2. whose birth we are celebrating?
Who is this Jesus,
whose birth we are celebrating?

3. Jesus Christ is CREATOR GOD
John 1:1-3
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

4. Jesus Christ is CREATOR GOD
Colossians 1:16-17
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

5. Jesus Christ is CREATOR GOD
Hebrews 1:3
.....upholding all things by the word of His power,...

6. Jesus Christ is CREATOR GOD
As Creator, He is Eternal,
All-Powerful, and Infinite.

7. Jesus Christ is CREATOR GOD
As Creator, He is to be worshipped
and honored by all of His Creation.

8. Jesus Christ is CREATOR GOD
As Creator, He is the Reason for all creation. Purpose and meaning flow out of Him.

9. Jesus Christ is CREATOR GOD
AS Creator, our lives must be
devoted to bring Him pleasure.

10. Jesus Christ is CREATOR GOD
As Creator, there is
nothing impossible for Him.

11. Jesus Christ is REDEEMER
To redeem is to set free,
to liberate,
and to elevate to a higher place.

12. Jesus Christ is REDEEMER
Galatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

13. Jesus Christ is REDEEMER
Titus 2:14
who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

14. Jesus Christ is REDEEMER
Hebrews 2:14-15
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

15. Jesus Christ is REDEEMER
Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

16. Jesus Christ is REDEEMER
He is the only Redeemer we have.

17. Jesus Christ is REDEEMER
We must believe and receive
by faith
what He has done for us.

18. Jesus Christ is our FRIEND
John 15:13-14
13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.
14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

19. Jesus Christ is our FRIEND
John 15:13-14
15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

20. Jesus Christ is our FRIEND
As our Friend, He invites us
into a personal friendship-relationship
with Him.

21. Jesus Christ is our FRIEND
As our Friend, He transforms our lives.

22. Jesus Christ is our FRIEND
As our Friend, He journeys with us.

23. Jesus Christ is our FRIEND
As our Friend, He speaks
His counsel into our lives.

24. Jesus Christ is our FRIEND
As our Friend, He works
with and through us.

25. Your Response?
John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.