The Infinite For The Finite | Christmas At Crosstown, Part 1

The Infinite For The Finite | Christmas At Crosstown, Part 1

WHY???

John 1:1-3, 14

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made….14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

#1 WHO

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth

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John 1:1-3

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made

Logos= The Word= Jesus

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Jesus is eternal–

“In the beginning WAS the Word”

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John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

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Jesus is GOD!

“Word was WITH God, AND the Word WAS GOD”

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Jesus is Creator

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

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#2 WHAT

Became flesh

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Romans 8:1-4

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin(or as a sin offering), he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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Dwelt among us

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Jesus demonstrated 3 essential aspects of his character

-Love

John 3:16– For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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-Humility

Phil 2:7– But emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men

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-Fellowship

John 17:19-21- 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. 20 I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

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Jesus was…

-The Infinite for the finite

-The Eternal for the temporal

-The Boundless for the broken

-The Creator for creation

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Action steps

#1 Draw near to Him

#2 Pour yourself out

#3 Share the cure

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