A Christmas Message - Dec. 18, 2022

Send us Fan Mail THE MEANING THE CHRISTMAS You’ll never discover the meaning of Christmas from watching Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. I just don’t get celebrating Christmas without Christ. There’s Santa, jingle bells, Christmas trees, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Rudolf, elves and families getting together, but no Jesus! I want us to get the true meaning of Christmas, even without the Roman tax decree, the wise men and shepherds, as important as they may be to the story. What is Christmas? It’s CHRIST and Him alone. So that’s what this lesson is all about: Jesus Christ, Son of Man, Son of God. He was born at Christmas. That’s it. We begin at the beginning. Turn to John 1:1-3, then v.14 and 16-18. Read it carefully. “The Word was with God and the Word was God.” How can that be? That can be because within the essence of the one God there are three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God was the Father and the Word was the Son of God. This Word was the creator. Some say God first created the Word and then the Word created everything else. The text will not permit that. Read v.3. “Nothing was created except through Him.” Did the Word create Himself? Of course not! No thing or person can create itself. Before it comes into existence it or he was nothing. Nothing cannot create something. It’s impossible. It’s an intellectual absurdity. The Word was the creator God. “And the Word became human.” (v.14) The creator God took upon Himself human flesh. He became a man. A baby born in Bethlehem, so says the prophecy and so says history. Why was He born? John tells us. to read more, click here: https://sites.google.com/view/gracehouseclinton/sermons to view our livestream, click here: https://fb.watch/hOPlcUz0Xc/ Stay Connected with Grace Church! Dive deeper into sermon notes and see how Christ is moving in our community by visiting our website: https://sites.google.com/view/gracehouseclinton/sermons If you feel led to support our ministry, you can give securely here: https://give.tithe.ly/?formId=674824c2-5d42-11ee-90fc-1260ab546d11 Thank you for being part of our ministry! #GraceChurch #FaithInAction #terrysimpson #terry #simpson #clintonar #sermons #pastor #ministry #discipleship