1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:02,184 Pastor Josh here. 2 00:00:02,273 --> 00:00:04,913 I would like to give you a preview of our Sunday morning service 3 00:00:05,049 --> 00:00:08,017 on December 15th here at Middletown Baptist Church. 4 00:00:08,201 --> 00:00:11,125 This Sunday, we're going to be having a special Christmas program. 5 00:00:11,625 --> 00:00:14,201 We're going to be having special music from our children's 6 00:00:14,233 --> 00:00:16,377 choir and from our adult choir. 7 00:00:16,561 --> 00:00:19,465 All of these songs are going to be pointing to the greatest gift 8 00:00:19,505 --> 00:00:20,625 that was ever given to us. 9 00:00:20,665 --> 00:00:24,245 And that is the gift of Jesus Christ, the gift of salvation. 10 00:00:24,665 --> 00:00:28,369 That is actually, actually the title of the sermon that we're going 11 00:00:28,377 --> 00:00:28,929 to be having. 12 00:00:28,977 --> 00:00:30,729 It's the greatest gift. 13 00:00:30,897 --> 00:00:34,177 We're going to look at how, though we have received many gifts 14 00:00:34,201 --> 00:00:38,129 in our life, probably many gifts that we have enjoyed, the only 15 00:00:38,177 --> 00:00:42,857 gift that we need desperately is the gift of Jesus Christ, the 16 00:00:42,881 --> 00:00:46,185 gift of the gospel, the gift of salvation. 17 00:00:46,345 --> 00:00:49,377 We're going to be looking at Romans chapter five, and we're going 18 00:00:49,401 --> 00:00:52,753 to see that we all have a problem, and that is the problem 19 00:00:52,809 --> 00:00:53,289 of sin. 20 00:00:53,337 --> 00:00:56,575 And sin came through the sin of one man, that is Adam. 21 00:00:56,745 --> 00:00:59,291 That's what Romans chapter 5, verse 12 says. 22 00:00:59,483 --> 00:01:02,779 But the Bible says, just as sin enters the world through one 23 00:01:02,827 --> 00:01:06,419 man, so the gift of grace came through one man. 24 00:01:06,587 --> 00:01:09,819 And so we know that that gift was given in Jesus Christ. 25 00:01:09,867 --> 00:01:12,975 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. 26 00:01:13,275 --> 00:01:17,675 And so the Bible says in Romans chapter 5, verse 15, is that 27 00:01:17,715 --> 00:01:21,547 this gift of God, this gift of grace was given to us by one man, 28 00:01:21,611 --> 00:01:23,145 Jesus Christ. 29 00:01:23,765 --> 00:01:27,253 And so that is the exciting aspect of this Christmas season. 30 00:01:27,309 --> 00:01:30,989 We can know that we are celebrating the coming of Jesus Christ, 31 00:01:31,037 --> 00:01:35,385 but we're also celebrating the gift that he extended to us in salvation. 32 00:01:35,685 --> 00:01:39,525 And so In Romans, chapter 5, verse 17, it says, for if by one 33 00:01:39,565 --> 00:01:43,825 man's offense death reigned by one, that's Adam, much more. 34 00:01:44,205 --> 00:01:48,157 They which receive the abundant grace and the gift of righteousness 35 00:01:48,221 --> 00:01:52,065 shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ. 36 00:01:52,365 --> 00:01:54,557 What an amazing truth that is. 37 00:01:54,701 --> 00:01:57,181 And so that's what we're going to be celebrating this Sunday, the 38 00:01:57,213 --> 00:01:58,093 greatest gift. 39 00:01:58,229 --> 00:02:01,765 We're going to be celebrating Jesus Christ our Lord. 40 00:02:01,845 --> 00:02:04,493 We hope that you are here with us in person to hear this special 41 00:02:04,549 --> 00:02:07,845 music and to hear the preaching of the Word of God. 42 00:02:07,925 --> 00:02:10,845 But if you're not able to be with us in person, we certainly will 43 00:02:10,885 --> 00:02:14,645 be live streaming on Facebook and YouTube and we'll be replaying 44 00:02:14,765 --> 00:02:18,771 of the service on our podcast channel here on Monday morning. 45 00:02:18,883 --> 00:02:19,939 Well, thank you so much. 46 00:02:20,067 --> 00:02:21,699 Looking forward to seeing you. 47 00:02:21,747 --> 00:02:23,307 Looking forward to hearing from you. 48 00:02:23,411 --> 00:02:26,731 We want to wish you a merry Christmas here from Middletown Baptist 49 00:02:26,803 --> 00:02:26,955 Church.