This message is Part 4 of our 2016 Christmas message series “ADVENTure” by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message titled, "Jesus Came To Rescue Us", Pastor Chuck explains what the word "ADVENT" means and how the coming of Christ at Christmas was God's intentional rescue plan for the world. This message was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016

15. ADVENTURE
A Christmas Message Series

16. ADVENTURE
ADVENT
From the Latin “ADVENTUS”

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

18. ADVENTURE
For this purpose I was born and for this purpose
I have come into the world —
to bear witness to the truth . . .

19. ADVENTURE
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)

20. ADVENTURE
Christ came to take away our sins . . . That is why God's
Son came. He came to stop what the devil does.
(1 John 3:5,8/ - New Life Version/World English Bible)

21. ADVENTURE
A Christmas Message Series
WHY?

22. ADVENTURE
He died for our sins just as God our Father planned, and
rescued us from this evil world in which we live.
(Galatians 1:4 –– The Living Bible)

23. ADVENTURE
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Jesus Came To Rescue Us!

24. ADVENTURE
RESCUE
To save someone from a dangerous
or distressing situation.

25. ADVENTURE
Why Jesus Came
To Our Rescue

26. ADVENTURE
At that time you were apart from Christ. You were
foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen people.

27. ADVENTURE
You had no part in the covenants, which were based on
God's promises to his people, and you lived in this world
without hope and without God.

28. ADVENTURE
But now, in union with Christ Jesus you, who used
to be far away, have been brought near by the blood of
Christ. For Christ himself has brought us peace by
making Jews and Gentiles one people.

29. ADVENTURE
With his own body he broke down the wall that separated
them and kept them enemies . . . in this way making
peace. (Ephesians 2:12-15 – The Message)

30. ADVENTURE
Helpless

31. ADVENTURE
Hopeless

33. ADVENTURE
While we were still helpless, powerless to provide for our
salvation, at the right time Christ died as a substitute for
the ungodly . . . (Romans 5:6 – The Amplified Bible)

34. ADVENTURE
How Jesus Came
To Our Rescue

35. ADVENTURE
Our rescue was
initiated by God

36. ADVENTURE
“Healthy people don’t need a doctor, but sick people do.
I didn’t come to invite good people to be my followers.
I came to invite sinners.”
(Jesus - Mark 2:17 – Contemporary English Version)

37. ADVENTURE
“The Son of Man came to find lost people
and save them.”
(Jesus - Luke 19:10 – New Century Version)

39. ADVENTURE
Our rescue was
motivated by love

40. ADVENTURE
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that
He even gave up His only Son, so that whoever believes
in, trusts in, clings to, and relies on Him

41. ADVENTURE
shall not perish, come to destruction or be lost, but have
everlasting life. For God did not send the Son into the world
in order to judge, to reject or to condemn the world,

42. ADVENTURE
but that the world might find salvation
and be made safe and sound through Him.
(John 3:16-17 – The Amplified Bible)

43. ADVENTURE
God shows and clearly proves His own love for us by the
fact that while we were still sinners, Christ the Messiah
died for us. (Romans 5:8 – The Amplified Bible)

44. ADVENTURE
Our rescue was
activated on the cross

45. ADVENTURE
At one time you were far away from God. Now you have
been brought close to Him. Christ did this for you when He
gave His blood on the cross. (Ephesians 2:13 – NLV)

46. ADVENTURE
The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a
slave who will give his life to rescue many people.
(Mark 10:45 – Contemporary English Version)

47. ADVENTURE
Our rescue culminated
in bringing us home

48. ADVENTURE
Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never
sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to
God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life
in the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:18 – New Living Translation)

50. ADVENTURE
When Jesus Came
To Our Rescue

51. ADVENTURE
But when the right time came, God sent his Son into the
world. A woman gave birth to him . . . God sent him . . . so
that we would be adopted as his children.
(Galatians 4:4-5 – God’s Word Translation)

52. ADVENTURE
Now is the right time! Now is the day of salvation!
(2 Corinthians 6:2 – Common English Bible)

53. ADVENTURE
Today is your day
to be rescued

55. ADVENTURE
Let’s Pray!

56. Tell us
about
yourself!

57. How Can
We Help
You?