Date: Sunday 12/2/2012, Evening Service
Preacher: Gale Miller
Main Bible Verse(s): 1 John 3:4-8
Why did Jesus come to the world?
- 1 John 4:9-10
- John 1:14
- Matthew 2:2-6
- John 1:46
- Luke 22:44
1) He Came to Take Away Our Sins – 1 John 3:4-5
- Romans 3:23
- Romans 6:23
- Romans 5:12
- 1 Peter 2:21-25
- 1 Peter 3:18 – the Just died for the unjust
Sin brings separation from God, sorrow, pain, poverty
Manifest – to make known, to make clear or plain, to prove
2) He Came to Destroy the Works of the Devil – 1 John 3:6-8
- Genesis 3:1-4
- Genesis 3:8-15, emphasis on 3:15
- Genesis 6:5-7
- John 6:37
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- John 8:36
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
3) He Came to Show the Father’s Love – 1 John 4:9-10
Propitiation – appeasement, payment
- Romans 5:8
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