The Sacrificial King
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 10 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 Rescue by Bethel Music feat. Lauren Daigle.
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| 0:00.0 | What a gift we have in the Christmas season. |
| 0:07.0 | God himself took on flesh and dwelt among us that we might find eternal relationship with him. |
| 0:14.0 | His coming serves as a continual reminder of His grace and pursuit of us who are lost without him. |
| 0:25.9 | As we look to Jesus this week to celebrate who he is and what he's done, |
| 0:29.8 | may you find life-giving hope and foundational joy. |
| 0:52.0 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our verse for today comes from John 1.29. |
| 0:53.9 | Scripture says, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. |
| 1:02.0 | It's impossible to separate the birth of Christ from the purpose of His coming. John 316 tells us, for God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that |
| 1:14.2 | whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. As we take time today to look at |
| 1:22.2 | the heart of a God who would sacrifice his own life that we might find life through him. Let's open our hearts |
| 1:30.0 | to receive a fresh encounter with his real, available love. Jesus' coming was entirely a love |
| 1:39.4 | motivated decision. Scripture says, for God so loved the world. So great is the depth of his love for his |
| 1:48.5 | wayward crown of creation, that he became man himself to live the life none of us ever could. So vast |
| 1:57.4 | is his affection for us that he took the pain and shame we were due and offered up his life |
| 2:04.3 | as a ransom for ours. Truly, there is no greater love than the sacrifice of our king. |
| 2:13.4 | Have you stopped recently to acknowledge how intentionally God pursues you? |
| 2:19.8 | Have you stopped to marvel at the lengths to which you would go simply to have your heart? |
| 2:26.7 | In the hustle and bustle of this Christmas season, when we not look past the greatest gift |
| 2:32.6 | we have, when we not skip over the greatest gift we have. |
| 2:40.4 | When we not skip over the reality of God's love for us to get to the next thing on the calendar. |
| 2:50.3 | Instead, may we take time every day to let sink in the simple truth that God became man entirely for our sakes. God Himself, who has no beginning, no limit, no weakness, and deserves no pain, |
| 2:58.6 | to gone flesh in pursuit of a deeper, richer, and entirely restored relationship with you and me. The love of Jesus we celebrate at Christmas time is a sacrificial love. |
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