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Emmanuel comes to us in the midst of Struggle Let's try to get a real grasp on what Christmas and Christianity is about by how it all started. First: Jesus Christ. Christmas is all about Him. His birth and Name were foretold centuries beforehand! Then, He comes during a scandalous beginning over two thousand years ago, as a young family was in a dire dilemma. A great struggle for a new marriage and family, while the greatest story ever told and the greatest event ever to come about was unfolding. He comes to us as the Almighty Creator and a baby born in humble beginnings all in One. He comes to heal and restore. Jesus comes to us, saving us from our sins, coming in the midst of our deepest hurts and upsets to give us hope and, more importantly, Himself. The contrast is that we see the Christmas Nativity story as warm, inviting, and precious-of course, it is. The Nativity is so much more-it was, is and always will be that a prophecy is fulfilled even while countering cultural ideals. (Isa. 7:14; 9:6; 42:8). Immanuel is not just a Christmas decoration or a theological construct; rather, it is about Who and What Jesus does for us. More here: Seasonal Bible Studies Weekly Bible Study Advent Bible Verses The Meaning of Advent, "Advent" simply means coming as in Christ is coming, and for us now He has arrived. This is referring to His birth in history and in humanity. Christmas Bible Study Themes
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This is the sort of preaching that proclaims Jesus as our buddy and offers a trivial personal relationship with Jesus for some kind of personal fulfillment, liberation and satisfaction. Such messages are usually cheap topics, not really drawn from Scripture or very watered down half truths; the crux of the message is missing or barely visible. This results in making the pew sitting Christian complacent and stagnate and those who are after the heart of Christ--who want to grow--feeling frustrated, discouraged, hungry and cheated because they were not fed. Those younger in the faith become vacant because they are not being discipled. Thus, the typical church member's spiritual formation becomes frail or absent by a misrepresented faith. To be an authentic effectual professing Christian one must confess Jesus as LORD! Then we respond by our gratitude. We cannot just rest in an easily beliefism. What is required is committed profession that if Jesus Christ is our Savior, then He must also have our devotion to His Lordship over our lives. If not, we do not get what it means to be a Christian, or how to build a church; we are just members in a Sunday morning club (Judges 2; Luke 17:1-2; 2 Cor. 4: 1-6; Phil. 2:10-12; 3:7-21). More here: http://www.churchleadership.org/ | Even in tough times, this ministry prospers in impact and relevance! Into Thy Word Ministries Family of Websites Our Books
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