Rich Maffeo on Nostr: Sermon December 31, 2023 A Christmas Acronym – Part Two Last week’s Christmas ...
Sermon December 31, 2023
A Christmas Acronym – Part Two
Last week’s Christmas message centered around the word, “Christmas’ which I used as an acronym. As I peeled apart the first five letters of that word and began my message with the letter ‘C’ to remind us of how God cherishes us. The letter ‘H’ stood for the question, “How could God love a sinner such as I – and you – that He did what He did by becoming flesh and dying that torturous death. The ‘R’ represented ‘reconciliation.’ Because of our sins God and all humanity were at irreconcilable enmity with each other. But in Jesus the Christ, God reconciled us to Himself when He placed our sins onto His Son.
With the next letter, ‘I’ I spoke about God's Invitation to all who want to receive from Him forgiveness and the total remission of our sins – even the worst of our sins. And finally, last week, the letter ‘S’ stood for the word ‘Seek’ as in ‘Seek Him while He may be found – not only during Christmastime, but throughout the year and throughout our lives.
Which brings us now to today’s message. I’ll start now with the ‘T’ of Christmas. ‘T’ represents the word ‘Take’ – as in ‘Take the message of the manger and the cross into 2024.”
You can read the full message on my blog: https://inhimonly.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-christmas-acronym-part-two.html
A Christmas Acronym – Part Two
Last week’s Christmas message centered around the word, “Christmas’ which I used as an acronym. As I peeled apart the first five letters of that word and began my message with the letter ‘C’ to remind us of how God cherishes us. The letter ‘H’ stood for the question, “How could God love a sinner such as I – and you – that He did what He did by becoming flesh and dying that torturous death. The ‘R’ represented ‘reconciliation.’ Because of our sins God and all humanity were at irreconcilable enmity with each other. But in Jesus the Christ, God reconciled us to Himself when He placed our sins onto His Son.
With the next letter, ‘I’ I spoke about God's Invitation to all who want to receive from Him forgiveness and the total remission of our sins – even the worst of our sins. And finally, last week, the letter ‘S’ stood for the word ‘Seek’ as in ‘Seek Him while He may be found – not only during Christmastime, but throughout the year and throughout our lives.
Which brings us now to today’s message. I’ll start now with the ‘T’ of Christmas. ‘T’ represents the word ‘Take’ – as in ‘Take the message of the manger and the cross into 2024.”
You can read the full message on my blog: https://inhimonly.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-christmas-acronym-part-two.html