Christmas | Week 3 | Reset Series

comms   -   December 23, 2023

Why did the Son of God come to earth?

  • To fulfill the law and the prophets
    • 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. ~ Matthew 5:17-18 KJV
    • Fulfilling prophecies -Jesus fulfiled over 300 prophecies in his coming to earth

 

  • To seek and save the lost
    • 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” ~ Luke 19:9-10 NASB1995
    • 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. ~ 1 Timothy 1:15 KJV

 

  • To give eternal life
    • 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. ~ John 10:27-27 NASB1995

 

  • To bring Light into darkness
    • 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. ~ John 1:4-5 NKJV
    • 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.  ~ John 12:46 NKJV
    • 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. ~ Matthew 5:14-16 NASB1995

 

  • To make us sons and daughters
    • 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. ~ Romans 8:15-17 NKJV

 

  • To Empower us to live
    • 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” ~ Acts 1:8 NKJV
    • 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. ~ John 7:38-39 NKJV
    • 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. ~ Galatians 5:22-23 NJKV
    • 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 NKJV

 

Why did God do all of this for me? 

  • To destroy the works of the devil
    • 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. ~ 1 John 3:8 NKJV

 

  • To give his life as a ransom for many
    • 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. ~ Titus 2:13-14 NJKV

 

 

 

Words of Knowledge 

  • We believe the Lord wants to heal someone who is having severe pains in their left index finger.
  • We believe the Lord wants to heal someone of arthritis.
  • We believe the Lord wants to heal someone with neck soreness.
  • We believe the Lord wants to heal someone suffering from a tension headache.
  • We believe the Lord wants to heal someone with knee pain.