Sunday, December 13, 2015
THINGS I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS: FORGIVENESS
Duration:36 mins 23 secs
THINGS I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS: FORGIVENESS
VARIOUS SCRIPTURES
THERE ARE A MENU OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE FOR CHRISTMAS, BUT WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED AND FOR WHAT WERE WE BORN?
2 CORINTHIANS.9:15, "THANKS BE TO GOD FOR HIS INDESCRIBABLE GIFT."
*WE ALL NEED THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD.
THE LAW OF GOD HAS BEEN VIOLATED BY EVERYONE OF US ...
FORGIVENESS AND MERCY EMBRACE THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEED OF IT ...
*JESUS WAS BORN TO REMOVE OUR SINS,
MATT.1:21, "... FOR IT IS HE WHO SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS."
JOHN 1:29, "... BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD."
OUR SINS REQUIRE A SACRIFICE
OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICES WERE TEMPORARY ...
HEBREWS 9:13-14; ROMANS 5:6
WE CAN DO NOTHING TO CHANGE OUR CONDITION
*JESUS DIED TO SET US FREE,
COLOSSIANS 2:13-14
OBSERVATION #1, JESUS CANCELED OUR DEBT TO THE LAW ...
OBSERVATION #2, OUR DEBT WAS TRANSFERRED TO JESUS ...
*JESUS REPRESENTS US TO THE FATHER RIGHT NOW,
I JOHN 2:2
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