"Jesus, The One Who Will Bless All Nations Series

death of Jesus Christ, we could not have had eternal life, nor could we go to heaven when we die.

And that is why we must come to faith in Jesus Christ. That is why we must trust in Him

as our only Saviour. That is why we must obey Him as our Lord and Master. It is only through

believing in Jesus that people of all nations may be blessed.

Oh, dear ones, listen again to the Word of God. Galatians 3:29 “And if you are Christ’s,

then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

Isn’t this remarkable? Those who are true Christians are the true offspring of Abraham

because we share in the same faith that Abraham possessed, except that we know the truth better

than Abraham did, because we live on this side of the cross. He could see the sacrifice of Christ

only dimly, but we can see it in the full light of day.

This is the message of the whole Bible: Isaiah 49:6 “Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a

thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the

preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My

salvation to the ends of the earth.’"

Acts 3:26 "To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless

you, in turning away every one [of you] from your iniquities."

Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has

blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,”

Revelation 7:9 “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no

one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and

before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying

out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation [belongs] to our God who sits on the throne, and to

the Lamb!"Revelation 7:11 All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the

four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:

"Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, [Be]

to our God forever and ever. Amen."”

Conclusion:

This is why I began by stating that so many people right here in the Cowichan Lake

district have no idea who Jesus Christ is. Even if they have visited “the Bethlehem Walk” at

Parksville Baptist Church, and heard about the birth of a Saviour, they still don’t understand who

He is, nor why they need a Saviour. They don’t understand the difference between the various

religions of the world.

But you understand, and as we come to Christmas, you understand that we are looking at

the birth of a Saviour, who is Christ, the Lord.

Amen.