1. Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org
Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard
Sunday, December 14, 2008
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2. 1 John Series 1 John 4:18-21 Perfected in Love

3. 1 John 4:19, “We love, because He first loved us.”

4. God's love is manifested towards us. Romans 8:28-39

5. 1) Vs. 29, “…so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren.”

6. 2) Vs. 32a, “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all,…”

7. 3) Vs. 34b, “Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.”

8. John 13:3, “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands (exalted), and that He had come forth from God (born as a man) and was going back to God (resurrection after death).”

9. 1) Vs. 29, “…so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren.”

10. God had to become man in order to be a satisfactory sacrifice
God had to become man in order to be a satisfactory sacrifice. He had to be like us in order to die for us. Rom 5:12

11. Yet, Jesus had to be born without sin to qualify as the perfect sacrifice. Rom 8:3; Phil 2:5-8; Heb 10:1-14

12. The Importance of the Virgin Birth

13. Adam fell in the garden. Sin entered into the world
Adam fell in the garden. Sin entered into the world. Sin is perpetuated in the human race passed down through the father. At birth God imputes to the new born Adam's original sin. That imputation joins with the Sin Nature and the baby is born physically alive yet spiritually dead. Therefore, all have sin.

14. Sin separates man from God
Sin separates man from God. God desires to reconcile man back to Himself. Therefore, sin needs to be paid for. Jesus Christ volunteered to be the sacrificial lamb for our sins in eternity past. To do so He had to become like us, yet without sin. Therefore, the necessity for the virgin birth.

15. The first prophecy of the virgin birth. Gen 3:15

16. The Jewish prophecy of the virgin birth. Isa 7:14, 9:6-7

17. The historical fulfillment of the virgin birth. Mat 1:19-25

18. The result of the virgin birth
The result of the virgin birth. John 1:14; Rom 1:3; 1 Tim 3:16; Heb 2:14; Phil 2:5-11

19. John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

20. Phil 3:15, “…and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you.”

21. Offering

22. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, December 14, Tape # 08S The Importance of the Virgin Birth 1 John Series John 4:19; Heb 2:14-15; 10:1-14; Phil 2: James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2008