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The reason for christmas
1. Luke 2:10
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.
Christmas is a season of Great Joy!
2. Some Reasons for Christmas
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us
3. Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of the
time had come, God sent forth His Son,
born of a woman, born under the law,
Galatians 4:5 to redeem those who were
under the law, that we might receive the
adoption as sons.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God
has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your
hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"
Galatians 4:7 Therefore you are no longer a
slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of
God through Christ.
4. 1.TO REDEEM US FROM THE CURSE
OF THE LAW.
Galatians 4:5 to redeem those who were
under the law, that we might receive the
adoption as sons.
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5. Galatians 3:19 What purpose then does
the law serve?
Galatians 3:24 … the law was our
tutor to bring us to Christ, that we
might be justified by faith.
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6. Galatians 5:4 For if you are trying to
make yourselves right with God by
keeping the law, you have been cut off
from Christ! You have fallen away from
God's grace.
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7. Galatians 3:11 But that no one is justified by
the law in the sight of God is evident, for
"the just shall live by faith."
Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from
the curse of the law, having become a curse
for us …
Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham
might come upon the Gentiles in Christ
Jesus, that we might receive the promise of
the Spirit through faith.
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8. Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham
might come upon the Gentiles in Christ
Jesus, that we might receive the promise of
the Spirit through faith.
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2. SO THAT ABRAHAM’S BLESSING
WILL COME TO US.
9. Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you
and curse those who treat you with
contempt. All the families on earth will be
blessed through you."
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2. SO THAT ABRAHAM’S BLESSING
WILL COME TO US.
10. 3. SO THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THE
ADOPTION AS CHILDREN OF GOD.
Galatians 4:5 to redeem those who were
under the law, that we might receive the
adoption as sons.
John 1:12 …to all who believed im and
accepted him, he gave the right to become
children of God.
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11. 4. SO THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL LIVE IN OUR
HEARTS.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has
sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts,
crying out, "Abba, Father!“
Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by
the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of
God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the
Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ
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12. 5. TO TRANSFORM US FROM
SLAVES INTO HEIRS.
Galatians 4:7 Therefore you are no longer a
slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of
God through Christ.
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13. 6. TO SEEK AND SAVE THOSE WHO
ARE LOST
Luke 19:10.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to
save that which was lost.
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14. 7. TO CALL SINNERS TO
REPENTANCE.
Mark 2:17
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
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15. 8. TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS.
1 John 3:5 And ye know that He was
manifested to take away our sins: and in
Him is no sin.
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16. 9. TO SAVE (SINNERS, MAN, THE
WORLD)
John 3:17
For God sent not His Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world
through Him might be saved.
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17. 10. TO REVEAL TO US THAT GOD IS
FOR US!
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about
these things? If God is for us, who can be
against us?
Rom 8:32 Indeed, he who35
did not spare his
own Son, but gave him up for us all — how
will he not also, along with him, freely give
us all things?
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18. BECAUSE HE SO LOVES YOU!
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life
SUMMING IT ALL UP
19. 2Corinthians 5:18 And all of this is a
gift from God, who brought us back to
himself through Christ. And God has
given us this task of reconciling people
to him.
The Christmas message
20. Luke 2:10 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.
The Christmas message
21. Luke 2:13
And suddenly
there was with the
angel a multitude
of the heavenly
host praising God
and saying:
Luke 2:14
"Glory to God
in the highest,
And on earth
peace,
goodwill
toward men!"