First Baptist Family of Asheboro, NC

                                            Hand of God - Save Me by Younsung Kim This is a rescue story, Jesus coming to us, the story of the prophets.   This is what they were waiting for:   Jesus to come to the rescue.   I have this old brown replica of a church building.   The steps and steeple are broken off.   It’s banged up and in bad shape.   Why would I keep something like that?   I’ll tell you why a little bit later.   We are kind of like this damaged building.   Jesus came for each of us, even in our broken state. In Galatians 4 Paul is writing to the church at Galatia who is under attack.   They’re being told they’re not real believers.   People are saying things like, “God didn’t really come for you.”   Paul writes them this letter to tell them yes, Jesus came for ...

  As Christmas approaches we picture a nativity.   Baby Jesus is in the center and the others are standing around him.   Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and if you’re historically incorrect, the wise men are there too.   There’s a cow, a donkey and even sometimes a chicken.   The center of the nativity is the person of Jesus.   The question that’s asked is, Who is this child?   What’s he come to do?   We have the answer in Luke 2. The angels tell us.   He is the Christ of Christmas.   Jesus is Lord.   We are a contrarian people.   We don’t like anyone lording it over us.   We are independent but we still need a King over our heart.   How many times have you said to yourself, “I cannot believe I just said that!”?   We are aware of the weaknesses in our hearts.   In Jesus we have the One who comes for our soul; Jesus is a gift for us.   Jesus is the One we can entrust our hearts to.   Jesus is our g...