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  • Now and Not Yet! - December 21, 2025

    Now and Not Yet! - December 21, 2025
    2025/12/22
    Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington December 21, 2025 Flourishing Together First Baptist Arlington 2025 – 2030 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) ADVENT 2025: The King! November 30 – December 31, 2025 Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him. Matthew 2:2 Now and Not Yet! Matthew 4 Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ Theme for Advent 2025: The King! K --- December 7: Born The King, Ne’er a Prince! I ---- December 14: Identity Gift N --- December 21: Now and Not Yet! G --- December 28: Go Now! MIRACLE– For God so . . . loved – that He gave His One and Only Son!! But after he (Joseph) had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” -Matthew 1:20 MILLIEU - The context surrounding the birth, life, and ministry of Jesus was characterized by spiritual, religious, political, and cultural dynamics. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. -Matthew 4:1 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zubulun and Naphtali—to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah . . . -Matthew 4:12-14 MESSAGE – The message of Christmas (and Christianity) is the Good News that the Messiah, the Savior, the King has been born! She (Mary) will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. -Matthew 1:21 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” -Matthew 4:17 METHOD – The method of the expansion of God’s Kingdom on earth is not dependent on military or political expressions of power. Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. -Matthew 4:23 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” -Matthew 4:15-16 The message of the Kingdom of Heaven is to be “lived out through” and “shared by” disciples of Jesus! The power and authority Jesus displayed was neither militaristic nor political. But his authority and power were staggering nonetheless. Jesus was powerful enough to conquer the devilish ruler of this world, universal enough to include both Jews and Gentiles in his messianic gospel, authoritative enough to transform simple men into leaders of a movement that has changed the course of history, and effective enough to attend to the basic needs of the people—body, soul, and spirit. This is the kind of messianic deliverer that advances the kingdom of God. -Michael J. Wilkins, Matthew MEANING – The Kingdom of Heaven has a dual dynamic that creates a real tension that has existed since its inception. There is a “now—and not yet” dynamic at work. Inaugurated Eschatology is the theological phrase that captures this truth. All is Well????
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    33 分
  • Identity Gift - December 14, 2025

    Identity Gift - December 14, 2025
    2025/12/15

    Dennis R. Wiles

    First Baptist Arlington

    December 14, 2025

    Flourishing Together

    First Baptist Arlington

    2025 – 2030

    2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ

    1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew)

    ADVENT 2025: The King!

    November 30 – December 31, 2025

    Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.

    Matthew 2:2

    Identity Gift

    Matthew 16:21-28

    Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ

    Theme for Advent 2025: The King!

    K --- December 7: Born The King, Ne’er a Prince!

    I ---- December 14: Identity Gift

    N --- December 21: Now and Not Yet!

    G --- December 28: Go Now!

    JOY – One of the signs of human flourishing is the presence of true joy! At the heart of Advent is the declaration, “Joy to the world! The Lord has come!

    IDENTITY: Who is Jesus? What is His mission?

    Matthew 16 records 4 episodes from the life of Jesus where He reveals that the Kingdom of Heaven cannot be fully understood from an earthly perspective. The Kingdom of Heaven is a different kind of Kingdom and Jesus is a different kind of King!

    The true identity of Jesus must be revealed by God and discerned through spiritual sensitivity to God’s revelation.

    IDENTITY: Mistaken, Forged, Stolen!

    IDENTITY: Who are we? What is our mission?

    As followers of Jesus, we are called to be His disciples! He invites us to a lifetime of intentional discipleship! It is a personal journey! Our perspective on everything changes as we join Jesus in His purpose!

    A Disciple: A person being formed by Jesus as they follow Him in accomplishing His mission.

    As disciples, our identity is no longer rooted in our earthly perspective or earthly purposes. We have denied ourselves, taken up the cross, and we now follow Jesus!

    Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

    -2 Corinthians 5:17

    Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

    -Matthew 16:24-27

    0 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

    -Galatians 2:20

    Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

    -Colossians 3:1-4

    It’s Christmas – unwrap your personalized gift from Jesus, the King! Let Him save you! Let Him shepherd you! Let Him shape you! You will find true life as you serve Him!

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  • Born The King, Ne’er a Prince! - December 7, 2025

    Born The King, Ne’er a Prince! - December 7, 2025
    2025/12/08

    Dennis R. Wiles

    First Baptist Arlington

    December 7, 2025


    Flourishing Together

    First Baptist Arlington

    2025 – 2030

    2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ

    1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew)


    ADVENT 2025: The King!

    November 30 – December 31, 2025


    Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.

    Matthew 2:2


    Born The King, Ne’er a Prince!

    Matthew 2:1-12


    PEACE: God’s peace is available to His people!


    Theme for Advent 2025: The King!

    K --- December 7: Born The King, Ne’er a Prince!

    I ---- December 14: Identity Gift

    N --- December 21: Now and Not Yet!

    G --- December 28: Go Now!


    JEWISH EXPECTATION: Some of the Jews returned from the Exile to Israel about 540 years before the birth of Jesus, while many Jews remained in the Babylonian/Persian area. Even though many of them had returned to Israel, the Jews had no King, no army, and no national identity. However, they had a hope and an expectation that God would send a new “Son of David” to rule over them and deliver them from their oppressors.


    I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.

    -Numbers 24:17


    The Anointed One (Messiah), the ruler . . .

    -Daniel 9:25


    EASTERN GENTILE CONTEXT: Eventually, the Parthians conquered Babylon, re-established Iranian rule in Persia and became the rival empire to Rome. The Parthian priests and astrologers became familiar with the Jewish Messianic prophecies from the writings of Daniel and the prophets – as well as through personal interactions with the Jewish population remaining in the area.


    ROMAN GENTILE CONTEXT: By the first century, even the Romans had come to believe that some sort of “special” ruler would arise from the region of Judea.


    “There had spread over all the Orient an old and established belief, that it was fated at that time for men coming from Judaea to rule the world.”

    -Suetonius


    KING HEROD: Julius Caesar appointed Herod’s father, Antipater, as the Governor of Judea. Upon his father’s death, Herod became one of the two rulers of Judea/Galilee. The Parthians attacked Israel and Herod fled to Rome in 40 BC. Mark Antony appointed Herod as King of the Jews, and he returned to Israel and defeated the Parthians.


    MAGI: Many scholars believe the Magi were from the priestly class in Parthia who had been studying the “signs” of the times and were expecting the birth of a new King in Judea. They arrived with an entourage from Parthia (enemies of Herod), with gifts fit for a King, searching for the new King. Matthew records that Herod was “disturbed” and all of Israel with him!


    THE KING! When the Magi found the King, they “rejoiced with and exceedingly great joy!” They worshiped before the King and bestowed Him with precious gifts befitting a king.


    Our God is the God of redemptive history – indeed, He is the God of all of history!


    Jesus is The King! Even the words in both the Old and New Testaments that can be rendered “prince” actually mean “ruler.” Jesus was truly born a King – actually, He was born . . . The King!
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