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Worship Service for Sunday, December 12, 2021

12/12/2021

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5/2/2021

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Worship service for Sunday, December 13, 2020

12/13/2020

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Trust the Story of the Virgin Birth
Luke 1:26-38
Every Bible story is important
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is inspired, profitable

The Bible is one story
-How God has redeemed us from our sins through Christ
-There are many stories, but they all point to this Main story
-Each smaller story is meant to increase our faith in God

The Virgin Birth story is a small but significant story!
-Recorded in Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 1:26-38
-Matthew 1:23 says this fulfills the Isaiah 7:14 prophecy
-The early church continued to declare their belief in it
-Textual evidence suggests it was NOT inserted later

Why would someone reject the Virgin Birth story?
-Attempt to discredit the unique nature of Jesus Christ
    -they would have to reject multiple other verses
-Disbelief that God performs miracles in our world
    -multiple other Bible stories would have to be rejected
-Rejection of the Bible as a historically accurate record
    -Many have tried and failed to disprove this idea
    -We don’t have to check our brains at the door to believe
       in the Bible
-Belief that it is unimportant to our faith
    -Emphasis on his sayings, example, not his historicity
    -This would mean God’s word is untrustworthy
    -We have to accept all or none of the story of Jesus
-I welcome a personal conversation with anyone who is honestly
   and intellectually struggling with the Virgin Birth. Let’s sit
   down sometime and examine the evidence together!

I desire for us to trust the Story of the Virgin Birth
-Read Luke 1:26-38

Observations from Luke 1:26-38
adapted from Christian Theology by Millard Eerickson, 1985
1. Salvation is supernatural
-John 3:5b-6 We must be born again, of spirit and water
-John 1:13 we are spiritually born of God, not by our will or by
   nature
-No one can save themselves- we needed God to intervene
-Our Savior Jesus came from outside of humanity!
-Stop trying to earn or keep your salvation by human effort!

2. Salvation is a gift of grace
-Mary did nothing to earn God’s favor, many virgins available
-vs 34 “How can this be?” Only God can do what we cannot do
-No one is deserving of God’s grace!
-God offers

3. God can do anything
-God is all powerful and has all authority to act
-The birth of Jesus is the most unique birth of all time
-Gen 18:14 “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”
-When we believe in the virgin birth, we can believe that God can and will work in our lives, to free us from the humanly impossible task of resisting temptation and living a pure and holy life
-God can save everyone, no matter how far they are from God, no matter how dark their lives

Trust the story of the Virgin Birth
1. Admit that you cannot save yourself

2. Accept God’s love and forgiveness as a free gift

3. Let Jesus be the Lord/boss of your life
-Luke 1:38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.”
-Romans 10:13 “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”

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Invest in God's Word

3/9/2020

March 8, 2020: As the 1980s investment commercial said, “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen.” Are you an investor? If you have time, treasure or talent, you’re an investor. You’re investing yourself in one activity or another, whether at your job, your home, in the community or at church. Today, Pastor Greg Byman opens Deuteronomy 17:18-20 to see how God ordains his children to invest their time, treasure and energy in studying, memorizing, teaching and proclaiming the Word of God. When God talks, his children must listen.

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12/24/2019

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Heaven is Counting On You

12/3/2017

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By Dr. Rick Hillard
Director of Missional Coordination
State Convention of Baptists in Indiana
rhillard@scbi.org

St. Joe presents This Week in the Word, the teaching and preaching ministry of St. Joe Community Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Today’s message is entitled, “Heaven Is Counting on You” and was preached by Dr. Rick Hillard at St. Joe Community Church on Sunday, December 3, 2017. Today’s message comes from John 1:1-14.

Dr. Hillard serves as the Director of Missional Coordination at the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Mid-Continent University and doctoral degrees from Andersonville Theological Seminary.

Dr. Hillard and his wife live in Bloomington, Indiana. They are the proud parents of two adult children and three grandchildren. The Hillard family are die-hard Hoosier fans and they proudly bleed crimson red.

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