The Sacrificial King - December 10
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🗓️ 10 December 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
What a gift we have in the Christmas season. God himself took on flesh and dwelt among us that we might find eternal relationship in him. His coming serves as a continual reminder of his grace and pursuit of us who are lost without him. As we look to Jesus this week to celebrate who he is and what he’s done, may you find life-giving hope and foundational joy.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 1:29, and today's worship is Always Have by Vertical Church Band.
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| 0:00.0 | What a gift we have in the Christmas season. God himself took on flesh and dwelt among us that we might find eternal relationship with him. |
| 0:14.3 | His coming serves as a continual reminder of his grace and pursuit of us who are lost without |
| 0:20.3 | him. |
| 0:21.4 | As we look to Jesus this week to celebrate who he is and what he's done, may you find life-giving |
| 0:27.7 | hope and foundational joy. |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome to the First of Teen Podcast. Our verse for today comes from John 129. |
| 0:47.0 | Scripture says, |
| 0:50.0 | behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. |
| 0:55.0 | It's impossible to separate the birth of Christ |
| 1:00.0 | from the purpose of his coming. |
| 1:03.6 | John 316 tells us, for God so love the world that he gave his only son, |
| 1:09.4 | that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. As we take time today to |
| 1:17.2 | look at the heart of a God who would sacrifice his own life that we might find life |
| 1:22.4 | through him, let's open our hearts to receive a fresh |
| 1:26.4 | encounter with his real available love. |
| 1:30.8 | Jesus's coming was entirely a love-motivated decision. |
| 1:37.0 | Scripture says, for God so loved the world. |
| 1:41.0 | So great is the depth of his love for his wayward crown of creation, that he became man himself, to live the life none of us ever could. |
| 1:51.0 | So vast is his affection for us that he took the pain and |
| 1:56.2 | shame we were due and offered up his life as a ransom for ours. Truly there is no greater love than the sacrifice of our king. |
| 2:09.1 | Have you stopped recently to acknowledge how intentionally God pursues you. |
| 2:15.0 | Have you stopped to marvel at the lengths to which you would go simply to have your heart? |
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