Three weeks ago we opened God's story with His creation, and man's fall. Despite the fact that man turned away from God, He still loved them and sought after them. We saw that even though we've made mistakes, God will forgive us, and still loves us, and still seeks a relationship with us.
Last week we continued God's story looking still in the Old Testament. We focused on the Israelites, and how God tried to get the attention of the Israelites. But alas, they found themselves in a vicious cycle there was no way out of. This constant cycle of being close to God, sinning & being far from God and then getting close to God agian. At the end of the Old Testament we saw the Israelites divided, far from God, and exiled from the land God promised them. This was not what God had intended from His creation. We looked at this cycle in our own lives, and asked ourselves the question, "What if the cycle could be broken? What would that look like?"
Tonight we will see that this is not where God leaves the story. The Old Testament ends with a hint of hope- the promise of a Savior, a Messiah. Tonight we will look at how God broke the cycle, and helped man out of the mess that they found themselves in. Tonight we will see just how God restores and redeems His creation. Tonight we are going to look at the simple truth that is found in John 3:16, "For God so loved the word, that He gave His one and only son. That Whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life."
Jesus is God's son, the Messiah. Jesus is the reason for THIS season. Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus, our Savior. Jesus is the only way out of the cycle, the only way out of the mess we find ourselves in. Jesus is the only hope we have to fulfill our purpose of having a relationship with God.
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