The Pre-existence of Christ
Opening Song:
Messenger Doxology
Call to Worship: Genesis 1.26-27
Pastor Kevin McGuire
Historical Reading: WCF 2.3
Pastor Brett Eckel
Song:
Grace Alone
Confession & Pardon:
Pastor Michael Champoux
Song:
Doxology
Song:
Amazing Grace
Sermon: The Pre-existence of Christ
Pastor Bobby Owens
John 1.1-5
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last”.
As a young kid, and a young man growing up in this church, I'm not sure what I believed in regard to the pre-existence of Christ. Maybe I just never gave it much thought. - In my early twenties we used to meet up before work for Bible Studies. I would say that this is when this truth was made evident to me
This will change your life regarding the way you think about the Gospel, also the lens in which you view scripture. - From eternity past, as part of the Triune Godhead plan, Christ , out of the love he had for God the Father, and for what would be his creation, made in His own image, he said I will go and suffer and die for them.
Don’t get bogged down with all of the Topics and Categories that are out there that people are talking about and also trying to fit you into. Sometimes we end up knowing the answer, but don’t necessarily understand the question. People start talking about dispensationalism, Calvinism, pre-millennialism, post millennialism, amillennialism, pre-trib, post-trib, eschatological views, doctrines of grace, preeminence of Christ, TULIP, etc. and it can get overwhelming. – It’s important to know where you land with these issues, but you can’t let these bog you down.
Story about “women inferior to men in the scripture”. – not knowing “inferior”
Story about Jeff Derouin and Pre-eminence – Not knowing what it meant
Jehovah Witness: Believe that Jesus is a created being – Not deity (not God)
Muslims: Believe that Jesus is a prophet or teacher.
Mormans: Believe that Jesus was created and became a God, one of many who became Gods.
Fella online who believes in a “Conceptual Pre-Existence of Christ”
Not literal. It’s a concept.
He says in his 45 years of preaching and in all of his studies, Paul never alludes to Christ as Pre-Existing.
Nicene Creed – Monogenes – One of a kind – not really only begotten.
(John 1:1-5)
In our image – Genesis 1:26
We came down – Tower of Babel – Genesis 11:6-7
Revelation 19:13 “Word of God”
John 8: 57-58 “I AM”
John 10:25-33 “You make yourself God”
John 17:1-5 “Restore the glory that I once had”
Philippians 2:5-8 Equality with the Father.
Hebrews 1:1-4
Colossians 1:15-17