JOY TO THE WORLD: ALL PEOPLE
Message Date: 11/10/24
Speaker: Pastor Renee Hidalgo

Luke 2:10-11
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great

that will be for

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the people."
“Today in the town of David a

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has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.”

THE PROMISE OF JOY IS FOR ALL NATIONS

Genesis 1 – 11: Introduction
1. Creation
2. Fall of Man
3. The Flood
4. Tower of Babel

Genesis 12:2-3
2  “I will make you into a great

,
    and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a

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.
3  I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all

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on earth
    will be

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through you.”

God set up Israel to be a

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nation to bring the blessing of a Messiah to all peoples of the

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.

Old Testament Examples of non-Israelites who found Salvation in the
God of Israel:
 Rahab
 Ruth
 Naaman
 Widow of Zaraphath
 Sailors in Jonah
 Ninevites in Jonah

Isaiah 49:6
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant
    to restore the tribes of Jacob
    and bring back those of Israel I have kept.
I will also make you a light for the

,
    that my salvation may reach to the

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of the earth.”

How does it feel to be included?

How does it feel NOT to be included?

The GOOD NEWS of GREAT JOY is for ALL PEOPLE!

Mark 11:15-17
15  On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He

the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,  16  and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.  17  And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all

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’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.”

Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

world as a testimony to all

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,and then the end will come.

Acts 1:8
“…And you will be my

in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the

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of the earth.”

Revelation 7:9
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation,

, people and

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, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.

THE PROMISE OF JOY IS FOR ALL PEOPLE!

Challenge this week:
*Cross a cultural barrier this week to be a blessing to someone from a different nation.

Would you read the Bible Plan, Good News…for All People!, with us?

https://bible.com/p/69984057/24def4d1bc619ae0dbba22f5792a1653