Luke 2:10 Then the angel said to them, "Do not be

afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

Christmas is a season of Great Joy!

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John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and

dwelt among us

Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Galatians 4:5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"

Galatians 4:7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

1.TO REDEEM US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW.

Galatians 4:5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

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Galatians 3:19 What purpose then does the law serve?

Galatians 3:24 … the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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Galatians 5:4 For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God's grace.

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Galatians 3:11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith."

Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us …

Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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2. SO THAT ABRAHAM’S BLESSING WILL COME TO US.

Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you."

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2. SO THAT ABRAHAM’S BLESSING WILL COME TO US.

3. SO THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THE ADOPTION AS CHILDREN OF GOD.

Galatians 4:5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

John 1:12 …to all who believed im and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

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4. SO THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS.

Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!“

Romans 8:9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ

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5. TO TRANSFORM US FROM SLAVES INTO HEIRS.

Galatians 4:7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

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6. TO SEEK AND SAVE THOSE WHO ARE LOST

Luke 19:10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to

save that which was lost.

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7. TO CALL SINNERS TO REPENTANCE.

Mark 2:17I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to

repentance.

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8. TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS.

1 John 3:5 And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins: and in Him is no sin.

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9. TO SAVE (SINNERS, MAN, THE WORLD)

John 3:17 For God sent not His Son into the world to

condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.

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10. TO REVEAL TO US THAT GOD IS FOR US!

Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Rom 8:32 Indeed, he who35 did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all — how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?

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BECAUSE HE SO LOVES YOU!

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life

SUMMING IT ALL UP

2Corinthians 5:18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has

given us this task of reconciling people to him.

The Christmas message

Luke 2:10 Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid,

for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

The Christmas message

Luke 2:13 And suddenly

there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly

host praising God and saying:

Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth

peace, goodwill

toward men!"