Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

• Lola Richey with Church Minute
• God blessings and peace to you
• Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior of the World
• New Year with new beginnings

• Prophets predictions
• Isaiah 9:1-2, 6-7
  • Great light
  • Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Prince of Peace
• Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:8, 10; Matthew 28:20; John 1:1-3, 14
  • Immanuel - God with us not only at Christmas but throughout the year
• Matthew 1:1, 6, 16, 21, 23; Matthew 2:2, Luke 1:31-35; Luke 2:10-11; John 1:45, 49; John 4:42; 1 John 4:14
  • Messiah (Christ, Anointed One of God) predicted by the Old Testament prophets
  • Promised King of the World promised to King David
  • Lord of All
  • Savior of the World
• Luke 4:18-19; John 1:12-13, 16-17; John 3:15-18, 36; John 10:10; John 14:27; John 16:33; John 17:11, 21-26; Romans 5:1-2; Romans 8:14-17; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 1:13-14; Ephesians 2:14, 17-18; Ephesians 3:12; cf. Isaiah 61:1-2; Lamentations 3:22-23
  • Gives everyone adoption as sons and daughters into God’s Kingdom family forever
  • Freely gives grace upon grace and blessings upon blessings
  • Abundant life now and for eternity
  • Fresh start and a new heart and we are declared righteous
  • New heart
  • Peace with God
  • Joy - lasting joy
  • Salvation (healing and forgiveness)
  • Holy Spirit of God
  • One with God - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
  • Freely receive God’s glory - gift of glory from heaven
• John 1:29, 36; 1 Corinthians 5:7
  • Save us and release us from Satan’s sin and bondage
  • Passover Lamb of God
  • Turn from
  • Repentance and Obedience
• Matthew 3:2, 8; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 7:15-20; Matthew 22:37-40; Luke 3:3, 8-14; Galatians 5:22-23; cf. Ezekiel 18:30-32
  • Blessings of Jesus
  • Repentance
  • Calling everyone turn Satan’s sinful, wicked, and dark living so we can walk and live in the glorious light and goodness of God
  • obedience to Christ Jesus and His teaching that comes from His Holy Father - the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth
  • Loving Christ Jesus’s Holy and Righteous Father - the living Sovereign LORD God of heaven and earth
  • Loving and also liking one another
  • walking with humility and forgiveness towards others
  • Holy of Spirit produces in us good fruit of righteousness
• Matthew 7:12; Luke 8:20-21; Luke 24:25-27, 44-47; John 1:41, 45; John 4:25-26, 29, 42; John 13:34-35; John 14:1, 15-17, 21, 23-24, 31; John 13:10; John 15:1-17; Romans 1:16-17
  • Blessings of Jesus requires
    • Loving His Holy Father
    • Loving and forgiving one another
    • Treating others like you would want to be treated
    • Staying close and loving Christ Jesus with faith and obeying His and His Holy Father’s teaching with our whole hearts
    • Messiah and Righteous Servant of the Old Testament prophecies and the Son of the living God who came to earth to save us and deliver us from our sins
    • Summary of the all the Law, Psalms, and Prophets - Old Testament
• Conclusion
  • Joy
  • Peace
  • Divine life
  • Oneness with God
  • Loving Christ Jesus by faith and trust and obeying His teachings
• Merry Christmas - Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior of the world