The Great Rescue - Follow After Jesus

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Think about a baby... what it can do and what it can't do. Now think of the God of all creation - why on earth would He choose for His Savior of the world to come into the world as a baby? As we get ready to celebrate Christmas - the advent of Jesus' birth, join Chip for the surprising, encouraging answer!

Main Points Jesus' last night with His disciples:

He cared for them - John 14:1-2
He gave them hope - John 14:3b
He gave them purpose - John 14:3c-4
He told them the way - John 14:6

JESUS is: The WAY, the PATHWAY, the ROAD.... to eternal life with God.

Jesus modeled 5 new paradigms to show us how to get on / stay on… ….the PATHWAY to eternal life with God:

Jesus’ Birth = New Life
He modeled: Radical Humility
Jesus’ Family = Genuine Love
He modeled: Radical Dependence
Jesus’ Journey = Personal Growth
He modeled: Radical Obedience
Jesus’ Relationships = Lasting Greatness
He modeled: Radical Service
Jesus’ Measure = Unquenchable Joy
He modeled: Radical Generosity

God’s rescue plan for humanity was born - to BE the pathway back to Him.

Proverbs 14:12

Matthew 7:14

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About Chip Ingram

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 Edge

Living 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	Did you ever wonder why the God of the universe, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords
0:07.0	would use a baby as the means of his rescue plan?
0:12.0	I mean, think about this.
0:14.0	Why did Jesus have to come as a baby?
0:17.0	The answer will surprise you, but deeply encourage you. Stay with me.
0:25.6	Welcome to this special Christmas edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:31.6	The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians through the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram.
0:39.7	Well, from all of us here, Merry Christmas.
0:45.0	We hope you're enjoying good food, wholesome gift-giving, and cheerful music on this joyous day.
0:49.6	In just a minute, we'll revisit a fitting message from Chip series, The Great Rescue.
0:55.0	In this program, he'll help us realize the reason for all the festivities today. It's to celebrate the success of a special operation that happened over 2,000 years ago.
1:00.0	So if you're ready, open your Bible to John Chapter 14 as we join Chip for his talk, follow after Jesus.
1:07.0	Christmas is more than just a story.
1:11.6	I'd like to give you a little different paradigm.
1:13.6	You see, really, there was hostages called humanity.
1:18.6	And what you have is a very innovative methodology
1:23.6	where God is going to intervene and do the greatest rescue that ever occurred in all of history.
1:30.3	There's an enemy to defeat.
1:33.3	There's hostages that had to be freed.
1:36.3	Most Christmases, I spend a lot of energy in helping people realize
1:41.3	that Christmas is more than just about a baby.
1:45.3	But this Christmas, I want to go the other direction.
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