ChristMESS Words

"Defining Words"

Luke 2:21-38

 

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Words to hear…

v30, “I have seen your salvation”.

Words to speak: Please, forgive me.

Romans 3:23, “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.”

Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”

 

v38, “[Anna] came along just as Simeon was speaking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God.”

Words to speak: I love you

John 3:16, (NIV), “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Matthew 22:37, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”

 

v38, “…She talked about the child to everyone…”

See Romans 10:9-10 “If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved...”

See Philippians 2:8-11, “…God exalted him …and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow… and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord…”

See Romans 10:14, “…how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?”

 

Words to speak: Do you know Him?

See John 1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.… The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”