Praise the Lord Church! Today's Church Service is all about who is Jesus. Who is He, and
how is He important to the Christmas story. Our first scripture is John 14 verse 6. It
says,
Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me. So who is Jesus? Jesus firstly is the only way to God and to salvation because
we can't find fulfillment or salvation in any other person or thing. And He gives us
life. He gives us peace and He gives us truth. So we can rely on Him fully knowing that He
is the way, the truth, and the life. Our second scripture today is Isaiah chapter 9 verse
6. It says, For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall
be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting
Father and Prince of Peace. See, Jesus isn't just our Savior, but he's also our King. We
need to live in the assurance of our salvation and with honor and reverence for him. We have
to live like he's our King. In this scripture we also see the attributes of God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God the Father, mighty God, everlasting Father.
God the Son, Jesus, Prince of Peace, and the Holy Spirit, wonderful counselor. We see the
attributes for all three of them. And remember, God is one being with three different functions.
Jesus is important to the Christmas story because he is the one who brings hope and
salvation and light to the world. He is Emmanuel, God with us. And because he decided to come
here, we have salvation that lasts forever in him. In Hebrews 12 verse 2 it says, Looking
to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before
him endured the cross, despising the shame, and the seated at the right hand of the throne
of God.
We need to fully rely on Jesus. The reason we keep faltering to sin is because we're
trying to live the Christian life in our own strength, which is a big contradiction to
the word of God. If Jesus is the way, truth, and a life, he is the wonderful counselor,
God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. If he is the founder and perfecter of our
faith, then we need to live the Christian life through him because that is the only
way we will succeed.
And so when we look at the Christmas story and we see baby Jesus, we know that it doesn't
just stop there with him in the manger, the light of the world. We know it goes to our
salvation, our everlasting salvation that cannot be broken by anything.
Our points for today are 1. Jesus is the only way to God. 2. We serve one God with three
functions, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. So we don't serve three
gods, one God with three functions.
And 3. Jesus came to earth as a baby to bring hope to the world. But when he was crucified
and risen, he brought salvation for once and for all. A lot of people are comfortable just
talking about baby Jesus because they don't want to acknowledge the salvation that he's
given us. But the truth and the fact is, he has given us salvation and it's our choice
whether we will accept it or not.
Salvation is the greatest gift of all.
So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help
you. But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give
your heart to the Lord today. To receive him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through
10. It says,
That if you confess with your mouth, the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God
has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto
righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer
with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You are saved from
all your sins. Past, present, and future sins you may commit. This truth is not a free past
to sin any time. Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to
spread the gospel to others. You are saved forever and your name is written in the book
of life.