Two Purposes for Christmas

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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🗓️ 24 December 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Jesus appeared in the world for two reasons: to help us stop sinning, and to satisfy God’s anger when we do sin.

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0:00.0	December 24, two purposes for Christmas, little children, let no one deceive you, whoever
0:13.8	practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous, whoever makes a practice
0:20.5	of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning.
0:29.2	The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
0:36.0	1 John 3, 7, and 8.
0:40.8	When 1 John 3, 8 says, the reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of
0:46.7	the devil, what are the works of the devil that he has in mind?
0:51.8	The answer is clear from the context.
0:55.1	1 John 3, 5, is a clear parallel.
1:01.1	You know that he appeared in order to take away sins.
1:07.6	The phrase he appeared to occurs in verse 5 and verse 8.
1:14.4	So most likely the works of the devil that Jesus came to destroy are sins.
1:23.0	The first part of verse 8 makes this virtually certain.
1:28.3	Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning
1:33.9	from the beginning.
1:35.8	The issue in this context is sinning, not sickness, or broken cars, or messed up schedules.
1:45.6	Jesus came into the world to enable us to stop sinning.
1:53.2	We see this even more clearly if we put this truth alongside the truth of 1 John 2
1:59.5	1.
2:01.4	My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.
2:10.6	This is one of the great purposes of Christmas.
2:15.4	One of the great purposes of the incarnation, 1 John 3, 8.
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