“Child of Promise” Galatians 4:4-7

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Date: November 27, 2022 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

According to Barna Research Group, while most Americans still believe Jesus was a real person who lived 2000 years ago, they find it hard to believe He was the sinless Savior sent by God to redeem us from our sins. However, while most senior adults believe Jesus was God in the flesh, middle-aged adults say He was a spiritual leader like Mohammed or Buddha. Less than half of Millennials and less than a third of young adults believe Jesus was indeed God in the flesh. What bothered me most was that most teenagers describe Jesus as loving, caring, trustworthy, generous, and wise; One who is always there to offer hope in times of trouble, but less than half of them believe He is the Savior sent from God. So much for the expensive youth and children’s ministries. We will explain this further in our next sermon, “ What Child is This? Child of Promise!”

According to Barna Research Group, while most Americans still believe Jesus was a real person who lived 2000 years ago, they find it hard to believe He was the sinless Savior sent by God to redeem us from our sins.

However, while most senior adults believe Jesus was God in the flesh, middle-aged adults say He was a spiritual leader like Mohammed or Buddha. Less than half of Millennials and less than a third of young adults believe Jesus was indeed God in the flesh. What bothered me most was that most teenagers describe Jesus as loving, caring, trustworthy, generous, and wise; One who is always there to offer hope in times of trouble, but less than half of them believe He is the Savior sent from God. So much for the expensive youth and children’s ministries.

We will explain this further in our next sermon, “ What Child is This? Child of Promise!”

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While the character of Jesus has been fictionalized, satirized, and mythicized over the years, according to the most recent survey, most Americans still believe Jesus was a real person who lived on the earth 2000 years ago.

“If the Bible is the inerrant and infallible Word of God, and if Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, then every detail of His birth, His life, His death and His resurrection MUST have happened according to God’s divine plan!”

Contrary to the Hallmark commercials, Christmas is more than a season to reveal our very best to those we love. Christmas is the anniversary of the day “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

The Christmas Story began in Genesis 3:15 with God’s promise to send a Child, who would be born of a virgin girl, to defeat the one (Satan) who had led Adam and Eve to disobey God’s commandments.

In His sovereignty, God chose the time and place to reveal His Savior to the world!

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