ADVENTURE A Christmas Message Series

Jesus Came To Bring Us To God!

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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. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice. Pilate said to him, “What is 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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This saying is reliable and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners . . .

  (1 Timothy 1:5 – Common English Bible)

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Jesus came to save me!

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Jesus Came To Bring Us To GodThe 4 S’s Of Christmas

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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.  He

abolished the Jewish Law with its commandments and rules,

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in order to create out of the two races one newpeople in union with himself, in this way making

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

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Sinful

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For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

(Romans 3:23 – New Living Translation)

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We are all infected and impure with sin. Even when we display our righteous deeds,

they are nothing but filthy rags. (Isaiah 64:6 – New Living Translation)

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Separated

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It is your sins that separate you from your God. He turns away from you when he sees them.

(Isaiah 59:2 – English Revised Version)

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Remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him] . . . (Ephesians 2:15 – The Amplified Bible)

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Sentenced

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The person who sins will die.  (Ezekiel 18:20 – New Life Version)

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When people sin, they earn what sin pays — death. (Romans 6:23 – English Revised Version)

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For the wages of sin is death . . .(Romans 6:23– Good News Bible)

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Saved

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But now [at this very moment] in Christ Jesus you who once were [so very] far away [from God]

have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13 – Amplified Bible)

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But now you belong to Christ Jesus. 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 –

New Life Version)

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Christ himself suffered when he died for you, and with that one death he paid for your sins. He was

not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring all of you to God.  (1 Peter 3:18 –

English Revised Version)

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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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Let’s Pray!