Monday, Michael’s Morning service
So, as we all have know, or may have learned over this retreat, God sent his son into the world for us, so we could be saved from our sin. But my question is, why should we be happy that God’s son came into the world as a baby? God could have sent him in the form of anything he wanted, but why is it good that he came as a baby?
He was once a hardworking student- Luke 2:46-47
He was devoted to God from an early age- Luke 2:49
He was tested and tempted, but did not sin- Matthew 4:1-11
Though he was very much God, he also was very much a man, he had to grow up and face trials and in those trials like we read in Matthew 4, he went through temptations just like you and I, but he did not sin.
We can be joyful
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The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” 22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
Notice he says that these words are from his Father. Jesus came to lead by example but not as a mighty and powerful warrior over his people, but as he is described in Philippians 2, “a servant”.
In verse 7 of this book it says “he made himself nothing”, which means he willingly chose this life, obeying his father, and thinking of all of you. He knew that you would face many trials as kids growing up, and when you get older, life will be tough in this messed up world, but he came to show us the way. And Jesus is the way. His whole life’s purpose was to come and spread God’s love, serving God, doing everything God commanded him to do, and humbly loving us, even when we didn’t love him.
When asked about what were the 2 greatest commands God gave his people, Jesus said that all of the laws God gave were summed up by
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God won’t ever ask us to physically die for the world, but through Jesus willingness to come into this world as a baby, growing up and serving, Jesus loved God, doing everything he told him, even when it meant dying. And he loved us as himself as he died to save our lives though it meant he would lose his.
His life wasn’t about just enjoying God’s love for himself, he fully loved God by obeying him, and he loved us by proclaiming God’s love to the world.
Do you know that Jesus prayed for you? In John 17 Jesus prayed to God for you. He said to God,
“I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
With your unity, together, he wanted the world to know that God sent him, so that they could believe in him too. Jesus’s lifes goal was for everyone to know God through him, and for us all to be united, in one
Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you… so that he many give eternal life to all you gave him” (John 17:1-2). He continues, “I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth,” (John 17:19). Jesus’ prayer is to bring us into perfection with God, for us to know him, and understand his love for us. This is achieved through God’s loving sacrifice as evidenced in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life”. Opposite from the notion that we must sacrifice our first born sons for God, God sacrifices his son for us. This is made reality in the passion and suffering of
Jesus, however, has many different beliefs. He believes there is a certain way to live in order to achieve the greater things in the afterlife. For doing the right thing for god is the way we all need to live. At times it can seem very radical. For example, Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount "Whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery," and "If you say, 'You fool, ' you will be liable to the hell of
Jesus Christ became human and walked with men and women. The Creator of heaven and earth became a creature and entered the creation that he made into existence. God made himself known so humanity could have the most basic understanding of who he was and Christ there would be no Christianity. Jesus taught mankind a high view of Scripture and inspired his followers and others to uphold it as God’s Word. (A Starting Point for Wisdom by Jason Hiles and Anna Faith
Identify at least one claim that Jesus made about His nature and/or the purpose of His ministry (such as in Mark 2:1-12, Matt 9:9-13, Luke 7:18-23, John 5:16-18, John 10:25-38, or John 14:5-11). Underline the passage chosen. What is the significance of this
With each religion comes things to learn and understand. Some things are easy to grasp onto, while others can be impossible to comprehend. Why was it necessary for Jesus to be human? How did Jesus overcome the most powerful of human leaders? Why did God send His only son for us? In the book On the Incarnation by Athanasius, these questions are thoroughly explained. Beginning with the creation of man, God promised to protect and care for us. This promise He fulfills through Jesus His son.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for his good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16)
He demonstrated His love even when we did not love Him, by first loving us. The LORD demonstrated His love when Jesus came into the world to seek and save the lost. He paid the definitive sacrifice for those He loved. Equally, we are to love sacrificially. It transcends family and encompasses the beloved community.
...e greatest among the Compsons. Both Dilsey and Jesus chose to commit their time to serve others rather than worrying about themselves. A term often used for this is “dying to self,” or in other words risking your wants and lifestyle to help others. There is a slim amount of people these days that have this gift, because selfishness has taken over selflessness. Therefore, to acquire a selfless attitude we must go against our desires for power, popularity, and prominence, hence why we are all selfish. We choose to take the easy way out because being selfless requires you to go out of your way and put your desires to the side for a while. No one is obligated to be a servant to others; therefore, we can more easily see the ones in our society who are, compared to the ones who are not. The choice to be a servant can reveal a certain character that everyone loves.
During his time of teaching, he started to openly speak about the Reign of God coming among the people; however, his public speaking of this matter and the “Kingdom of God” started to upset a numerous amount of people . The “Kingdom of God” that Jesus spoke about basically meant that...
The human race needed salvation because of one sin that affected the rest of humanity. God reached out through Jesus to guide us, “He has been manifested in a human body for this reason only, out of the love and goodness of His Father, for the salvation of us men” (Athanasius 2). It was through Jesus that salvation was brought to us because, “God has not only made them of nothing, but had also graciously bestowed on them His own life by the grace of the Word” (Athanasius 5). Another name for Jesus is the Word, “And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw His glory, The glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth” (Schroeder 20). Through this we understand that the Word has been with God since the dawn of time and it was through Him in which creation came to be (Pohle February Seventh).
Jesus was perfect he did not even yield to the temptations of his nature unlike the people around him. It says in John 14:30 that “but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me. Jesus did not even yield to temptations in his actions.
Jesus went around teaching groups of people and doing miracles and signs. What he taught was how the Kingdom of God was near and that through Jesus all who believed would receive eternal life. Through Jesus we get a new heart that is free of that sinful corruption
Jesus continues his dialogue with his disciples with the phrase “I am the true vine…” (John 15:1). This phrase is a continuation and the final of seven “I am” statement found in the book of John. For example, Jesus said, “I am the bread of life” (6:35), “I am the light of the world” (8:12), “I am the gate” (10:9), “I am the good shepherd” (10:12), “I am the resurrection and the life” (11:15-26), “I am the way, the truth and the life” (14:16), and finally, “I am the vine.” Each of the “I am” statements draw the Jewish audience to their foundation with God because when Moses asked, “What is your name God? He said, “I am who I am” (Exodus 3:14). John’s overall purpose in the “I am” statements is to point to Jesus being God in the flesh. Similarly,
...merciful, for they will be shown mercy" and "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Holy Bible, Matthew 5:3-11). These scriptures say a lot to us reinstating what Matthew has written in how we should live our lives and follow the laws stated by Jesus in The Greatest Commandment so that we can obtain our peace of heart and give our love, ourselves selflessly to God. For when Jesus answered this question, the religious leaders and the Pharisees knew that he had answered well. After this question was answered Jesus also asked and answered a question about his son ship to God and from then on his answers showed his wisdom and those that questioned him never dared to ask Jesus any more questions. They knew that he was the son of the Lord. All knew and understood that these two Greatest Commandments were to be the law and the prophecies to live by.