Pastor Josh here.
I would like to give you a preview of our Sunday morning service
on December 15th here at Middletown Baptist Church.
This Sunday, we're going to be having a special Christmas program.
We're going to be having special music from our children's
choir and from our adult choir.
All of these songs are going to be pointing to the greatest gift
that was ever given to us.
And that is the gift of Jesus Christ, the gift of salvation.
That is actually, actually the title of the sermon that we're going
to be having.
It's the greatest gift.
We're going to look at how, though we have received many gifts
in our life, probably many gifts that we have enjoyed, the only
gift that we need desperately is the gift of Jesus Christ, the
gift of the gospel, the gift of salvation.
We're going to be looking at Romans chapter five, and we're going
to see that we all have a problem, and that is the problem
of sin.
And sin came through the sin of one man, that is Adam.
That's what Romans chapter 5, verse 12 says.
But the Bible says, just as sin enters the world through one
man, so the gift of grace came through one man.
And so we know that that gift was given in Jesus Christ.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son.
And so the Bible says in Romans chapter 5, verse 15, is that
this gift of God, this gift of grace was given to us by one man,
Jesus Christ.
And so that is the exciting aspect of this Christmas season.
We can know that we are celebrating the coming of Jesus Christ,
but we're also celebrating the gift that he extended to us in salvation.
And so In Romans, chapter 5, verse 17, it says, for if by one
man's offense death reigned by one, that's Adam, much more.
They which receive the abundant grace and the gift of righteousness
shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ.
What an amazing truth that is.
And so that's what we're going to be celebrating this Sunday, the
greatest gift.
We're going to be celebrating Jesus Christ our Lord.
We hope that you are here with us in person to hear this special
music and to hear the preaching of the Word of God.
But if you're not able to be with us in person, we certainly will
be live streaming on Facebook and YouTube and we'll be replaying
of the service on our podcast channel here on Monday morning.
Well, thank you so much.
Looking forward to seeing you.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
We want to wish you a merry Christmas here from Middletown Baptist
Church.