INSERT RECONCILIATION VIDEO HERE by preacherman
ADVENT WEEK 3 DECEMBER 10, 2017
Sermon Title
Love came to us at Christmas.” In 1885 Christina Rosetti wrote the hymn: Love Came Down At Christmas “Love came to us. God is love. Love is God. Love came to us at Christmas.”
RECONCILATION IS ABOUT BUILDING A BRIDGE POINT 1: RECONCILATION IS ABOUT BUILDING A BRIDGE
“We love because HE loved us first.” -1 John 4:19
-Romans 8:38-39 (NLT) 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
-2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (NLT) 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. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
RECONCILATION IS ABOUT NEW BEGINNINGS POINT 2: RECONCILATION IS ABOUT NEW BEGINNINGS
-Isaiah 43:19 says: “Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.
RECONCILATION IS ABOUT COMING HOME POINT 3: RECONCILATION IS ABOUT COMING HOME
LUKE 15:11-32 PAGE 1028
RECONCILATION IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS REPAIRED POINT 4: RECONCILATION IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS REPAIRED
NO MATTER WHAT… NO MATTER HOW… LOVE COMES DOWN AT CHRISTMAS