Come Home for Christmas
December 24-25, 2021
Home For Christmas Week #4
Come Home for Christmas
Christmas is about connecting with God
Therefore, go and give this message to Israel. This is what the Lord says: “O Israel, my faithless people, come home to me again, for I am merciful. I will not be angry with you forever. Jeremiah 3:12
Movies and songs forget 2 facts of reality about home:
a. No home is perfect
b. No home is permanent
Three Things You Can Expect to Come Home To:
1. God’s love and forgiveness
No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39
Therefore, go and give this message to Israel. This is what the Lord says: “O Israel, my faithless people, come home to me again, for I am merciful. I will not be angry with you forever. Jeremiah 3:12
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 1 John 4:9-10
2. God’s peace and strength
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
God literally gives us rest for our soul
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Isaiah 40:29
3. God’s hope and joy
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you. 2 Corinthians 6:2