Christ Is King Baptist Church Unknown
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Woven into Creation
God doesn't simply have more wisdom than anyone else. Wisdom is simply the word we use for the way God thinks and does things.--His way is woven into creation, so weave it into yourself.--You will either fear God, who brings judgment, or you will fear the judgment God brings.
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The Christmas Promise
We have nothing to celebrate on any day if the Son of God was not born as a man, of a virgin, and laid in a manger.--Gen. 3-14-15 -- The Seed of the woman who crushes the serpent- - Mankind chose to reel, and from the beginning God had a plan to destroy the serpent through the woman's seed--Gen. 12-1-3 -- The Seed of Abraham who blesses the world--2 Sam. 7-16 -- The Seed of David who sits on the throne forever--Isaiah 7-13-14 -- The Seed of the virgin who is Immanuel, God with us--Isaiah 9-2-7 -- The given Son who establishes justice and peace- - The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will ensure the fulfillment of this promise--Isaiah 11-1, 6-9 -- The coming promised One is the fruit-bearing branch who will restore creation- - As surely as the ocean is wet, the world will one day know and acknowledge who God is--Isaiah 42-1, 6-7 -- The chosen Servant who brings THE covenant and who makes free--Isaiah 52-13-14- 53-4-6, 11-12 -- The pierced Servant who bears our sin- - He will end the curse because He will pay for it Himself--Micah 5-2 -- The ancient Ruler who came from humble human beginnings--Gal. 4-4-7 -- The Son of God who makes our adoption by God possible--Rev. 19-11-16 -- The word of God who will return with a sword--Rev. 21-9-10- 22-1-5 -- The Lamb of God, who shares His kingdom and His name--The story from Genesis to Revelation is about God redeeming His creation through the sending of His Son to redeem and remake
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Blessed
-Blessed - Happy- has nothing to do with emotional happiness. Blessed refers to your state of being -- you're on the right side because you're on the same side as Jesus.--Wisdom - aligning yourself with God and His reality--See the progression - pursuit in v. 13 - 18- Find - Obtain - Take Hold - Hold Tightly
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The Fundamental Thanksgiving
Idolatry -- the worship of anything other than our Creator -- is humanity's greatest crime.--- The ungodly will do anything to not think about God and righteousness, but they can't get away from it because He has left witness of Himself everywhere.- - Creation itself points to God, His authority, and His nature- - People cannot escape the fact that they have a Creator so they are without excuse-- The ungodly know there is a God, but refuse to honor Him or give Him thanks- - God is Creator God, and we must thank Him for that- - A lack of thankfulness is an expression of idolatry- - We're not happy with our status as image-bearing creatures -- we want more- we covet -Col. 3-5-- - When I am unthankful, I'm saying I'm more important than God-- The four living creatures in Revelation 4, for all their fearsomeness, know better than to look on God -- they're mere creatures- - They give God glory, honor, and THANKS-- The 24 elders cast their crowns before God- - They're acknowledging all authority derives from God, their Creator- - Everything that has life was created by and for God- - The creatures and elders thank God for who He is and their existence-- Thankfulness - worldview and leads to worship- - We've been created by an all-holy Creator who made provision for our salvation and who sustains us- - Thankfulness is wise- idolatry is stupid, useless, and foolish--- What in our life keeps us from being thankful or leads us to doubt God---- Are we thankful He is sovereign, even over the difficult aspects of our life---- Are we thankful that, though we broke the relationship, God sent His Son to make a way to reenter relationship with Him--