Jesus Came to Save: Ten Great Realities of Christmas

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Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, 163859, Desiring God, John Piper, Preaching, Christianity, Messages, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 December 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The birth of John the Baptist was great, but the birth of Jesus Christ was infinitely greater. John prepared for salvation, but Jesus purchased it.

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0:00.0	Father, I pray now that the same Holy Spirit that filled Zakaria and released his undeserving tongue would feel me and us so that this magnificent salvation which he opened by
0:20.7	prophecy would be plain and precious to us.
0:29.0	I bring this in Jesus' name, amen. So remember back in verse 6 of chapter 1, Zakaria and Elizabeth, it says, we're both righteous
0:41.6	before God,
0:42.6	walking blameless in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
0:49.0	But they had no child,
0:52.2	because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years.
1:00.0	So there were two old to have a baby and she was barren and they were blameless that
1:10.4	his God held nothing against them.
1:14.8	So barren, blameless, old, perfect couple to have John the Baptist.
1:26.6	Because John the Baptist is going to be great,
1:35.0	but not as great as Jesus.
1:40.8	And that's the point of these two chapters.
1:45.0	Verse 15, chapter 1, he will. He will be great before the Lord. John the Baptist will be great before the Lord.
1:48.0	Jesus will be great before the Lord.
1:51.0	Jesus will be the Lord. Jesus will be the Lord.
1:57.0	Unto you is born this day in the city of David,
2:00.0	a Savior who is Christ the Lord.
2:04.6	Chapter 2, verse 11.
2:06.7	So John's going to be a great man.
2:11.8	Matthew 111, among those, this is Jesus talking,
2:16.8	among those born of women has arisen
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