Victory Life KY
Celebrating Him
Episode Summary
Think about it, The Almighty laid down His deity and took on free will, yielding Himself to humanity for the sole purpose of making passage for humanity to come back, not only to eternity, but into a divine relationship with our Creator.
Episode Notes
- Isaiah 9:6,NKJV-“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
- Genesis 1:31, NKJV- God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.
- Think about it, The Almighty laid down His deity and took on free will, yielding Himself to humanity for the sole purpose of making passage for humanity to come back, not only to eternity, but into a divine relationship with our Creator.
- Philippians 2, When the time came, Jesus set aside the privileges of deity and became human! Having become human, He stayed human.
- He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, He lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death.
- Because of His obedience, God lifted Him high and honored Him far beyond anyone or anything,
- so that all created beings in heaven and on earth will bow in worship before Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that He is the Lord of all.
- Jesus was God’s plan from the beginning, knowing the power of free will, God wanted a family that would willingly choose Him.
- John 10, “...I came that you may have and enjoy an abundant, excessive, extraordinary life.”
- This is why Christmas still remains our greatest celebration we take part in, and is ultimately our responsibility to make sure Christ stays at he center of our celebrating. That being said, CELEBRATE!
- It’s why we will always respond, Merry Christmas, not happy whatever.
- Christmas — Christ, the Anointed One
- Mass, festival, celebration
- A celebration of the Anointed One. The Creator became the created.
- The King of all existence exchanged His royalty for humanity.
- The Author of time stepped out of eternity and subjected Himself to time.
- As we celebrate the Christmas season with all our favorite traditions, the decorating, shopping, the time with family, the gift giving, the parties, stay Christ centered.
- Remember, the whole reason Jesus came to the planet was for us to have a life with Him beyond humanity. To have and enjoy the good life in Christ with the blessed assurance of eternal life.
- And even if the world around us drifts further away from the real reason we celebrate Christmas, let’s all of us help each other acknowledge what Jesus did for us.
- After all, we're going to Heaven.
- And one of the most amazing things about Jesus coming was that He chose to use us, everyday people to be an expression of His goodness and mercy. Extending His characteristics to beyond around us.
- For all of us that follow Jesus, my prayer with these couple of simple talks during Christmas is to stir up a little God nature in all of us. Ultimately that would be His goodness and love.
- You see, Christmas, regardless of how you celebrate it, is all about Him arriving and empowering others.
- Think about it, Jesus wants to use your style, your personality, and as long as we're connected to Him, He said He would make us stand out like a city on top of the mountain. Like a light on a lamp stand.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18,MSG- When God is personally present. Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of His face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like Him.
- Because of the way God designed us, He knows that in the heart of every human lies the desire to be connected to Jesus, even if they don't realize it yet.
- And regardless of your style, or personality, the power of the gospel will work through anyone who will trust in it more than their own abilities.
- This Christmas, let the people you come in contact with experience Christ, in you. Things like peace, joy, love, God’s goodness and blessing.
- Remember, God didn't send Jesus into the world to condemn it, but to save it.
- Let’s help each other this Christmas, right in the middle of challenging situations to still embrace just how good our God is.
- King David said, Open your eyes and actually see how good God is. Blessed are those who look to Him. If you really want God’s best, worship Him; worship opens doors to all His goodness.
- What if we became a little more intentional about believing Him, expecting His goodness to be a regular part of our lives?
- Why not make this Christmas a turning point for all of us? To the degree that we place a demand on His world.
- Here’s the thing, God loves us right where we’re at, but He loves so much that He doesn’t want to leave us where we’re at.
- Deuteronomy 28 tells us that when the people of the earth see the goodness of God on our lives, they will know that we are called by His name.
- And as I began studying this truth from God’s word, there’s a common theme throughout the scriptures, God is good, and God does good.
- Psalm 34, paraphrase,
- I sought the LORD and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. Those who looked to Him and were radiant.
- The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, with awe-inspired reverence they worship Him, and He rescues each of them.
- O taste and see that the LORD our God is good; How blessed, fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God is the man who takes refuge in Him.
- For those who fear Him there is no want. Those who seek the LORD will not lack any good thing.
- This Christmas, as we celebrate Him, let this our inspiration, God is good!
- This Christmas, lets make God’s goodness a goal in our life?
- If we go back to the very beginning we’ll see that not only is God good, so is everything He made.
- Genesis 1:31, NKJV- God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.
- In Eden, everything was very good.
- But something a lot of christians never consider is that one of Jesus’ primary objectives was to reintroduce what God had created in Genesis to the world. He came to this planet to show us how the people of God are to live.
- John 10, “...I came that you may have and enjoy an abundant, excessive, extraordinary life.”
- Jesus actually shows us what it was like before the fall, what we were actually created to be.
- This why Corinthians calls Jesus, the last Adam.
- And according to Jesus, nothing is impossible for those of us who honestly believe what He tells us. So exactly what are you believing for, specifically?
- What do you thing Jesus meant when He said things like: “According to your faith, let it be done.”
- What if we were more intentional about believing God for His goodness to be a regular part of our lives?
- Think about it, if God, my Father tells me I’m blessed, prosperous, favored, healed, why wouldn’t I say what my Father says about me?
- Let’s make God’s goodness a regular part of our meditation, of our conversations. God is good and God does good.
- Listen to what Peter says, Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven, and the future starts now!
- And if nothing is impossible for those of us who believe what God tells us, then why wouldn’t we make God’s goodness a goal in our lives?
- Psalm 34 says, Open your eyes and actually see how good GOD is. Blessed are those who run to Him. If you want God’s best, worship Him; worship opens doors to all his goodness.
- This is why Christmas still remains our greatest celebration we take part in, so lets make sure Christ stays at he center of our celebrating. That being said, CELEBRATE!
- Remember Genesis 1, God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.
- This Christmas, let the people you’re around experience Christ in you. Experience His love, joy, peace, His goodness and blessing.
- John 10, “...I came that you may have and enjoy an abundant, excessive, extraordinary life.”