First Baptist Family of Asheboro, NC

  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...

John 12 celebrates the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem.  This is the Sunday before Easter.  There’s a timing of events that will take place.  This is a special day to celebrate Passover.  Millions of people filled up Jerusalem.  They are hungry for the presence of God.  This was a time for tremendous celebration.  They were going to worship. Our hearts long for God’s presence. Maybe our hearts long for God’s presence now more than any other time in our lives.  We have this same longing.  Think about all the people Jesus has met along the way.  Jesus met people in different settings.  Remember the friends who lowered their paralytic friend through the roof to be healed?   Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead; Jesus fed 5,000 people.  People have seen Jesus do miraculous things.                      12 The next da...