Greetings in the name of the Lord!
This is a great privilege to share you a
great Christmas message. The reading is taken from gospel according to
Mtt.11:28.Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened , and I will give you
rest.
Pastor Van Noi Ding
Topic: Jesus Came for your Recovery
The Christmas season is a time of given and taken, sometimes we get from
other and we give other .First, (the angel) said ‘I bring you good news of
great joy.’ It’s a time for celebration,”, ‘for on this day is born to you a
savior, who is Christ the Lord.’ It’s a time for salvation. And then he says
‘Peace on earth; goodwill toward men.’ It’s a time for reconciliation."
Jesus Christ came to the earth for celebration, salvation, and
reconciliation. According to Rick Warren Christmas means, “In other words, to
make peace with God, to make peace with ourselves, to make peace with other
people.”In here I would like to continue is that to make peace with all
creatures.
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out
on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life.”
(Matthew 11: 28 ) Do you remember the Parable of the Lost Coin that Jesus
shares in Luke 15? The woman has 10 coins; she loses one and turns the house
upside down to find the missing coin.
In those days, a floor in a Palestinian home was all dirt with straw on top.
To do what this woman did meant a serious search! That’s what Jesus came to do
on the very first Christmas. Whether you’ve lost your confidence, your hope,
your reputation, or your innocence recently, Jesus came to Earth as a little
baby so he could recover you like that woman recovered her coin. “Are you
tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and
you’ll recover your life” (Matthew 11:28).
Only Jesus can do that. You can’t depend on the government, your family, or
yourself to recover what you’ve lost. Your savior can’t be the person we put in
the White House. Your Savior is who we put on the cross. Never look to anyone
else for your recovery other than Jesus. Here are two things to remember about
the coin in the Parable of the Lost Coin: The coin didn’t realize it was lost.
Often, neither do we while we’re unconnected to God.
The coin couldn’t find itself. That would be ridiculous! If the woman wasn’t
looking for it, the coin would stay lost forever. We would, too, without a
Savior.If we could save ourselves, we wouldn’t need a Savior. But we can’t. You
need God to recover whatever you’ve lost. He’s the only one who can.
Ref: The sermon is quoted by Rick Warren’s the purpose driven Christmas In Christ.
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