Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, December 24, 2023

The Night Before the First Christmas.

Today, Pastor Michael is preaching on Christmas Eve, and that’s special all by itself!  So where was Jesus on Christmas Eve?  In the womb of Mary!

But where was Jesus before that?  When did he come into existence?  Was it when He was conceived?  Or before?

Six Truths About Jesus BEFORE Bethlehem:

Jesus was pre-existant. He was there before time existed.  Before Genesis 1:1.  Before ANYTHING.

1. Jesus was (and is and continues to be) God’s ultimate message.
2. Jesus was in fellowship with God, even before He existed in a material form. He existed in an immaterial form, in perfect fellowship with God.
3. Jesus was one with God.
4. Jesus was creating and nothing was made without Him, including Him.  Jesus was not a created being.  He was the conduit of creation.
5. Jesus was and is salvation.

Long before what we would call the beginning, Jesus was there.  When all of this is said and done, when everything we know is gone, Jesus will be there!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Verses can be found in John 1: 1-5,  John 14: 20, John 17: 5, 1 John 4: 1-3 and Colossians 1: 16.

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