Peace on Earth - Fear Not, God Uses Costly Obedience, Part 1
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🗓️ 20 December 2024
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Summary
In the Christmas story, Joseph often feels like a background character—but in this program, Chip reveals that his role is far more significant than it seems. Join Chip in Matthew chapter 1 as he explores the pivotal role Jesus’ earthly father played in God’s plan. Learn what Joseph’s quiet presence teaches us about obedience, trust, and faith in action.
Main Points The Christmas Message = “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.”- Exhibit A – Zechariah & Elizabeth: Elderly, barren couple receive a miracle baby who becomes the first prophet in 400 years. --Luke 1:13
- Exhibit B – Mary: Humble, peasant girl from the wrong side of town becomes the “earthly mother of God.” --Luke 1:30-33
- Exhibit C – Joseph: Blue collar worker marries unwed mother and becomes the “earthly father” of the Savior of the world. --Matthew 1:20-21
The Answer: Joseph teaches us the high cost of receiving God’s wonderful plans.
The Context: A genealogy that challenges and upends Matthew’s audience’s worldview and expectation about the Messiah.The Situation: Not so wonderful. --Matthew 1:18
Joseph’s Response: A painful dilemma. --Matthew 1:19The Angel’s Intervention – “Fear Not!” --Matthew 1: 20-23
Joseph’s Obedience – Immediate, radical & costly. --Matthew 1: 24-25- The Price --John 16:33, 1 Peter 4:12-16
- The Path --John 12:24, Luke 9:23-25
- The Process --Romans 5:1-5, James 1:2-4
- The Product --Ephesians 2:10, 3:20-21
- The Four Spiritual Laws by Bill Bright
- The Fellowship of the Unashamed by Unnamed Rwandan man
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | When you hear the Christmas story, do you ever wonder like me, hey, what about Joseph? |
| 0:07.0 | I mean, like he's there early on, then he disappears? Is there anything we can really learn |
| 0:12.0 | from this disappearing father in the story? Well, I got to tell you, there's some great things to learn, |
| 0:18.0 | and we're going to cover that today. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with great things to learn, and we're going to cover that today. |
| 0:25.6 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. We are a discipleship-driven ministry on a mission to encourage Christians everywhere to live like Christians. |
| 0:31.6 | We're in the middle of our series, Peace on Earth, discovering hope in the Christmas story. |
| 0:36.6 | So far, Chip and our guest teacher Tim Lundy have highlighted how Mary and Zachariah responded |
| 0:41.8 | to the Angel's Command to Fear Not. |
| 0:44.6 | In today's program, Chip will begin to unpack the story of Joseph. |
| 0:48.6 | There's a lot to get to, so if you're ready, let's dive right into Chip's message, Fear |
| 0:52.7 | Not, God uses costly obedience from Matthew |
| 0:56.2 | Chapter 1. The Christmas message can be summed up as God loves you and has a wonderful plan for |
| 1:03.6 | your life. God really does love you and he really has a wonderful plan for your life. |
| 1:10.7 | Bill Bright, 1952, he wrote a little pamphlet |
| 1:14.0 | called the Four Spiritual Laws, and that's Law Number One. And then Law Number Two is about |
| 1:18.3 | all mankind has separated from God because of our sin, and Law Number Three, with Christ |
| 1:23.4 | paid the penalty for our sin, and Law number four is you must receive Christ personally. |
| 1:27.9 | And then in that booklet, there was a little prayer. The first time I heard that, God loves you, |
| 1:32.2 | and has a wonderful plan for your life. I was a junior in high school. My sister, Punky, I didn't |
| 1:37.1 | know it, but she recently had come to Christ. We were sort of a religious semi, but no relationship |
| 1:43.8 | with God, grown up. And so she invited me to go to, |
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