Why Christmas?

WhyChristmas?

John 1:14aAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,…

Why Christmas?1. To Fulfill the Law & Prophets2. To Seek & Save the Lost3. To Call Sinners to Repentance4. To Give His Life as a Ransom

Matthew 5:7"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them

Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

M. HenryThe whole world of mankind, by the fall, is become a lost world: lost as a city is lost when it has revolted to the rebels, as a traveller is lost when he has missed his way in a wilderness, as a sick man is lost when his disease is incurable, or as a prisoner is lost when sentence is passed upon him

Luke 5:31-32For the Son of Man came to seek and to And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

Jeremiah 35:15I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them persistently, saying, 'Turn now every one of you from his evil way…

Mark 10:45For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

1 Peter 1:18-19…you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

John 1:10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.

John 1:12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

How to Receive Him…1. RECOGNIZE His True Identity

2. REPENT of Your Sin 3. SUBMIT to His Rule in Your Life 4. TRUST Him to Save You