This message is Part 1 of our 2016 Christmas message series “ADVENTure” by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message titled, "Why Jesus Came", Pastor Chuck explains what the word "ADVENT" means and how the coming of Christ changed everything. Using four key words: Anticipation, Preparation, Celebration & Declaration, Pastor Chuck explains how each of us can get ready for Christmas in our hearts just as the Christmas carol says, "Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room". This message was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, December 4, 2016

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A Christmas Message Series

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ADVENT
From the Latin “ADVENTUS”

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ADVENT
“The arrival of an important person,
place of things”
“The approach of something”

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For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have
come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone
who is of the truth listens to my voice. Pilate said to him,
“What is truth”? . . .

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Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
(John 18:37-38/John 14:6 – English Standard Version)

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Anticipation

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Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are too little to be among the
family groups of Judah. But from you One will come who
will rule for Me in Israel. His coming was planned long ago,
from the beginning. (Micah 5:2 – New Life Version)

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Preparation

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She laid him in a manger, because
there was no place for them in the inn.
(Luke 2:7 – English Standard Version)

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He was in the world, and the world was made through him,
yet the world did not know him. He came to his own,
and his own people did not receive him.

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. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God.
(John 1:10-12 – English Standard Version)

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Prepare the way for the LORD’s coming!
Clear the road for him!
(Mark 1:3 – New Living Translation)

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Celebration

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As the shepherds returned to their sheep,
they were praising God . . .
(Luke 2:22 – Contemporary English Version)

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Declaration

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. . . and saying wonderful things about him. Everything they
had seen and heard was just as the angel had said. (Luke
2:22 – Contemporary English Version)

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The reason I have been born, the reason I have come
into the world, is to bear witness to the truth.
(John 18:37 – Complete Jewish Bible)

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Let’s Pray!