The Punk In Me

The sad thing is we didn’t head toward Him. Our hearts were too full of “punk” to see what we really needed.

So God had to make a way for us to get to Him in spite of our sinful heart.

Only God could make a way. Only God could build the bridge of reconciliation from “punks” like me to a holy God like Him.

It all started with a visit from an angel to a young single man who was about to marry a young virgin girl named Mary. We read of this encounter in Matthew 1.18-21: [Screen 5] 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. [Screen 6] 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. [Screen 7]

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. [Screen 8] 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

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They will name him Jesus. That means Yahweh saves in Hebrew. God saves.

You see God Himself was fixing to come into a world filled with “punk hearted” people to eradicate the punk in their hearts with His Light.

God came through Jesus who had Gods fullness dwelling in Him. [Screen 10]

Colossians 1.19, For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him.

God has it all under control. No wonder Jesus could do all the things He did while on earth. He was and is God.

Through Jesus God would bring His Eden back.

John 1.9-14, [screen 11] 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. [Screen 12] 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. [Screen 13] 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. [screen 14] 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— [screen 15] 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. [screen 16]

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, [Screen 17] the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Jesus came to save us, not just from oppressive leaders, enemies, struggles or trials. He came to save us from the sins we alone could never overcome.

Jesus was and is perfect. He is God.

That one word describes Jesus: Perfect

One word describes us: Imperfect

Jesus has all the love of God in Him. All the power and compassion of God is in the body of an earthly carpenter while he was here.

No wonder the winds and rains obeyed when Jesus spoke. He was God speaking.

No wonder the water held Jesus up as He walked. It was God walking.