The Sacrifice of Jesus
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 7 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.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 6:51, and today's worship is Noel by Chris Tomlin feat Lauren Daigle.
Thanks so much for listening to today’s podcast, the first in our two-day celebration of Christmas.
As you go about your day, looking forward to the joy of Christmas day tomorrow, try and take a few moments to simply let God be with you. Allow the truth of what Christmas is all about to invade your reality, celebrating the fact that Jesus came for you by allowing him to make his presence known in a real way today.
May these days draw you ever closer to Emmanuel, God with you, this Christmas.
Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you seek him.
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| 0:00.0 | Christmas is a time where we as believers celebrate God's heart to write himself into our story. |
| 0:11.3 | 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. |
| 0:22.8 | But only in Jesus was a pathway created whereby we could walk in intimacy with the Father again. Only in Jesus was a veil torn, |
| 0:30.5 | allowing God's manifest presence into the earth. We owe all that we have to Jesus. We owe all |
| 0:37.2 | that we have to Christmas. So owe all that we have to Christmas. |
| 0:39.3 | So across the next two days, we'll celebrate the joyful reality of Christmas. |
| 0:44.4 | May this time together help us center our celebrations around the goodness of Emmanuel, God with us. |
| 0:51.3 | Welcome to the First 15 podcast. |
| 0:58.4 | Let's take a moment to reflect on the heart of Jesus. |
| 1:05.4 | Let's take a moment to meditate on the depth of his love for us. It must have been love and love alone that would cause God to take on flesh and dwell among us. It must have been love alone that would give him |
| 1:12.3 | the desire to leave perfection and take on the sufferings and limitations of a human being. |
| 1:18.6 | Think of the differences. Think of the implications of his decision. Can you imagine being the maker |
| 1:24.6 | of heaven and earth in choosing to make yourself low unto |
| 1:28.3 | the point of death for the sake of humans who have gone astray? |
| 1:33.2 | For us, Christmas is a time of rejoicing. |
| 1:36.0 | It's a time of joy, nostalgia, and fond remembrance. |
| 1:39.3 | For Jesus, it was a time of great sacrifice. |
| 1:43.0 | Jesus says in John 651, I am the living bread that came down from heaven. |
| 1:49.6 | If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. |
| 1:53.0 | And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. |
| 1:57.6 | You and I have been afforded eternal life and utter perfection because of the magnitude of Jesus' love for us. |
| 2:04.8 | We've been granted boundless communion with our Creator simply because he has made a way for us where we couldn't. |
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