Believing With Confidence
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Pastor Ray Parascando
Second Peter 1:16 / ESV, “For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
1 Focus on
Luke 1:1 / ESV, “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us…”
Psalm 49:7-9 / NLT, “Redemption does not come so easily,
for no one can ever pay enough 9 to live forever and never see the grave.”
Colossians 1:13-14/ NLT, “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
2 Follow the
Luke 1:2-3 / ESV, “just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account.”
Reliable Evidence
+ Biographical
+ Archaeological + Eyewitness
+ Prophecy
+ Creation
Psalm 33:7-9 / NLT, “He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs. 8 Let the whole world fear the Lord, and let everyone stand in awe of him. 9 For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command.”
3 Factually and faithfully
Luke 1:3b-4 / ESV “…for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.”
Colossians 3:17 / NLT, “And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.”
My next steps
Read: Luke 1
Memorize: 2 Peter 1:16; Colossians 3:17
Take time to research the evidence of Christ’s birth
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