Three Reasons Baby Jesus Came into the World (In His Own Words) | The PursueGOD Truth Podcast

Baby Jesus couldn’t tell us anything about his birth, because he was fully baby. But grown-up Jesus can. In this episode we'll look at three reasons Jesus came into the world... in his own words.
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05 Baby Jesus (Christmas Eve)
Title: Three reasons Jesus came into the world (in his own words)

Intro: Kids and Christmas I’m not sure if kids really write letters to Santa anymore. You can probably just tweet at him or send him your wishlist on Instagram. But I did come across a couple actual letters from kids to Santa that I wanted to share with you:
Dear Santa,
You did not bring me anything good last year.
You did not bring me anything good the year before that.
This is your last chance.
Signed, Madison
Dear Santa,
There are three little kids who live at our house.
There is Jeffrey; he is 2.
There is Ashley; she is 4.
And there is Norman; he is 7.
Jeffrey is good some of the time.
Ashley is good some of the time.
But Norman is good all of the time.
I am Norman.


Kids love Christmas. Do you know who was the first kid at Christmas?
Jesus! (Did you ever think about that?)


Tonight we’re finishing our Christmas series
The Story of Christmas from People Who Were Actually There
The innkeeper: make room
The shepherds:
The wise men:
King Herod:
Today: Baby Jesus


The most important person who was actually there is… Jesus.
We don’t have his viewpoint as a baby
Because he was fully baby, so he doesn’t remember
How many of you remember when you were a baby?
Some people claim to remember their birth, but that’s bogus:
We have "infantile amnesia," the inability to recall events from the first few years of life.
Memory formation, particularly episodic memory (the ability to recall specific events), begins to function more reliably around the age of 3–4.
My earliest memory is about 5
Sunday morning, brother’s face bit by a German Shepherd
So, baby Jesus couldn’t tell us much about his birth
But grown-up Jesus can
At Christmas we tend to think of Jesus as a baby, but Jesus didn’t come to just be a baby, He came because He’s Immanuel, “God with us”
Today: three reasons Jesus came into the world (in his own words)


John 3:16 (NLT) 16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son….”
Jesus came as the ultimate demonstration of God’s love
Principle: the gift you give is a demonstration of your love
Not everyone understands this (me, AJ)
“This is how _____ showed his love: he gave me ______”
God understands this principle, that’s why he gave his one and only son
Ultimate...

Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/24780809?utm_source=youtube