Before the Babe in the Manager
Colossians 1:17
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As we enter the season where the most endearing event the world has ever seen unfolds, just like any story or event, it is the background that sets the stage for the event. Even as believers, we seldom think of what took place before Jesus’ birth, and what have we missed?
I. Pre-Creation Jesus
A. Concerning His relationship
with His Father
John 17:5~
5) And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had
with thee before the world was.
John 17:24~
24) Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the world.
B. Concerning His relationship with mankind
1. His promise of eternal life
Titus 1:9~
9) Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by
sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
2. His promise of adoption
Ephesians 1:4-5~
4) According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
3. His Grace towards us
2 Timothy 1:9~
9) Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in
Christ Jesus before the world began,
4. His payment for sin
1 Peter 1:18-20~
18) Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible
things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers;
19) But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot:
20) Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but
was manifest in these last times for you,
II. Creator Jesus
A. John 1:3, 10
John 1:3~
3) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was
made.
John 1:10~
10) He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him
not.
B. Colossians 1:16~
16) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
C. Hebrews 1:10~
10) And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and
the heavens are the works of thine hands:
D. Hebrews 1:3, Colossians 1:17
Hebrews 1:3~
3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person,
and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
Colossians 1:17~
17) And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
III. Preincarnate Jesus
Preincarnate – before flesh
Theophany/Christophany – OT appearances of Christ often
under the name Angel of Jehovah
I. Pre-Creation Jesus
A. Concerning His relationship
with His Father
John 17:5~
5) And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had
with thee before the world was.
John 17:24~
24) Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the world.
B. Concerning His relationship with mankind
1. His promise of eternal life
Titus 1:9~
9) Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by
sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
2. His promise of adoption
Ephesians 1:4-5~
4) According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
3. His Grace towards us
2 Timothy 1:9~
9) Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in
Christ Jesus before the world began,
4. His payment for sin
1 Peter 1:18-20~
18) Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible
things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers;
19) But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot:
20) Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but
was manifest in these last times for you,
II. Creator Jesus
A. John 1:3, 10
John 1:3~
3) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was
made.
John 1:10~
10) He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him
not.
B. Colossians 1:16~
16) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
C. Hebrews 1:10~
10) And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and
the heavens are the works of thine hands:
D. Hebrews 1:3, Colossians 1:17
Hebrews 1:3~
3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person,
and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
Colossians 1:17~
17) And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
III. Preincarnate Jesus
Preincarnate – before flesh
Theophany/Christophany – OT appearances of Christ often
under the name Angel of Jehovah
Big Idea:
Before the babe in the manger –
grace and truth!
Before the babe in the manger –
grace and truth!
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