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The Greatest Gift (CAPTIONED)
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Christ became flesh doing the Father's will and forgiveness and peace are ours because of His obedience.
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- Message based on Hebrews, Chapter 10, Verses 5-10.
- Text from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
- Let us rise for this morning's sermon text recorded for us
- in the Letter to the Hebrews where we read from Chapter 10,
- beginning with Verse 5 ...
- THEREFORE, WHEN CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD, HE SAID:
- "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU DID NOT DESIRE,
- BUT A BODY YOU PREPARED FOR ME;
- WITH BURNT OFFERINGS AND SIN OFFERINGS
- YOU WERE NOT PLEASED. THEN I SAID, 'HERE I AM -
- IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT ME IN THE SCROLL - I HAVE COME TO
- DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'"
- FIRST HE SAID, "SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS,
- BURNT OFFERINGS AND SIN OFFERINGS YOU DID NOT DESIRE,
- NOR WERE YOU PLEASED WITH THEM" (ALTHOUGH THE LAW
- REQUIRED THEM TO BE MADE).
- THEN HE SAID, "HERE I AM, I HAVE COME TO
- DO YOUR WILL." HE SETS ASIDE THE FIRST
- TO ESTABLISH THE SECOND.
- AND BY THAT WILL, WE HAVE BEEN MADE HOLY THROUGH
- THE SACRIFICE OF THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST ONCE FOR ALL.
- This is the Word of our Lord;
- let us pray:
- Glorious and gracious God, may the words of my mouth
- and the meditation of each of our hearts
- be acceptable in Your sight, our only Source of Hope and
- Comfort.
- Amen.
- Pastor Dave
- motions for the congregation
- to be seated.
- Dear Followers
- of our Lord and Savior,
- Jesus Christ.
- Religion truly covers
- all aspects of a believer's life.
- Or at least that would be the goal of faith.
- The desire of the Lord
- who is the One who wants to have
- first and foremost prominence
- in the believer's heart
- and in his life. If we look at the Old Testament
- for a moment, we see how the Old Testament believer ...
- His entire life was governed
- and guided by his religion.
- By the faith that he professed.
- Even everything that he ate,
- had been directed by God.
- There were sacrifices that continually
- HAD to be made for sin.
- There were laws of cleanliness and uncleanliness.
- There were festivals that needed to be celebrated with
- the first-fruits of the offering
- that came to the Temple of the Lord. That house where God
- had placed His Name on earth
- was the center and the focus of
- everyday life for the Old Testament believer.
- The Law and all its
- requirements were the driving force
- of the believer's life and they consumed
- each and every minute
- of what they had to do.
- And yet, in the Letter to the Hebrews,
- we hear this morning that there WERE those
- sacrifices, there WERE those burnt offerings,
- there WERE those sin offerings.
- They were required each and every day ...
- for the sins of the people.
- But God had a different plan in mind.
- God had a greater plan in mind
- to remove people's sins
- once and for all.
- To send the great High Priest into this world,
- who would sacrifice Himself,
- for the sins of the world. It WAS the Father's plan,
- that the Son would come, the Messiah would come
- in the flesh ...
- born of a woman ...
- born under Law.
- To do His will and to accomplish the
- forgiveness of sins by His sacrifice once
- and for all.
- And we see the beauty of God's plan played out
- in Scripture. We see how those Old Testament believers
- longed for God to accomplish
- His will. We heard the prophet Micah this morning
- proclaiming to God's people, that that Messiah
- was going to come.
- That that Messiah was going to come out of the city of
- Bethlehem, the smallest
- of God's clans.
- That He was going to be a great King.
- He was going to shepherd His people ... with love,
- and with justice. That God was going to send
- that Christ into the world.
- And Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient
- to the Father's will.
- He was conceived by the Holy Spirit
- in the womb of the virgin Mary.
- And the joy that Mary felt we heard about in our Gospel
- lesson for this morning. She realized that
- God was accomplishing His salvation.
- He was bringing peace and forgiveness
- to ALL people ...
- to ALL generations. They would KNOW that HER son
- would be the Savior of the world.
- But that was accomplished
- because God's eternal Son,
- who from the very beginning
- of our existence ...
- even before ...
- as He sat with the rest of the persons of the God-head
- and discussed how They would create a universe.
- By the power of the Word,
- it was created.
- And Jesus was there
- when light burst forth
- out of that darkness.
- Throughout the Old Testament history, we see Jesus coming
- again and again described as the Angel of the Lord
- to those people who needed to be comforted.
- That God was going to CONTINUE
- to keep His promise. The promise that He made to
- Adam and Eve. The promise that He made to Noah. The promise
- that He made to Abraham and all of the other patriarchs.
- That through one of their seed,
- all nations on earth would be blessed.
- And God's Son ...
- the Eternal ... Almighty ... All-powerful God,
- humbled Himself
- by taking on ... human ... form.
- By coming as
- one of us.
- It just boggles our mind
- to begin to understand that!
- But we know
- that that was God the Father's will.
- Jesus Himself said:
- Here is My body; I am prepared to do
- Your will and He came into this world
- to accomplish what God the Father
- had promised.
- He obeyed that Law perfectly that God had set up.
- He KEPT ALL of God's commands.
- He carried out those sacrifices Himself,
- He did everything that was
- REQUIRED according to the Law. And He did it with a heart
- that was filled with devotion, and love.
- NOT out of obligation or some sense of duty.
- Or even some sense of self-righteousness.
- He did what the Father
- sent Him to do ...
- which was sacrifice Himself for the sins
- of all people.
- He DID what the Father
- desired of Him
- and as His children, as His brothers and sisters,
- we also will do the same. We know the JOY
- that WE have in OUR salvation
- and with Mary we want to proclaim the praises of God
- in our lives. And we do that
- by submitting to what the Father asks of us
- by willingly placing ourselves under
- His care, in His protection,
- and doing His will.
- By carrying it out, with hearts that are
- devoted to Him, who WANT to be His children,
- who WANT to live our lives
- in that life of faith that is pleasing to Him
- because we KNOW what the sacrifice was.
- Our sinful nature says we shouldn't
- deny ourselves anything.
- If we WANT it, we should go after it, we should GET it,
- and we don't care HOW we do it.
- Because it's ALL ABOUT ME and it's ALL ABOUT WHAT I WANT
- and I don't HAVE TO take care
- of my brother or sister next to me.
- I don't HAVE to think about
- how it's going to affect my family.
- I don't HAVE to think about the future.
- I'm only concentrated on me, right here,
- right now.
- Jesus Christ never said that.
- But He thought of a world who needed Him.
- Think of
- the predicament Mary was in.
- Think of the responsibility placed
- on Joseph.
- With the hearts that are devoted to God,
- His will, will be done
- in the lives of His people.
- Because we realize that tremendous sacrifice
- that Jesus Christ made in
- humbling Himself
- by leaving behind the servants
- and the attendants of heaven, who were created
- to do His will.
- By coming into this world, not owning a home,
- not having a place to call His own,
- relying on the kindness
- of strangers, and
- the kindness of His friends for His life
- and His support.
- And yet those same disciples, were the ones who
- in His darkess hour,
- deserted Him. Left him alone,
- to do the Father's will.
- And even when Jesus was questioned by
- Pilate, as to whether He was a king,
- He responded: I AM a King ... but not of this world and
- I have at my disposal
- thousands of angels
- and if that were what God desired, they would be here
- to fight.
- But that was not God's will.
- It was God's will, that He would be
- the uncomplaining Lamb ...
- alone and solitary.
- Sacrificed once for all
- for the sins of all people.
- And He accomplished
- what the Father sent Him to do.
- And there we rejoice.
- And there we find our comfort ...
- because you and I know
- that we struggle each and every day
- to live according to God's will.
- Sometimes we blatantly defy Him ... and say:
- I'm NOT going to do Your will.
- Sometimes we just neglect it.
- And think, well maybe I'll get to it tomorrow.
- We don't always follow
- what God has asked of us.
- But yet, we are here because
- we find comfort in the forgiveness of our sins.
- It's here that we find
- the strengthening of our faith
- and the encouragment to live our life
- of love to God.
- What we do this morning, we have to take with us this
- afternoon and continue it tomorrow and the day after
- as we remind ourselves of
- that great sacrifice
- that Christ made ...
- that He became flesh ...
- and lived among us, is the tremendous
- blessing of God.
- That He died in our place for the forgiveness of our sins.
- It's where we find our comfort
- and our joy. And that each and every day
- in response to that, by the Holy Spirit
- we live a life of faith
- dedicated to Christ in this body
- fulfilling God's will, waiting
- for that day when He is going to come as our
- great King and give us our glorified bodies
- so that eternally we
- may do His will proclaim and praise His Holy Name
- for having accomplished His salvation,
- having accomplished and given
- to us the fruit of our faith ... eternal life.
- This week
- we celebrate ... Christ's birth ...
- knowing His death.
- Looking forward to the time when
- He is going to end this world and come in
- judgment. And each and every day
- that we are in these mortal bodies,
- may we give praise ... to Christ,
- who took on this human flesh.
- Who accomplished the Father's will ...
- Who sacrificed Himself,
- for OUR sins,
- so that we, in turn,
- can live in faith.
- Amen.
- Let us rise.
- Now may the peace of God which goes beyond all of our
- understanding, keep your hearts and your minds and
- especially your lives in the one true faith unto life
- everlasting.
- Amen.


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