Three Christmas Presents

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

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Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Daily Devotional, John Piper, 163859, Desiring God, Joy, Devotional, Christianity, Jesus, Solid Joys, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 25 December 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Jesus offers you a clear purpose for living, hope that your failures will be forgiven, and help in your fight against sin.

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0:00.0	December 25, 3 Christmas Presence.
0:12.5	Little children, let no one deceive you, whoever practices righteousness is righteous
0:19.9	as he is righteous.
0:22.3	Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning
0:27.6	from the beginning.
0:30.4	The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
0:37.8	My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.
0:46.1	But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father.
0:50.9	Jesus Christ, the righteous, He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but
0:58.8	also for the sins of the whole world, 1 John 3, 7 and 8, and 1 John 2, 1 and 2.
1:08.5	Ponder this remarkable situation with me.
1:11.9	If the Son of God came to help you stop sinning, to destroy the works of the devil, and if
1:18.6	He also came to die so that when you do sin, there is a propitiation, a removal of God's
1:25.6	wrath, then what does this imply for living your life?
1:31.4	Three things, and they are wonderful to have.
1:35.0	I give them to you, briefly as Christmas Presence, gift number one, a clear purpose for living.
1:45.2	It implies that you have a clear purpose for living.
1:50.6	Negatively, it is simply this, don't sin, don't do what dishonors God.
1:59.0	I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.
2:03.8	The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
2:08.5	If you ask, can you give us that positively instead of negatively, the answer is yes.
2:15.0	It is all summed up in 1 John 3, 23.
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