community – god’s intention all along genesis 2:18-24; luke 1:26-28

Community – God’s Community – God’s Intention All AlongIntention All Along

Genesis 2:18-24; Luke 1:26-28Genesis 2:18-24; Luke 1:26-28

Community-God’s Intention All AlongCommunity-God’s Intention All Along

Genesis 2:18-24 (NIV)Genesis 2:18-24 (NIV)

• 18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” 19

Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.


Genesis 2:18-24 (NIV) continued...Genesis 2:18-24 (NIV) continued...

• 21So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.


Luke 1:26-28 (NIV) Luke 1:26-28 (NIV)

• 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy , God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

Where does the Church fit into God’s plan of community restored? How

should it be a space where God and people dwell together?

Life in God is Dynamic!Life in God is Dynamic!

Exodus 40: 34-38 & Luke 2:8-18Exodus 40: 34-38 & Luke 2:8-18


Exodus 40:34-38 (NIV)Exodus 40:34-38 (NIV)

•34 Then the could covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; 37 but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out – until the day it lifted. 38 So the could of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel during all their travels


Luke 2:8-18 (NIV) Luke 2:8-18 (NIV)

• 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”• 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”


Luke 2:8-18 (NIV) continued...

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

What are some ways that God calls His people to be on the move

today?

God Makes Himself KnownGod Makes Himself Known

Isaiah 2:1-4 & Matthew 2: 1-12Isaiah 2:1-4 & Matthew 2: 1-12


Isaiah 2: 1-4 Isaiah 2: 1-4 (NIV)(NIV)

• 1 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2 In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. 3 Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 4 He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

God Makes Himself KnownGod Makes Himself KnownMatthew 2: 1-12 (NIV)Matthew 2: 1-12 (NIV)

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: 6 But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.” 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.


Matthew 2: 1-12 (NIV) continued…Matthew 2: 1-12 (NIV) continued… 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and

make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10

When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

Are you willing to be interrupted Are you willing to be interrupted and inconvenienced to and inconvenienced to

experience Jesus?experience Jesus?

The Implications of the The Implications of the IncarnationIncarnation

Isaiah 7:5-17, Luke 2:10-20 Isaiah 7:5-17, Luke 2:10-20

& Matthew 1:18-23& Matthew 1:18-23

The Implications of the IncarnationThe Implications of the Incarnation

Isaiah 7:5-17 (NIV)Isaiah 7:5-17 (NIV)

• 5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6 ‘Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel King over it.” 7 Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘It will not take place, it will not happen, 8 for the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is only Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people. 9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. . If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’” 10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the Lord your god for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.” 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?


Isaiah 7:5-17 (NIV) continued…Isaiah 7:5-17 (NIV) continued…

• 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. 13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. 15 Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.


Luke 2:10-20 (NIV)Luke 2:10-20 (NIV)

10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”


LukeLuke. 2:10-20 (NIV) continued…2:10-20 (NIV) continued…

• 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.


Matthew 1:18-23 (NIV)Matthew 1:18-23 (NIV)

• 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. 19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 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.


Matthew 1:18-23 (NIV) continued…Matthew 1:18-23 (NIV) continued…

• 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.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

Are you amazed that the Are you amazed that the Creator of all things put on flesh Creator of all things put on flesh and got intimately involved with and got intimately involved with

His creation?His creation?

community – god’s intention all along genesis 2:18-24; luke 1:26-28

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