2 MINUTE WARNING

When Jesus spoke to the world, He made the most incredible offer … “that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life”.

He offered us eternity.

And when He offered us eternity—He offered ALL of us eternity.

And then He said this:

Matthew 16 ¹³ “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.  ¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. 

At the heart of this is the simplest of messages:

Illuminate

Brighten

Give Hope

Give Opportunity

How can we truly do this?  How can we truly be in the world but not of the world?  This challenge is almost impossible.

And yet, the God who did the impossible is asking that of us.

Jesus went to His execution sight and carried the very tool that they would use for His demise.

He was abandoned by His troop of loyal followers.

The men who put Him to death mocked Him and gambled over His clothing.

And at His end, He uttered the phrase, “it is paid in full”.

As we approach Christmas … We are celebrating His life and His death and, most importantly, His victory over death that we might live.

In this song, I can not get over the line:

When All Was Lost He Crossed Eternity

The King Of Life Was On The Move

His death on the cross was not just a passive “I surrender” move.  It was a power play to gain control of the entire universe.  And He played His cards without hesitation.

As we move towards Christmas, let us remember:

• He paid an unpayable debt … for us
• He defeated an unbeatable enemy … for us
• He has prepared us a table of food … for us 
• He has adopted the world as sons and daughters … for us
• He has set up a Royal Priesthood … for us

These are not small miracles.  They are miracles on top of miracles on top of miracles.

And our response to this is to stand on the highest hill … to proclaim:

“For God so loved the world that He

gave His one and only Son”

Because … In Him–we have life.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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“Even If He Doesn’t” … When three men stood before certain death they uttered this response.

And the “He” that they referred to was the Alpha Male … the TRUE Alpha Male.  The self proclaimed Alpha AND Omega.  The one TRUE God.

Daniel 3 ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter.  ¹⁷ If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king.  ¹⁸ But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”  

3 men.

A blazing furnace.

A threat.

An easy way out.

And yet, they chose to stand.

And The Alpha Male?  Without Him, we have a wonderful Christmas story.  We have bulletin boards filled with a nice idea of our perception of the gospel.  And we have peace at a Sunday morning service.  But with him?  We have EVERYTHING.  And this EVERYTHING is the VERY THING that we seek but can never attain without Him.  We have the hope of nations.  We have Hope … And a Future.  We have protection … and someone who truly has our back.  Without Him … we have NOTHING.  But with Him?  We have the greatest gift on planet earth.

Obviously the Alpha Male that I am referring to … is Jesus.

As I sing All Hail King Jesus … I am so convicted of this.  And for this reason I can’t stop listening to it, singing with it, raising my hands to heaven as I worship Him in the midst of it.

Jesus stared in the face of the bleakest situation in the history of the world.  And He gave all that He had that we might have life.

We must never, ever, ever, forget this.

Because Jesus, as He hung on that cross, chose not to forget you.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

As you play this song this morning—I encourage you to play it and contemplate the lyrics … so convicting.  Take a moment this day to worship … and to cry out in Spirit and Truth.

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Our life changes when we can say these four words:

I Know The Answer

It is a simple phrase really.

But it is powerful to the core.

John 1 ⁴⁸ “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

In one powerful moment, Nathanael discovered who he was.

And not too long after that, a rejected and broken woman who was despised by an entire town converted it … and she did so by saying: “come and meet the man who told me everything I ever knew.”

Both of these found the answer.  And both of them could say:

I Know The Answer

This is not a cliche.

It is not a line that will get you through the next hour, or shift, or week.

It is a lifestyle.

And just as many would profess to have a lifestyle that they want all of us to adopt, or accept, or even worship, this lifestyle will actually bring life … and peace … and joy … and hope.

David was despised for dancing before the Lord … but he knew the Answer.

John the Baptist was shunned by most men, but he did not care because he knew the Answer.

Paul changed teams in the middle of a winning streak.  He went from the worldly winning team to the worldly losing team–because on a trip into Syria he met the Answer.

Peter talked, and bragged, and jockeyed for position, and made promises that he couldn’t keep.  But then he became an unstoppable force in never backing down.  Why?  Because he had found the Answer.

And so it happened.  And it happens today.  The world has no understanding or description or comprehension of the radical life changes that certainly happen to people that find the Answer.

As you listen to this song today, ask God to change your heart.

Find … the Answer.

Because something powerful happens when you can say … 

I Know The Answer

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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When Jesus walked into the synagogue and read this scripture it was the beginning of the end for His life on this planet:

Isaiah 61 ¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,

And so, in Luke 4:21, He shut the scroll and declared that HE, yes HE, was the very messiah.

Such a powerful testimony that He is our Savior.

And yet, He wasn’t just talking to THEM.  He is also talking to US!  He is the sovereign Lord for us!  In 2025 … we need to recognize and invite this.  THIS is what we need more than anything else.  We need Him to come and bind up the brokenhearted and fulfill every single thing that He is destined to do.

Think about what He wants!  It is mind boggling when you think about it.

He wants you to be a mighty warrior.

Judges 6 ¹² When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”

He wants to rewrite your story.

Hebrews 12 ²⁰ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author, and Perfecter of our Faith.

He wants you to have healthy thinking.

Proverbs 23 ⁷ For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he

He wants you to WALK OUT your faith.

James 2 ¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? … ¹⁷ In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

He wants you to have a faith that can move mountains.

Mark 11 ²³ “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’

I am not sure what I think of all of this.  But I am in awe of the guy who willingly gave His life 2000 years ago … AND His word … AND this Holy Spirit that is putting tears in my eyes this morning … AND I am also in awe of this God, this Father, who watches from on high and loves me so much even though I don’t deserve it!

I think this Elevation Worship song sums it up, doesn’t it?

Lord Jesus, (as the lyrics say) “GIVE ME FAITH, to trust what YOU SAY, that YOU ARE GOOD, and YOUR LOVE IS GREAT”.

Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, I beg you:

Give Me Faith

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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It is hard to put your finger on all that is wrong.  

One might say that:  

• We have knowledge … but not wisdom
• We have materials … but that our souls are empty
• We have life saving abilities … but we do not live

But our biggest problem is best described as the following:

• Our engineers can design, and construct, incredible machines that do more than we ever thought possible.
• Our doctors can cure diseases that we once thought insurmountable.
• Our politicians can gather thousands at rallies that make crowds go crazy and chant, altogether, cheers in unison……and so can our athletes.

Yet none of these are Gods, nor can they ever fill that role.  And though they might act like gods, and though we might exalt them as gods, we stare in utter disbelief when they reveal their true nature…and we wonder what happened.

What has happened is that we make others, or ourselves, fill a role that we can never succeed at.

Jesus is the only one worthy of praise and adoration and focus and surrender … and yet we are innately gifted at forgetting this one thing.

And it is Our Biggest Problem.

Revelation 4 ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:  

¹¹ “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”

God is our God.  And He will always be our God.  And He will always be the ONE THING that we truly need.

And this will never, ever, change.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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As you enter into worship today, do not let go of what you have.

You have the Truth.  In a world that contaminates and destroys everything that it touches, Jesus is 100% truth.  There is no exaggeration, or twisting, or hiding.  He is The Truth.

You have Forgiveness.  Your mistakes, your defiance, your stubborn pride, and Your debts … they are Paid In Full.  They aren’t just ignored, they are PAID IN FULL.

You have Eternal Life.  The gift of life that never ends.  You are given the life that never has to say goodbye.  Regrets can be destroyed.  There will always be enough time.  And there will be no understanding in the conscious realm of sickness.  

You have Victory Over Sin.  Instead of being in a constant fight, you have victory.  And just as a treaty is signed and there is a surrender—so will be your victory over sin.  In the Kingdom we will have a full consciousness of this as we will no longer be “being made holy”…we will have victory in every way.

You have a Father Who Loves You.  And just as the Father stood in waiting in Luke 15, He is waiting for you.  And just as the Father ran to greet His son in Luke 15, so will the Father run to you.  In this concept ALONE—you can have incredible freedom.

Colossians 2 ¹³ When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, ¹⁴ having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.  ¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.  

As you worship today, reach your hands to heaven and celebrate these victories … and every other one that the Father has given to you.  They are incredible.  And they are free.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Paul tells us many things in 2 Corinthians 5.  And as I read it today I am seeing things that I have never seen before.

The promises of God are amazing.  And sometimes we need the promise that assures us that it is OKAY that we are broken … 

So what does God tell us?

• He tells us that we are in an “earthly tent”, that our days are numbered, that things will deteriorate.
• He tells us that we will have shame, that we will sometimes feel exposed, or that we won’t measure up.
• He tells us that we will feel distant from Him.

Amen, amen, and amen.

Sometimes we are not living the Disney story.  But realizing this, we can seek something better.  And the better is SO MUCH BETTER.

And so there it is … we can make a trade.  Some might say that this is the “great exchange”, but whatever the name—this is the greatest thing that you could ever seek.

Jesus has something for us that we could never attain on our own accord.

And He gives it to us for nothing—or even worse—He gives it to us while adopting our broken attempt at building something.

2 Corinthians 5 ²¹ God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

As you read this verse today I encourage you to read ALL of 2 Corinthians 5.  It promises what we deal with every day … and then promises what we have when we make the trade.

Jesus is more than enough.

He is more than our sin.

He is more than our brokenness.

He is more than our broken physical bodies.

And He is more than able to cover the distance that we plant between our selfish desires … and Him.

As you reach out this morning … Cry out—

He will be there.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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