Christmas Service (25th December, 2024): Topic: But the Angel reassured them”

By Pastor Kola Oyekale

Text: Luke 2:10-11 NLT
[10] but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. [11] The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!

John 1:14 NLT
[14] So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

The devil’s plan is to throw the whole universe into darkness, pain and confusion. The brightness we experience today is because of Jesus.
Jesus came to frustrate the plans of the devil.
Because of Jesus, we know better and so we cannot be frustrated because we have Jesus.

Jesus existed as Lord and Christ. When we look at the life of Jesus, we look at his mission, purpose and message.

Jesus came because of these reasons:
1. Jesus came to be a high priest.
2. He came to shed his blood so that our sins will be permanently dealt with.
3. He came in flesh to deal with the curse that was upon man.
4. He came to be an example we can emulate.
5. He came to reveal the Father in human form.
Many people have tried to create something they think would mirror who the creator is.
Jesus came to reveal God to us. When we see Jesus we see the Father. When we know Jesus, we know the Father.

1 John 1:1-2 NLT
[1] We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. [2] This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us.

John 17:23 NLT
[23] I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.

Jesus came to reveal the character and nature of God.
Everything about Jesus when he came is supernatural, it is not ordinary. It is beyond and above what anybody can explain or guess.
It is something people could not comprehend even till now.
To know the Father, you have to study the Son. God revealed himself through Jesus so that we can know how to pattern our lives.

To know the Son, study the way he think, the way he lives and the things he says.

John 14:9-12 NLT
[9] Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? [10] Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. [11] Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do. [12] “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.

The one that carries life, carries light that shines in us so we will not work in misery.

John 5:19 NLT
[19] So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

We see Jesus doing good things to humanity. This is a revelation of a kind, loving, caring, merciful and compassionate Father.

Jesus gets his identity from the Father.
We should carry no other identity than the identity of the Father in thoughts, words and actions.
People who do not know their true identity in God behave stupidly and feel insecure. Let your identity be gotten from God.

If you identify with God, do things from that realm.