David Rathel - December 20, 2015
The Cost Of Christmas
HIS PERSON Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. HIS POSSESSIONS Psalm 24:1 The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Psalm 50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. HIS PLACE Heaven Is A Place Of Perfect Peace And Perpetual Praise. He Left The Worship And Adoration Of Angels For The Cursing And Jeers Of Humanity. HIS POWER Philippians 2 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. HE LEFT HEAVEN SO WE COULD GO TO HEAVEN. HE WAS REJECTED SO THAT WE COULD BE RECEIVED. HE WAS BORN IN A STABLE SO THAT WE COULD BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT. HE BECAME A SERVANT SO WE COULD BECOME SAINTS. HE DIED SO THAT WE COULD LIVE.
