Message Notes

MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE 25 December 2020
Text: Romans 8
Title: “He who did not spare His own Son”

INTRODUCTION

1. We celebrate the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ

2. The Infancy Narratives of the Gospels

a) They introduced the Lord Jesus as

i) The Saviour

ii) The Christ

iii) The King

b) There was such a joyous element

i) In Joseph and Mary

ii) Among the shepherds

iii) In the heart of the Wise Men

c) These may be described as:

i) Historic events

ii) Historical events

iii) External things

3. The Epistles of Paul

a) Titus, Galatians, Romans

b) They introduced other elements

i) Depth

ii) Reasons

iii) Explanations

iv) Profound theology

CELEBRATING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THIS CHRISMAS

1. The Image of God

a) Original creation

b) Made in the image of God Genesis 1:27

2. What is that Image?

a) Created according to God
in true righteousness and holiness Ephesians 4:24

b) Renewed according to the image
of Him who created him Colossians 3:10

c) It is the image of His Son Romans 8:29

3. Christ to be the firstborn Romans 8:29

a) In honour

b) In glory

HONOURING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

1. God did not spare His own Son Romans 8:32a

2. But delivered Him up for us all Romans 8:32b

3. The sacrifice Christ made

a) For scarcely for a righteous man
would one die Romans 5:7a

b) Perhaps for a good man
someone would even dare to die Romans 5:7b

c) In due time Christ died
for the ungodly Romans 5:6

THE WORK OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

1. Offense
Through one man’s offense
Judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation Romans 5:18

2. Righteous act
Even so, through one Man’s righteous act
The free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life Romans 5:19

3. Disobedience
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners Romans 5:20a

4. Obedience
So also, by one Man’s obedience, many will be made righteous Romans 5:20b

5. Law and Grace

Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:20-21

a) Where sins abounded
Grace abounded much more

b) As sin reigned in death
Even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life
Through Jesus Christ our Lord

CONCLUSION

1. Let Christ be at the heart of Christmas

2. In and through Him

a) We have salvation

b) Sonship

c) Eternal life

d) Faith and hope

e) Untold blessings