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Sermon notes Pastor Kobe Orr

10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10–11

“FEAR NOT” the first words from the angel! The arrival of Jesus is good news! Sin= anything we say or do that fall short of God”s standard. Christ is saving us from our sin! Saving us from this world.>Romans 3:23 ALL HAVE SINNED> Romans 6:23 WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH! > James 2:10 YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE!! Reality doesn’t care about our thoughts and our feelings! The world is crumbling- WE NEED A SAVIOR! That is exactly why Jesus Christ is such good news. For everyone! Christ is God’s compassion and love. Here to rescue us from ourselves! Jesus came to suffer and die in our place for our sins. He died and rose again defeating death and ultimately giving us eternal peace!

The Good News is for all people! God is not impressed! He is not looking for achievement but a humble heart! Someone who knows he needs to be rescued! This rescue is for every kind of story! We need to remember where our worship should be and remember to live life like someone rescued from death!

Remember that Jesus is evidence of God’s unchanging heart! Jesus provides peace. Remember the heart of God. He is not surprised that I am a sinner! Don’t believe the lies from the enemy! Stop wandering! God’s saving heart is waiting for you! God does not change! There is nothing you can do to out sin the compassion of God! God sent Jesus for me and for you! He knew I needed a Savior! God sent His Son to save me only because of His character! It is because of nothing that I have done! Don’t forget that! Live like it. Choose Jesus right now!

APPLICATION:

Read the word, read the word, read the word! I cannot trust the voices in my head! Live by the truth alone. Be humble and thankful!! Don’t hide the light! Thank You Jesus!

IN HIS NAME!

15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. Rom 9:15–16

After spending a few days reading chapter nine you can really feel Paul’s passion for the lost. He even says He would take a curse upon himself if It meant the lost being saved. Completely selfless!! Such a shining example of how a godly man should live! He truly spent all his time trying to spread the Gospel. It is truly convicting and eye-opening to really think about that. Honestly I spend my days working and providing for my family and raising 4 kids. How often do I even think about spreading God’s Gospel? It’s hard enough to get time to even read and preach the Gospel to myself let alone other people… Lord please forgive me! Help me to change my priorities and put You first!

Paul goes on to give us more assurance of our salvation and a reminder of where it comes from. Don’t spend your life chasing a bunch of rules but by faith accept the Lord’s gift of grace and choose to live for Him and take yourself off the throne of your life. There is freedom and peace and happiness that can only come from living for Christ. Having that truth gives me assurance so I can fight with confidence and a passion that comes from thankfulness and humility. My position with Christ doesn’t depend on my actions or from the things I have done but they depend on Christ and what He has done. With that truth I can truly face anything! Thank You Lord! Please forgive me for my sins and help me to be better because you deserve it!

APPLICATION:

I want to really live in the confidence of those truths. Stop worrying so much and focus on the Lord and His work. The reason we are really here. Keep applying God’s word to my life. Tell people about Jesus! Let His light shine! Stay humble and always be thankful!

IN HIS NAME!!

Sermon notes Pastor Kobe Orr

68  “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people 69  and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, 70  as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 71  that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; 72  to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, 73  the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us 74  that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, 75  in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76  And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77  to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, 78  because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high 79  to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Lk 1:68–79

In Jesus we encounter the faithfulness of God. The entire old testament is a testimony to Jesus! Points right at Him and is all about God’s redemptive restoration of not so worthy people. God shows compassion and commitment and faithfulness to us by sending His very own son to save us. God will always do everything that He has said and will always keep every promise He has made. Jesus is proof of God’s faithfulness!

Jesus is evidence of God’s faithfulness to us eternally. vs.68 There is only one way to God and that is through Jesus! We are all desperate and lost and we all need a savior. The Christmas story is all about Jesus making us a path to God… Jesus came because He knew we needed Him!

Jesus is evidence of God’s faithfulness to us presently. vs.74-75 John 3:16 Romans 8:32 God is faithful! Christmas is proof of God’s wonderful character! Romans 8:28 HIS GOOD & HIS PURPOSES. GOD PROMISES PEACE Phil 4:6-7 PROVISION 2 Cor 9:8 PRESENCE Heb 13:5 Matt 20:20 Ps 23:4

God calls us to stand for righteousness and to stand against sin! To admit when we are wrong! Be man enough to ask for help! Forgive others for their sin against you and not just the easy forgivable ones… We are called to endure and to suffer well! Just remember that the valley is not the destination! And that we cannot do a thing, not a single part of this, without the awesome power of the Holy Spirit living in and through us! You will never learn if you don’t have suffering and trials. Testify to how good God is! Shine His light from the roof tops! ROMANS 8:18 Incomparable to what is coming for us! Be thankful!!! Be Confident in Christ!

APPLICATION:

Be faithful and be patient! Rest in the promises of Heaven. Jesus is coming back so live like it! Be grateful in the present! Don’t miss any of the blessings that the Lord is giving. Don’t ignore God’s blessing and don’t doubt God’s character! He is faithful even when I am not! Thank you Lord!!!

IN HIS NAME

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. Rom 8:27–30

If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Rom 8:31–32

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? Rom 8:35

38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom 8:38–39

I wonder if Paul struggled with doubt? I think he knew how easily a thought can go from a flash through your mind into an action that brings a ton of fear and regret in an instance… Or how guilt and shame from your past can weigh on your shoulders and every time you see something a whole boat load of feelings and emotions can bombard your thoughts… That sometimes when you look at your kids you think of how much better their lives could have been if I wasn’t such a horrible person… All four of these verses bring assurance that can only come from Jesus! Promises that He is there and He will turn all things into good for His plans and purposes. That despite all my mistakes I can fight with confidence and know my Father is there and there is nothing that can separate me from Him. If God is for me then who can be against me?? It starts to make all my problems feel really small and not so important.

It also shows me that God is committed!! The God of the universe gave up His son so that we could have a right relationship together. And the thing He is making right is me… He is committed and He shows that by His sacrificial love. That is what makes me want to change and be different. Out of love and humility and thankfulness I want to serve my Savior! He saved me from death and gave me new life. Now I live the rest of my life for Him serving him and repaying Him for that love and sacrifice He already made for me! And when I mess up I pick myself up and run right back into His arms. It’s a love you cannot break by actions because my actions had nothing to do with earning it. Lord I pray your will be done with my life and thank you for everything you do!!

APPLICATION:

Live with confidence. Don’t listen to the lies from the enemy. Continue to fill my mind with the Word first thing in the morning. Let the word permeate itself throughout my day. Don’t be afraid to talk about Jesus!! Share the light! Don’t hide in the darkness! Expose all the darkness! Be humble. Stay thankful!

IN HIS NAME!

Sermon Notes Pastor Kobe Orr

35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Mt 9:35–38.

Duet 4:7 Compassion= deep internal feeling of mercy. God sees us in our suffering! vs.36 Jesus does not look at His people with guilt and shame. He has compassion. Ps 139: 1-4 He sees us and He is aware of us. And it’s not because He has to. It’s because He loves me and cares for me! Ps. 56:8

God feels our suffering! vs.36 He doesn’t see us as a problem to be solved but loved us enough to help us when we couldn’t help ourselves! John 1:1 He willingly subjected Himself to every aspect of sin. Heb 4:16 But He didn’t sin! He can fully relate to anything we could be going through! He knows what it’s like to be abandoned. He knows what it is like to suffer loss. He knows what it is to suffer physically. The King who should have been worshiped was spit on by everybody. Isa 53:3 His empathy is accompanied with action! He will relieve the problem! Pity sees the problem and empathy helps you through the problem. God cares about our present suffering! He sees it and presses in to deliver!! Ps 34:18 YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!!! 1 Pet 4:7 Matt 11:28 Isa 42:3 Jesus meets us in our weakness! Lam 3

Our God Cares! This is why we pray. God still intervenes! Today is the day to come home!!! God is full of compassion just like a father to a lost son. Don’t separate yourself from the love of Christ. Don’t lose sight of the cross!! Rom 5:8 Do not allow sin to block your view of the cross! Get rid of it! God sees us and feels with us! Run to God in your suffering! He is inviting you to run to Him! Go to the Word! Come to worship! Engage with the community! Gal 6:2 Adopt God’s heart of compassion for others! Be Jesus for others! We should show eternal compassion. Just like Jesus does for us every minute of every day. Adopt Jesus heart of compassion for others around us. God gave us a hope and now it’s up to us to share it with the lost. Thank You Lord

APPLICATION:

Don’t hide the hope of Jesus! Live out what I believe. Do not be scared of what others think. Apply scripture to every area of my life. Be humble and have compassion for others.

IN HIS NAME

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. Rom 8:18–19.

Eagerly waiting for the revealing of the sons of God. This verse gives me so much confidence. Knowing that I will not be perfect but that the fight that I’m going through is worth the battle. It gives me endurance and strength to keep fighting when all else starts to seem hopeless. If I take my eyes off of my situation and put it on God then it starts to make the problem I’m facing seem very small. The more you fill your mind with the Word the more the less important things will start to disappear from your thoughts. In the eyes of eternity most of our problems are really meaningless. God has won the battle and Jesus has given us access to the family so everything I do comes from a place of love and wanting to please the Father.

Just imagine what heaven might be like. How could you not eagerly await for paradise?? To be in the presence of God. To see Jesus in all His glory. For all pain and sadness to be gone. All sickness and death will be forever destroyed. Hopefully past loved ones and saved family members will be there and it will be such a glorious time with God. Thinking about those truths should be able to encourage you through anything you could face here on this planet. Yes things will be tough but it will be worth it! Keep the fight!

12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Tim 6:12.

APPLICATION:

Keep my mind full of God’s Word! Actually apply God’s Word to my life. Serve the Lord in my mind with my thoughts no matter what the situation is. Keep an eternal view on EVERYTHING! Don’t sweat the small stuff. Stay Humble. Be thankful! Make sure my actions are matching my words! Thank You Lord!!

IN HIS NAME!!

¹³ For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever. ¹⁴ For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Romans 8

The more time you spend in the Word the more God will expose things in your life you need to change. Some things the flesh just holds on to and will return to with little or no fight from you. You can feel the battle between flesh and spirit just raging at times and then other times the flesh can just slip things in and you wont even realize it until it’s too late. It is a war that will wage until the end of my life. I cannot stop that but what I can do is serve God with my mind and thoughts and continue to kill the things of my flesh as God changes me from the inside out and leads me towards the life He intended for me. These words are so encouraging and faith building! Knowing that the urge to want to please God and kill the things of my flesh doesn’t come from me but from the freedom Christ gave me when He took all my sins to the cross! Praise the Lord!

When there is something inside you, leading you, to want to glorify God and kill the things of the flesh, that’s being led by the Spirit. And verse 14 says those being led by the Spirit are sons of God! We are a part of something so great and powerful that there is truly nothing left to fear! With Christ we will genuinely live forever! How great is that news!

APPLICATION:

Stay in the Word. Keep God’s Word in my thoughts always. Filter my decisions and think about what I say before I say it. Stay humble. I don’t deserve anything! Be thankful! Continue to kill the things my flesh uses to separate me from God. Believe the truths of God and give no time to the lies of the enemy. Be thankful! Thank You Jesus!!

IN HIS NAME!

Sermon notes Pastor Kobe Orr

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Jn 1:1–14

Be reminded of who God actually is! In Jesus we encounter the presence of God. Emmanuel= God is with us! Jesus is the literal presence of the Lord with His people! JESUS IS GOD! Through Jesus ALL things were made. He was in the beginning. Jesus is God and He is outside of time.

GOD, IN JESUS, CAME TO BE WITH US! Jesus came into the world to give us life! Without Jesus we are left hopeless. Jesus is a light that can never be put out. John 8:12 The rescuing grace and love of Christ is the message of Christmas. John 1:11

How will you respond? Jesus has come so what are you going to do about it? The Word became flesh meaning that Christ came and died in my place. He came and did all this stuff so that we could be a part of His family! God is with me today! Right now! When we see Jesus we see God’s love for us and His commitment He has made to us. He is with us! Ps 34:18 Matt 28:20 Isa 41:10 LOOK TO JESUS!

APPLICATION:

Do not listen to any lies from the enemy. Stay in the Word. Stay humble! Honor God in my mind all day long!

IN HIS NAME

Sermon notes Pastor John Walker

3 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Col 3:1–4

What do we desire? How do we think? Heaven is the full experience of God’s goodness! Heaven= a gift of God’s grace given to us because of Jesus! Through Jesus we are citizens of Heaven who should live like it here and now! Phil 3:20 That truth should impact everything!

Remember that Jesus makes us totally new! vs.1-3 Completely different, spiritually dead became new thru His life death and resurrection! Our sins are eternally forgiven! Our relationship is right because of Him! Christ gives us a new mind, new heart, new thinking, a completely new creation! 1 Cor 5:17 Our allegiance is now in heaven so live like it!

Remember that we are to desire and think heavenly things! vs.1,2 Our desires expose our thinking and beliefs. What direction is my compass needle pointing? Is Jesus honored as King and Lord of your country? Who is the Lord of your life? My allegiance and desires should be marked by peace and aligned with where I’m from! I am from Heaven! My allegiance is to Jesus Christ! My job is to bring the ways of heaven into my home! If you will sin to get it then it should be removed from your life! Remember that it is God who answered our needs! He is always present! The greatest thing about heaven is we will be near the Lord. 1 Cor 4

Is there a piece of my life that is un-heavenly? Not under the Lord’s lordship? Go before the Lord and ask for help! Get active and immerse yourself in God’s Word! Changing your desires takes practice. Let the frustrations of your failures push you closer to Him!

Remember that our future is totally secure! vs. 3-4 We are hidden by Christ! Secured by His Word and His promises! This truth should change all our actions and all our desires! Thankfulness and love that just drives us closer and closer to Christ! It changes our affection towards other believers as well! We have a new home so live like it now!!

APPLICATION:

Keep Gods word always on my mind! Believe all these truths by faith and serve the Lord in my mind all day! My citizenship is in heaven so I want to live like it today! Stay humble! Thank you Lord for all these truths! So unbelievable! I am so thankful!!!

IN HIS NAME!