Message Series - ADVENTure - Part 4 - Jesus Came To Rescue Us - 12-24-16

ADVENTURE A Christmas Message Series

ADVENTURE

ADVENTFrom the Latin “ADVENTUS”

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ADVENT“The arrival of an important person,

place of things”  “The approach of something”

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For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world —

to bear witness to the truth . . .

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Jesus said,  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 18:37-38/John 14:6 – English Standard

Version)

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Christ came to take away our sins . . . That is why God's Son came. He came to stop what the devil

does. (1 John 3:5,8/ - New Life Version/World English

Bible)

ADVENTURE A Christmas Message Series

WHY?

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He died for our sins just as God our Father planned, and rescued us from this evil world in which we live.

(Galatians 1:4 –– The Living Bible)

ADVENTURE A Christmas Message Series

Jesus Came To Rescue Us!

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RESCUETo save someone from a dangerous

or distressing situation.

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Why Jesus Came To Our Rescue

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At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen

people.

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You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God's promises to his people, and you lived in

this world without hope and without God. 

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But now, in union with Christ Jesus you, who used to be far away, have been brought near by the

blood of Christ. For Christ himself has brought us peace by

making Jews and Gentiles one people.

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With his own body he broke down the wall that separated them and kept them enemies . . . in this

way making peace. (Ephesians 2:12-15 – The Message)

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Helpless

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Hopeless

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While we were still helpless, powerless to provide for our salvation, at the right time Christ died as a substitute for the ungodly . . . (Romans 5:6 – The

Amplified Bible)

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How Jesus Came To Our Rescue

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Our rescue was initiated by God

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“Healthy people don’t need a doctor, but sick people do.

I didn’t come to invite good people to be my followers.

I came to invite sinners.” (Jesus - Mark 2:17 – Contemporary English Version)

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“The Son of Man came to find lost people and save them.”

(Jesus - Luke 19:10 – New Century Version)

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Our rescue was motivated by love

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For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He even gave up His only Son, so that whoever believes in, trusts in, clings to, and relies

on Him

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shall not perish, come to destruction or be lost, but have everlasting life. For God did not send the Son

into the world in order to judge, to reject or to condemn the world,

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but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

(John 3:16-17 – The Amplified Bible)

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God shows and clearly proves His own love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ

the Messiah died for us. (Romans 5:8 – The Amplified Bible)

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Our rescue was activated on the cross

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At one time you were far away from God. Now you have been brought close to Him. Christ did this for

you when He gave His blood on the cross. (Ephesians 2:13 – NLV)

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The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many

people. (Mark 10:45 – Contemporary English Version)

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Our rescue culminated in bringing us home

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Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you

safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:18 –

New Living Translation)

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When Jesus Came To Our Rescue

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But when the right time came, God sent his Son into the world. A woman gave birth to him . . .  God sent him . . . so that we would be adopted as

his children. (Galatians 4:4-5 – God’s Word Translation)

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Now is the right time! Now is the day of salvation!(2 Corinthians 6:2 – Common English Bible)

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Today is your day to be rescued

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