Sermons About Incarnation
Mary, the Greatest Rags to Riches Story
Mary's story is a great rags to riches story, but Mary's story tells us more about God than it does about Mary.
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Conceived In Me
The Christmas carol, “What Child is This?†asks the question that has been asked for over 2000 years. What made this baby special before he was even born? The events leading up to the birth of Jesus are as special and amazing as His life recorded in the gospels. What can we learn from the incarnation story that strengthens our faith and set the course of Jesus’ incarnation in our own life? Join us for the three weeks leading up to Christmas as we discover, “What Child is This?â€
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The Magnificat
In the Second Sunday of Advent 2008, Pastor JR Vassar teaches from Mary's Magnificat (Luke 1:45-55). In this passage, Elizabeth blesses Mary, and Mary breaks out in a song of praise and thanks to God for his work for her and in her. It is a political and prophetic song with huge claims about Jesus and implications for our lives.
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Song of Blessing
The Bible tells us that the first Christmas brought good news of great joy. Those who doubted regained faith. Those who felt small received blessing. Those who were overlooked found peace. Those who waiting for something big to come along, celebrated. We believe Christmas still brings good news of great joy. Come, celebrate with us.
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The Announcement
November 30, 2008, the First Sunday of Advent in 2008, we begin our series Arriving. In this message from Luke 1:26-38, Pastor JR Vassar walks us through Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she will conceive and bear a son. Pastor JR explains from the text who Jesus is for his people and how we are to respond to the message that God is healing the creation in Jesus Christ. Mary serves as an example of faith for us.
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Pride & Humility, pt. 4 (Philippians 2:1-11)
Humility is the path to Christ-likeness and is marked by self sacrifice. Jesus Christ provides the greatest example of humility in His incarnation and obedience to death, even death on a cross.
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Following Like Jesus
The hallmark of our Christian faith is that we actually live it out! "Our faith" is to be more than just an intellectual knowledge or an emotional experience but it is to have practical and powerful impact on our daily lives! As we speak of Jesus "incarnation" it becomes clearly apparent that in order to achieve what He achieved, He had to have absolute TRUST in the plan of the Father! The classic "struggle" was when He faced His impending death, and cries out in the garden of Gethsemane "not my will but Your will be done." Those four words might summarize the entirety of our commitment to Jesus Christ - "Your will be done." So here is the rub....why do we find it so difficult to release control of our lives into the loving hands of Jesus? Why is "following" often such a struggle for us? What is it that keeps us from this deep, abiding contentment of taking our hands off and surrendering 100% to Him? Following the Father's plan took Jesus to the cross! Are we prepared to "lay it all on the line" in order to follow Him today?
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