1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,560 Praise the Lord Church! Today's Church Service is all about who is Jesus. Who is He, and 2 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:23,640 how is He important to the Christmas story. Our first scripture is John 14 verse 6. It 3 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:24,640 says, 4 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:30,520 Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except 5 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:37,360 through me. So who is Jesus? Jesus firstly is the only way to God and to salvation because 6 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:43,320 we can't find fulfillment or salvation in any other person or thing. And He gives us 7 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:50,360 life. He gives us peace and He gives us truth. So we can rely on Him fully knowing that He 8 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:58,840 is the way, the truth, and the life. Our second scripture today is Isaiah chapter 9 verse 9 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:05,440 6. It says, For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall 10 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:11,400 be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting 11 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:17,400 Father and Prince of Peace. See, Jesus isn't just our Savior, but he's also our King. We 12 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:23,200 need to live in the assurance of our salvation and with honor and reverence for him. We have 13 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:29,160 to live like he's our King. In this scripture we also see the attributes of God the Father, 14 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:36,080 God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God the Father, mighty God, everlasting Father. 15 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:43,160 God the Son, Jesus, Prince of Peace, and the Holy Spirit, wonderful counselor. We see the 16 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:50,880 attributes for all three of them. And remember, God is one being with three different functions. 17 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,320 Jesus is important to the Christmas story because he is the one who brings hope and 18 00:01:55,320 --> 00:02:02,400 salvation and light to the world. He is Emmanuel, God with us. And because he decided to come 19 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:09,760 here, we have salvation that lasts forever in him. In Hebrews 12 verse 2 it says, Looking 20 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:14,680 to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before 21 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,920 him endured the cross, despising the shame, and the seated at the right hand of the throne 22 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:20,920 of God. 23 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:25,880 We need to fully rely on Jesus. The reason we keep faltering to sin is because we're 24 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:30,280 trying to live the Christian life in our own strength, which is a big contradiction to 25 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:36,440 the word of God. If Jesus is the way, truth, and a life, he is the wonderful counselor, 26 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:42,040 God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. If he is the founder and perfecter of our 27 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:46,320 faith, then we need to live the Christian life through him because that is the only 28 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,840 way we will succeed. 29 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,800 And so when we look at the Christmas story and we see baby Jesus, we know that it doesn't 30 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:59,320 just stop there with him in the manger, the light of the world. We know it goes to our 31 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:05,040 salvation, our everlasting salvation that cannot be broken by anything. 32 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:11,560 Our points for today are 1. Jesus is the only way to God. 2. We serve one God with three 33 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,800 functions, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. So we don't serve three 34 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,840 gods, one God with three functions. 35 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:25,600 And 3. Jesus came to earth as a baby to bring hope to the world. But when he was crucified 36 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:31,200 and risen, he brought salvation for once and for all. A lot of people are comfortable just 37 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,120 talking about baby Jesus because they don't want to acknowledge the salvation that he's 38 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:42,280 given us. But the truth and the fact is, he has given us salvation and it's our choice 39 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,440 whether we will accept it or not. 40 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,920 Salvation is the greatest gift of all. 41 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,760 So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help 42 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,600 you. But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give 43 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:03,600 your heart to the Lord today. To receive him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 44 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:04,600 10. It says, 45 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:09,720 That if you confess with your mouth, the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God 46 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,800 has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto 47 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,680 righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer 48 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:24,720 with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You are saved from 49 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:30,960 all your sins. Past, present, and future sins you may commit. This truth is not a free past 50 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:36,720 to sin any time. Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to 51 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:42,040 spread the gospel to others. You are saved forever and your name is written in the book 52 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:56,640 of life.