What's So Special About Christmas

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Why Is Christmas So Important?
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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth

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Philippians 25-11
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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus (v.6)

Though he was God, He didnt demand cling to
His rights as God.
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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus

Jesus Christ is the exact likeness of the unseen
God. He existed before God made anything at all,
in fact, Christ Himself is the Creator Who made
everything... Col.115-16
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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus

No one has ever seen God. But His only Son, Who
is Himself God He has told us about Him. John
117-18 Jesus answeredAnyone whos seen Me,
has seen the Father. John 149
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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus
• How? born a human being (v.7)

He became like men was born a human being.
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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus
• How? born a human being
• Why?

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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus
• How? born a human being
• Why? 1) so I can relate to Him

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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus
• How? born a human being
• Why?

1) so I can relate to Him
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to
Him, nothing in His appearance that we should
desire Him. Isaiah 532
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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus
• How? born a human being
• Why?

1) so I can relate to Him
He has been tempted in every way, just as we
are yet was without sin. Heb.415
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Why Is Christmas So Important?

• God came to earth, as Jesus
• How? born a human being
• Why?

1) so I can relate to Him 2) so He can relate to
me
He has been tempted in every way, just as we
are yet was without sin. Heb.415
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Why Did God Come?
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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• show me what Gods really like

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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• show me what Gods really like

The Word (Jesus) became a human being lived
here with us. We saw His true glory, the glory of
the only Son of the Father. From Him all the
kindness all the truth of God have come down to
us. John 114
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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• show me how to really live

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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• show me how to really live

I have come that you might live life to the
fullest. John 1010
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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• show me I can trust God completely

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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• show me I can trust God completely

I came down from heaven not to follow My own
whim, but to accomplish the will of the One Who
sent Me. John 638
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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• forgive everything Ive done wrong

He became a man so that He could take away our
sins. 1 John 35
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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• forgive everything Ive done wrong

• gives me a clear conscience now

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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit

• forgive everything Ive done wrong

• gives me a clear conscience now
• guarantees me heaven forever

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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit
• Why? because God loves me so much

God showed how much He loves us by sending His
only Son into the world so that we might have
eternal life through Him. This is real love, that
God sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our
sins. 1 John 49-10
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Why Did God Come?

• He came for my benefit
• Why? because God loves me so much

The greatest love a person can show is to die
for his friends. John 1513
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How Do I OpenThis Gift Package?
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?

• He came to enable me to know God

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How Do I Open This Gift Package?

• He came to enable me to know God

I must receive it to benefit from it
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When the Lord Jesus appears from heaven, Hell
come with His mighty angels, in flaming fire,
bringing judgment on those who don't know God
on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our
Lord Jesus.2 Thessalonians 17-8
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We were restored to friendship with God by the
death of His Son while we were still His enemies
we will be delivered from eternal punishment by
His life. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful
new relationship with God all because of what our
Lord Jesus Christ has done for us.Romans 510-11
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?

• He came to enable me to know God

I must receive it to benefit from it Its
priceless
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?

• He came to enable me to know God

I must receive it to benefit from it Its
priceless, personal
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?

• He came to enable me to know God

I must receive it to benefit from it Its
priceless, personal, practical
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?

• He came to enable me to know God

I must receive it to benefit from it Its
priceless, personal, practical, permanent
(v.9-11)
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Whats This World Coming To?

• Everyone will appear before God (v.9-10)
• Everyone will confess Jesus is Lord (v.11)

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How Do I Open This Gift Package?

• He came to enable me to know God
• How?

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If youll say with your mouth Jesus is my Lord
believe in your heart that God raised Him back
from death, youll be saved.Romans 109
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?
     He came to enable me to know God     
How? I Admit that I need God
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?
     He came to enable me to know God     
How? I Admit that I need God I Believe that
Jesus is God
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?
     He came to enable me to know God     
How? I Admit that I need God I Believe that
Jesus is God I Commit my life to Him
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?
     He came to enable me to know God     
How? I Admit that I need God I Believe that
Jesus is God I Commit my life to Him Under
New Management
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How Do I Open This Gift Package?
     He came to enable me to know God     
How? I Admit that I need God I Believe that
Jesus is God I Commit my life to Him      Why?
Enabled to live life to the full!
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