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*Christmas Message by Pastor John MacArthur*
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*Title:* *The Ugliness of Christmas*
*Online Source:* *oneplace.com*
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*Speaker:* *Pastor John MacArthur*
*Introduction:*
!!! Scripture Passages:
!!! Matthew 1:21
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21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
!!! 1 John 3:5
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5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.
!!! 1 John 4:14
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14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son /as/ Savior of the world.
* 1 Timothy 1:15*
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15 This /is/ a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
*What is the Central point of John MacArthur’s Message ?*
/The dark and ugly side of Christmas is/ ________________!
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/The heart of Christmas is this: Christ came into the world to save/ ___________!
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*FIVE QUESTIONS REGARDING SIN:*
*1.
WHAT IS SIN ?
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John Bunyan
1 John 3:4
Romans 7:12
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WHAT IS SIN LIKE ?
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A.
Sin is Defiling.
1 Kings 8:38
Zechariah 3:3
Zechariah 11:8
Ezekiel 40:23
2 Corinthians 7:1
Thomas Goodwin, The Puritan wrote:
B.
Sin is Defiant.
It is defying God.
Leviticus 26:27
Psalm 12:4
Jeremiah 2:31 ( Hebrew word “pasha” = “rebellion” )
Jeremiah 44:17
C.
Sin is Ingratitude.
Acts 17:28
Matthew 5:45
2 Samuel 16:17 “Is this thy kindness to thy friend ?”
D.
Sin is Humanly Incurable.
Jeremiah 13:23
Isaiah 1:4
E.
Sin is Hated by God
Jeremiah 44:4
F.
Sin is hard work
Jeremiah 9:5
Psalm 7:14
Ezekiel 24:12
Genesis 19:1-11 Men of Sodom
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*3.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES SIN AFFECT ?*
Romans 3:23 “23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”
Romans 3:10 /“ There is none righteous, no, not one;”/
Romans 5:12
Job 14:4
Psalm 58:3
Psalm 51:5
1 John 3:5
2 Kings 5 Sin clings to us like Namaan’s Leprosy
Romans 7:25
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin /is/ death,”
Romans 7:14-20 Even after salvation sin remains a problem for the Christian
1 John 1:8-10 If you say that you have no sin, you make God a liar
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WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF SIN ?*
What does sin cause ?
A.
Sin causes evil to over power us.
Jeremiah 17:9
1) /Evil dominates the mind/
Ephesians 4:17-18 Understanding Darkened
1 Corinthians 210-16
Romans 1:28 The Mind “Reprobate ~/ debased mind”
2).
/Evil dominates the will/
Jeremiah 44:17
3) /Evil dominates the affections/
John 3:19-20 “Men loved darkness rather than light”
B.
Sin brings us under the domination of Satan
Ephesians 2:1-3
John 8:44
John 8:32 and 36 The only way to be truly free
C.
Sin makes a person an object of God’s Wrath
Psalm 90:11
Proverbs 14:9
Hebrews 10:31 “It is a fearful thing”
D.
Sin subjects a persons to all the miseries of life
Job 5:7
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