God: The Model of Surrender

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12/4/2016

God: The Model of Surrender A Christmas Sermon Series Called “Surrender”

1. God’s amazing _______________ plan. “In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning…The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:1-2, 14

2. He called _______________. “’How will this be,’ Mary asked the angel, ‘since I am a virgin?’ the angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.’” Luke 1:34-35

3. God _______________ His rights. “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” Philippians 2:5-7

4. We know God through _______________. “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created…He is before all things, and in him all things hold together…For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him.” Colossians 1:15-17, 19