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Luke 2:21-40 – Embracing Jesus

Dec 31, 2023 | by Pastor JC Cooper | series: Christmas 2023

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Luke 2:21-40 – Embracing Jesus. In Luke 2:21-40 a faithful man named Simeon has been waiting a long time to see God’s Messiah! Have you ever prayed and waited on the Lord wondering if He will answer? No one likes waiting, but God uses those seasons of waiting to build our faith! Simeon experiences the nearness and peace of God as he holds Jesus in his arms; that same nearness and peace is available to you! As you prepare to begin 2024 tune in to Pastor JC’s message and learn how to faithfully wait on the Lord. Listen right now to God in a Manger Luke 2:21-40 – Embracing Jesus.

JESUS went to Great Lengths to IDENTIFY with You in Every Way

The LAMB of GOD comes into His Temple

SIMEON: God Hears the Man who Waits

WAITING Builds Faith in our Relationship with Jesus

“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”
– Lamentations 3:25-26 (NKJV) https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/lam/3/25-26/s_800025

How do You Faithfully Wait on the LORD? (Fly-in)
– Abide in God’s Word
– Build Your Character on Christ; not culture
– Set your heart’s Desires on God’s Promises

EMBRACING JESUS is a Daily Act of Worship, Not merely a One Time Decision

Who or What Holds the Keys to Your PEACE?

EMBRACING JESUS Demands a Repentant Response to the Thoughts and Intent of Your Heart

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”

– Hebrews 4:12-13 (NKJV) https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/heb/4/12-13/s_1137012

EMBRACING JESUS means You’re Old Life is Dying, and Your New Life is Under His Lordship

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

– 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/2co/5/17/s_1083017

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