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‘Tis the Season – Christmas Lights

John 1:6–9 God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. 8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. 9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. (NLT)

John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV)

1. Light invades darkness

John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV)

John 8:10-11 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," (NIV)

John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (NIV)

2. Light pushes back the darkness

John 8:11-12 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV)

3. Light directs your life

John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV)

John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. (NIV)

1. It is scary to walk around in darkness

2. Walking around in darkness is messy and painful

3. Walking in the light brings direction to your life

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. (NLT)

‘Tis the Season – Christmas Lights

John 1:6–9 God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. 8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. 9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. (NLT)

John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV)

1. Light invades darkness

John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV)

John 8:10-11 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," (NIV)

John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (NIV)

2. Light pushes back the darkness

John 8:11-12 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV)

3. Light directs your life

John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV)

John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. (NIV)

1. It is scary to walk around in darkness

2. Walking around in darkness is messy and painful

3. Walking in the light brings direction to your life

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. (NLT)

Tis The Season: Presents

John 3:16 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. (NIV)

1. For God so loved

1 John 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (NIV)

2. The world

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV)

3. He gave His one and only Son

1 John 4:9-10 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (NIV)

1 Peter 3:18 Christ suffered[a] for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit. (NLT)

4. Whoever believes

A. You can inspect the gift

B. You can reject the gift

C. You can open the gift

5. Will not perish but have eternal life

Tis The Season: Presents

John 3:16 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. (NIV)

1. For God so loved

1 John 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (NIV)

2. The world

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV)

3. He gave His one and only Son

1 John 4:9-10 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (NIV)

1 Peter 3:18 Christ suffered[a] for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit. (NLT)

4. Whoever believes

A. You can inspect the gift

B. You can reject the gift

C. You can open the gift

5. Will not perish but have eternal life

‘Tis the Season – The Candy Cane

1.The candy canes shape reminds us that Jesus is our shepherd

1. Jesus is the Good Shepherd

John 10:11  “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (NIV)

John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— (NIV)

Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. (NIV)

2. The Good Shepherd leads us

A. Leads us with peace

Psalm 23:2-3 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3  he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. (NIV)

B. Leads us down the right paths

Psalm 23:3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. (NIV)

C. Leads us with His voice

John 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. (NIV)

3. The Good Shepherd protects and cares for us

Psalm 23:4-5 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (NIV)

2. The white stripes remind us of Jesus’ sinless life

Matthew 1:18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. (NLT)

1 Peter 2:22-25 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[ (NIV)

3. The red stripes remind us of the blood Jesus

1. You are redeemed through the blood of Jesus

1 Peter 1:18–19 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. 19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. (NLT)

2. You have cleansing through the blood of Jesus

1 John 1:7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. (NLT)

3. You have fellowship with God through the blood of Jesus

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (NIV)

4. You have power over the devil through the blood of Jesus

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. (NKJV)

4. The flavor reminds us that Jesus is sweet savior

Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! (NLT)

‘Tis the Season – The Candy Cane

1.The candy canes shape reminds us that Jesus is our shepherd

1. Jesus is the Good Shepherd

John 10:11  “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (NIV)

John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— (NIV)

Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. (NIV)

2. The Good Shepherd leads us

A. Leads us with peace

Psalm 23:2-3 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3  he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. (NIV)

B. Leads us down the right paths

Psalm 23:3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. (NIV)

C. Leads us with His voice

John 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. (NIV)

3. The Good Shepherd protects and cares for us

Psalm 23:4-5 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (NIV)

2. The white stripes remind us of Jesus’ sinless life

Matthew 1:18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. (NLT)

1 Peter 2:22-25 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[ (NIV)

3. The red stripes remind us of the blood Jesus

1. You are redeemed through the blood of Jesus

1 Peter 1:18–19 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. 19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. (NLT)

2. You have cleansing through the blood of Jesus

1 John 1:7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. (NLT)

3. You have fellowship with God through the blood of Jesus

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (NIV)

4. You have power over the devil through the blood of Jesus

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. (NKJV)

4. The flavor reminds us that Jesus is sweet savior

Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! (NLT)

‘Tis the Season – The Perfect Tree

Genesis 2:15-17  The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (NIV)

Luke 2:6-7 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. (NIV)

Mark 6:3 Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph,[1] Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him. (NIV)

1 Peter 2:24 - He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. (ESV)

1. We choose a beautiful tree - God’s tree was brutal.

Acts 2:23 - Jesus was handed over to you, and you killed him. With the help of evil men, you nailed him to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. It was his plan—a plan he made long ago. (ERV)

2. We look for a straight tree – God needed a strong one.

Colossians 2:13-14 - 13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.  (NLT)

3. We cover our trees with lights – the cross was covered by THE light.

John 8:12 - 12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” “NLT”

4. We put our trees by the window for neighbors to see – God’s tree was on display for all mankind to see.

Matthew 4:16 - the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. (NIV)

Matthew 4:16 - People sitting out their lives in the dark saw a huge light; Sitting in that dark, dark country of death, they watched the sun come up. MSG

‘Tis the Season – The Perfect Tree

Genesis 2:15-17  The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (NIV)

Luke 2:6-7 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. (NIV)

Mark 6:3 Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph,[1] Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him. (NIV)

1 Peter 2:24 - He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. (ESV)

1. We choose a beautiful tree - God’s tree was brutal.

Acts 2:23 - Jesus was handed over to you, and you killed him. With the help of evil men, you nailed him to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. It was his plan—a plan he made long ago. (ERV)

2. We look for a straight tree – God needed a strong one.

Colossians 2:13-14 - 13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.  (NLT)

3. We cover our trees with lights – the cross was covered by THE light.

John 8:12 - 12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” “NLT”

4. We put our trees by the window for neighbors to see – God’s tree was on display for all mankind to see.

Matthew 4:16 - the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. (NIV)

Matthew 4:16 - People sitting out their lives in the dark saw a huge light; Sitting in that dark, dark country of death, they watched the sun come up. MSG

People's Church of OKC is a multi-cultural church designed with you in mind. Senior Pastor, Herbert Cooper.

People's Church of OKC is a multi-cultural church designed with you in mind. Senior Pastor, Herbert Cooper.