The Greatest Consolation

THE GREATEST CONSOLATION

TO GRASP CONSOLATION YOU MUST FIRST GRASP INCARNATION. GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD PROVIDING SALVATION WE DID NOT DESERVE. JOHN 1:1 “IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD.” (NKJV) YOU THEN SEE HE (CHRIST) BECAME FLASH (INCARNATE). JOHN 1: 14 “AND THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US, AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.” (NKJV) MAN CAN NOW BE REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH OR DEFECT. (1 PETER 1: 18-19)

SPIRITUAL INSIGHT:

EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, JOSEPH AND MARY TOOK HIM TO THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM TO PRESENT HIM TO THE LORD. THEY ALSO OFFERED A SACRIFICE OF A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR A PAIR OF PIGEONS. (REF. LUKE 2: 21-24)

READ LUKE 2: 21-32

SIMEON, A DEVOUT, FOCUSED, JEWISH MAN WAS SEEKING THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL. HE SPENT TIME IN THE JERUSALEM TEMPLE PURSUING THAT REALITY. LED BY THE SPIRIT, HIS PURSUIT PAID OFF. JOSEPH AND MARY ENTERED THE TEMPLE WITH THE CHRIST CHILD. HE FINALLY SAW THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL! HE SAW THE SALVATION OF BOTH ISRAEL AND GENTILES! REF. ISAIAH 40:1-5

APPLICATION: CHRIST IS YOUR GREATEST CONSOLATION!