Cedar Hills Community Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Just a Ruler… CountingDecember 15, 2024Pastor Steve PooleTEXT – Luke 2:1-71. Jesus’ birth is historical--not mythical. * Luke 1:5 * Luke 3:1-22. Jesus’ kingdom is out-of-sync with the kingdom of man. * 2 Cor. 8:9 * Phil. 2:6-8 * Mark 10:43-453. Hope, peace, love and joy come from being in-sync with Jesus’ kingdom.“…we seek to be/remain out of sync with the world and in sync with Jesus.”NEXT STEPS1. Believe in Jesus and the true meaning of Christmas.2. Reflect on your Christmas plans and consider how they reinforce the “Christmas lie”.3. Reflect on these questions: * How are you too in-sync with the world right now? * How is God calling you to get better in-sync with His kingdom?GO DEEPERLuke 2:1-7 - "In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of D