The True Politic of Jesus | Christmas | Isaiah 9:6a

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🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Did Jesus come to forgive our sins or to bring justice to the world? Both? Neither? Do we even have to pick? In today's episode, https://twitter.com/PatrickKMiller_ (Patrick) uses https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%209%3A6&version=NIV (Isaiah 9:6a) to share the true reason Jesus came to this world. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), and https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO and @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast) Passages https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%209%3A6&version=NIV (Isaiah 9:6a) Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Keith Simon. I'm Tanya Wilmot. And I'm Patrick Miller. Right now we are in our Christmas
0:15.9	series. We're exploring the stories around Jesus's birth and the prophecies pointing forward to it.
0:23.0	Did Jesus come to save souls or to reform society?
0:27.0	Did he come to forgive sins or bring justice?
0:31.0	Was Jesus a spiritual warrior or was he a social justice warrior?
0:36.7	Don't pick between those options.
0:38.4	You don't have to because Jesus is both.
0:41.5	Isaiah wrote this about Jesus when he was prophesying his incarnation.
0:46.1	He said, for unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.
0:55.0	Let's just reread the part that really matters here in case you missed it.
0:58.0	The government will be on his shoulders.
1:00.0	It's a straightforward statement with absolutely radical implications.
1:05.0	Jesus came to confront the rulers of this world.
1:09.0	He called Herod a fox and he warned Pilate that he could call legions of angels upon him to rescue him from
1:15.5	Pilate's grip.
1:17.0	And yet Jesus never took an earthly crown.
1:20.3	He dealt with the problems of this world by forgiving sins, by sacrificing himself.
1:25.8	He stole every tyrant's greatest weapon.
1:28.9	Death, he said, okay, you can kill me.
1:31.7	He allowed Rome to kill him to show that Rome didn't have ultimate power
1:36.8	over him. He came out on the other side of death alive and resurrected to say death, Not even that can stop me.
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