This is my Christmas Eve Message for 2012.

1. Why Christmas Matters?
Philippians 2:5-11

2. Critical Question
Can something be so familiar to
you that you do not understand it’s
real meaning?

3. Rethinking Three Things About
Christmas that will Make A
Difference

4. 1. Rethinking the Relevance of Christmas:
God chooses to be actively involved in my
world.
“You must have the same attitude that
Christ Jesus had. Though he was God,
he did not think of equality with God as
something to cling to”
(Phil. 2:5-6, NEV)

5. 1. Rethinking the Relevance of Christmas:
God chooses to be actively involved in my
world.
“When Jesus heard this he said to them, “Those
who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those
who are sick do. I have not come to call the
righteous, but sinners.”
(Mark 2:17, NEV)
We are all here because we are not all there!

6. 2. Rethinking the Reality of Christmas: God
understands my struggles.
“Instead, he gave up his divine privileges he
took the humble position of a slave
and was born as a human being. When he
appeared in human form, he humbled
himself in obedience to God and died a
criminal’s death on a cross.”
(Phil. 2:7-, NLT)

7. Christmas Vacation

8. Jesus came Incognito
God’s D-Day!
How is Jesus like Us?
 He was born like us. He made himself
nothing. (Phil. 2)
 He was tempted like us but he did not sin.
(Hebrews)
 He suffered like us. (Matthew 26:38)

9. Romans 5:13, NLT
Our Emancipation Proclamation!
“We can rejoice, too, when we run into
problems and trials, for we know that they
help us develop endurance. And endurance
develops strength of character, and
character strengthens our confident hope of
salvation. And this hope will not lead to
disappointment. For we know how dearly
God loves us, because he has given us the
Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.”

10. 3. Rethinking the Reason for Christmas: Jesus
came to Die so I can be free.
“He humbled himself, by becoming
obedient to the point of death
—even death on a cross!” (Phil. 2:8, NEV)
“But God demonstrates his own love for us
in this: While we were still sinners, Christ
died for us.”
(Romans 5:8, NIV)

11. Jesus Christ Lifted the Heavy Weight
“He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed.”
(I Peter 2:24, NLT)

12. Two Ways To Cope with the weight
of Your Sin
Pride- Self-Will Humility – His-Will

13. A Key Question:
What does it mean when the Angels
declare: “For unto you this day is born
a Savior, which is Christ the Lord!”

14. Grace is the Freedom to
Choose
“The past does not have to be your prison.
You have a voice in your destiny. You have
a say in your life. You have a choice in the
path you take.”
(Max Lucado)

15. Saving Private Ryan

16. Corrie Ten Boom
"Who can add to Christmas? The perfect
motive is that God so loved the world.
The perfect gift is that He gave His only
Son.
The only requirement is to believe in Him.
The reward of faith is that you shall have
everlasting life."