The Sacrifice of Christmas
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 24 December 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Christmas is a time where we as believers celebrate God’s heart to write himself into our story. Prior to Jesus we had no real picture of God’s love. All we had to know him by was through stories of old and commandments written into law. But only in Jesus was a pathway created whereby we could walk in intimacy with the Father again. Only in Jesus was the veil torn allowing God’s manifest presence into the earth. We owe all that we have to Jesus. We owe all that we have to Christmas.
So across the next two days we’ll celebrate the joyful reality of Christmas. May this time together help us center our celebrations around the goodness of Emmanuel, God with us.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 6:51, and today's worship is Always Have by Vertical Worship
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| 0:00.0 | Christmas is a time where we as believers celebrate God's heart to write himself into our |
| 0:10.1 | story. |
| 0:11.6 | Prior to Jesus, we had no real picture of God's love. |
| 0:15.5 | All we had to know and buy was through stories of old and commandments written into law. |
| 0:21.1 | But only in Jesus was a pathway created whereby we could walk an intimacy with the Father |
| 0:26.7 | again. |
| 0:28.0 | Only in Jesus was the veil torn, allowing God's manifest presence into the earth. |
| 0:34.0 | We owe all that we have to Jesus. |
| 0:36.9 | We owe all that we have to Christmas. |
| 0:39.9 | So across the next two days, we'll celebrate the joyful reality of Christmas. |
| 0:45.6 | May this time together help us center our celebrations around the goodness of a manual, |
| 0:51.1 | God with us. |
| 0:52.9 | Welcome to the First of Teen Podcast. |
| 1:06.6 | Our verse for today comes from John 6, 51. |
| 1:10.8 | Scripture says, |
| 1:22.9 | The life of the world is my flesh. |
| 1:28.7 | On this wonderful Christmas Eve, let's take a moment to reflect on the heart of Jesus. |
| 1:35.1 | Let's take a moment to meditate on the depth of his love for us. |
| 1:40.0 | It must have been love and love alone that would cause God to take on flesh and dwell |
| 1:46.2 | among us. |
| 1:47.9 | It must have been love alone that would give him the desire to leave perfection and take |
| 1:52.9 | on the suffering and limitations of a human being. |
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