21. Christmas Provided New Promises A Future Glory!

  22. “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18

  23. Christmas Provided New Promises Conquerors All!

  24. “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to…

  25. “…come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:37-39

  26. Christmas continues to Provide these Promises to All Who Dare to Believe!

  27. Romans 10:8-10 The Message (MSG) “The earlier revelation was intended simply to get us ready for the Messiah, who then puts everything right for those who trust him…

  28. …to do it. Moses wrote that anyone who insists on using the law code to live right before God soon discovers it’s not so easy—every detail of life regulated by fine print! But trusting God to shape…

  29. …the right living in us is a different story—no precarious climb up to heaven to recruit the Messiah, no dangerous descent into hell to rescue the Messiah. So what exactly was Moses saying?

  30. ‘The word that saves is right here, as near as the tongue in your mouth, as close as the heart in your chest.’ It’s the word of faith that welcomes God to go to…

  31. …work and set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching. Say the welcoming word to God—“Jesus is my Master”—embracing, body and soul, God’s work of doing in us what he did…

  32. …in raising Jesus from the dead. That’s it. You’re not “doing” anything; you’re simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That’s salvation. With your whole being you embrace God setting…

  33. …things right, and then you say it, right out loud: “God has set everything right between him and me!” Romans 10:8-10 (The Message)

  34. The Timeless Message of Christmas Joel 2:28-29 Acts 2:16-17 Luke 2:9-11 Romans 8

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