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Bronfenbrenner Why was Jesus Born, and did he come into the world? (John 18:36) One phrase summarizes the horror of hell. “ God isn’t there.” What if God weren’t here on earth? What if he never came to set us free? If you think that people are cruel now, imagine what it would be like without the presence of God. You think we are brutal to each other now, imagine the world without the Holy Spirit. You think there is loneliness and despair and guilt now, imagine life without the touch of Jesus. No forgiveness. No hope. No acts of kindness. No words of love or encouragement. No more food given in his name. No more songs sung to his praise. No more deeds done in his honor. If God took away his angels, his grace, his promise of eternity, and his servants, what would the world be like? In hell there would be no one to comfort you and no music to soothe you. A world where poets don’t write of love and minstrels don’t sing of hope, for love and hope were passengers on the last ship. The final vessel has departed, and the anthem of hell has only two worlds: “if only.” According to Jesus hell known only one sound, the “weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 22:13). From hell comes a woeful, unending moan as its inhabitants realize the opportunity they have missed. What the would give for one more chance. But that chance is gone (Hebrews 9:27). ***Max Lucado*** It all happened in a moment, a moment like no other in which God became a man. While the creatures of earth walked unaware, divinity arrived. God has given eyebrows, elbows, two kidneys and a spleen. He stretched against the walls and floated in the amniotic fluids of his mother. God came near. For many people it is hard to think of Jesus in such a light. It is much easier for us as humans to keep the humanity out of the incarnation. However God put himself on earth as a human just as he intended to be. The Word became a human and lived among us. We saw his glory- that belongs to the only Son of the Father-and he was full of grace and truth. John 1: 14-18 “Because he was full of grace and truth, from him we all received one gift after another. The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. But God the only Son is very close to the father, and he has shown us what God is like.” (The Greatest Moments in the life of Christ-Max Lucado) God said in Malachi, “I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant , whom you look for so early is surely coming.” The verse than goes on to say that the Lord is a burning fire that refines metal or like a strong soap that brightens clothes. He will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He came to purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord. Then once more the Lord will accept the offering brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem. In the book of Colossians Paul teaches that Christ has paid for our sin and that Christ has reconciled us to God. Jesus Christ is God in the flsesh, Lord of all creation, and Lord of the new creation. In Colossians Paul explained that Jesus’ physical body actually died. Jesus suffered death fully as a human so that we could be assured that he died in our place. Jesus faced dealth as God so we can be assured that his sacrifice was complete and the he truly removed our sin. He is the expressed refelction of the invisible God. He is eternal, preexistant, omnipotent, equal with the Father. He is supreme and complete. Jesus not only reflects God, but he revelas God to us; as the firstborn over all ceation, he has all the priority and authority of the fristborn prince in a king’s household. He came from heaven and he is Lord of all. Phillipeans 2:6-11 is a common hymn that was used by the early Christian Church. There are seven key important points found in this passage. “Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” (1) that Christ has always existed with God; (2) Christ is equal to God because he is God. An example of this is seen in Colossians 1:15-19, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or pwers or rulers or authorities, all things were created for him and by him. He is before al things, and in him all things hold together. And is is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him.” God not only created the world, he also sustains it as well. In him, everything is held together, protected, and prevented from disintegrating into chaos. Jesus Christ is our sustainer in life. (3) Christ voluntarily laid aside his divine rights and privileges out of love for his father; Philippians 2:5-7, “Your attitude whould be the same as that of Christ Jesus. Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” Jesus was humble and willing to give up his rights to obey God and completely and whole heartedly serve people. The incarnation of Christ was the act of the preexistance Son of God volunarily assuming a human body and human nature. Without ceasing to be God, he became a human beings but he set aside the right to his glory and power. Jesus did this to submit to the Father’s will. (3) through Christ is God, he became a man in order to full fill God’s plan of salvation for all people; (4) Christ did not just have the appearance of being a man-he actually became human to identify with our sins. Christ’s death provided a way for everyone to come to God, it cleaned the sin that keeps us from having a right relationship with our creator. Colossians 1:20, “and through him to reconscile to hmself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood shed on the cross.” (6) Christ died on the cross for our sins so we wouldn’t have to face eternal death; (7) God glorified Christ because of his obedience; (8) God raised Christ to his original position at the Father’s right hand, where he will reign forever as our Lord and Judge. How can we do anything less than praise Christ as our Lord and dedicate our lives to serving Him. John 18:36, Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would right to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But not my kingdom is from another place. Pilate asked how Jesus could be king if he was not of this world. There was no question in Pilate’s mind that Jesus spoke the truith and was innocient of any crime. It was apparent that while recognizing the truth, Pilate made the choice to reject it. Jesus Christ said that “the kingdom of God cometh not with overservation, for lo the kingdom of God is within you,” a hidden, obscure thing. An active Christian worker too often lives in the ship window. It is the innermost of the innermost that reveals the power of life. In our Lord’s life there was noone of the press and rush trenmendous activity that we regard so highly, and the disciple is to be as His Master. The central thing about the kingdom of Jesus Christ is a peronal relationship to Himself, not public usefulness to men. Ask yourself the question of why Jesus and his angels rejoice so much over each sinner that comes to know him and repent. Can they see something that we can’t? Do they know something that we don’t? Absolutely. They know the joy that awaits us in heaven. They’ve seen the table, heard the glorious music, and they can’t wait to our face on the day that we arrive. When you arrive into his kingdom a final transformation will occur. We have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we known that when Christ comes again, we will be like him. Your heart will be pure, your words will be like jewels, your thoughts will be like treasures. You will be just like Jesus. You will, at long last, have a heart like his. Envision the heart of Jesus and you’ll be envisioning your own heart Heaven is the perfect place for poeple made perfect. Heaven is populated by those who let God change them. Arguments will cease and jealously will no longer exist. Suspicious won’t surface, for there will be no secrets. Every sin is gone. Every insecurity within ourselves and our hearts will be forgotten and left behind. Every fear is past just pure hope. No wonder the angels are rejoicing when one sinner repents; they know another work of art will soon grace the gallery of God. They now what heaven truly holds. Jesus rejoices that we are headed to heaven, but he equally rejoices that we are saved from hell. Bibliography:

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