Join us on Real Life Radio as Pastor Jack Hibbs delves into the profound significance of the Christmas story and the first promise of the Messiah from Genesis 3:15. Discover how this foundational verse, often overlooked, is intrinsically linked to the very essence of Christmas. Pastor Jack discusses the theological implications that resonate throughout Scripture, unveiling the victory sealed in Christ and the colossal battle outlined from the very beginning.
There’s wealthy, there’s middle class, there’s poor, there’s tall, there’s short. It doesn’t matter, do you understand? It doesn’t matter. Well, what membership are we? I don’t know, if you figure it out, tell us. Tell us, because you know what? All we are is Bible believers. We’re Bible followers of Christ.
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Father God in heaven, we pray for the moving of your spirit, not only in this room and in each heart. Father, those that might be viewing, and Father, for that matter, that you would even cause this Christmas season to be a wake-up call to our nation and beyond. Lord, for decades, maybe for centuries, the United States has been the trendsetter at the start, for many good things. Of late, not so good. But Lord, you can revive the covenant that you made with our pilgrim fathers. And Lord, with or without revival in America, we thank you, God, that our citizenship is in heaven. That we’ve got a passport, and that passport is a person. And his name is Jesus. And we celebrate the fact that we pause as a world to take notice of his coming into the world. This is an awesome moment. And Father, may it not be wasted on anyone. Father, no matter what, the going forth of your gospel. May it be something that causes people to make a decision, yes to Jesus or no to Jesus, anything but be indifferent to Jesus. We ask it now, Father, in Jesus’ name and all God’s people said, amen. You may be seated, everybody. We’re looking at a third and final study that we’ve been going through, and this series has been titled His Return. And I told you three weeks ago that we’re approaching our Christmas series this year different than normal. We’ve had a flavor of the traditional verses and passages you saw, you read, one of those a moment ago. But I decided to dial down and look at perhaps a more maybe apologetic in the sense of argumentation approach to Christmas. I’ve been looking at this in a way of you being very astute Bible students. What are the foundations of Christmas? It’s not just that day that comes by once a year, but it is actually a reality. It is a fact in history. It’s not a story. I know everybody’s talking about it. As I’ve been saying for three weeks, the Christmas story is not a story. It’s an actual event that is recorded in Scripture. I love this. It’s recorded in secular history, and it’s recorded in the annals of Roman history. It is, in fact, an actual event. And we’ve looked at some key verses. You guys remember what our key Christmas verse is? I got to tell you. Maybe you knew this. I didn’t know this. I didn’t read this in any book. You know when you’re studying the Bible and you get a nugget? You know what that means, when you get a nugget from God? It’s like you’re reading the Bible, you’re studying the Bible, and then this verse pops off the page and, like, smacks you around a little bit and just jumps inside your heart? Well, while I was studying for this Christmas series, this verse became really the key theme verse and… It blew my mind. I have to confess, I’ve never seen it as a Christmas verse before. I’ve never even seen it displayed as a Christmas verse before. But you guys know where I’m going. It’s Genesis chapter 3, verse 15. The very first Christmas verse in all of the Bible. And we’ve been quoting it every week. God says to Satan, I will put enmity between you, that’s the devil, and the woman, that would be Eve and her descendants. Between your seed, which is freaky, Satan has got those that are on his team, and her seed, which shocks everyone, including the Hebrew scholars, from the beginning, that a woman has an egg, not a seed. The word is sperm. From her seed. there would be the origin of life, which is normally a male or the male contribution. We’re talking about Genesis 3.15, the introduction to a divine conception that scholars have known for thousands of years. And you can easily link this to one individual. There’s no escaping it. There’s no hiding from what Moses was given by God to say. He, that is Christ the Messiah, the seed, shall bruise or crush your head, speaking about Satan’s head getting crushed, and you, that is Satan, you, shall bruise or crush his heel. An incredible Christmas verse. that we want to make note of. And we’ve looked at, and I won’t read it, we’ve read it again earlier, 1 John chapter 1, verses 1 through 4. You can look at that later, just write down the reference. Another Christmas verse, that God in the beginning brought forth his son, and John says in 1 John that the son of God, that seed that came from ultimately Eve, would be the redeemer, John says we’ve handled him, we’ve touched him, we heard his voice, we walked with him, which had to be the most amazing experience ever in human life, to walk with Christ. And today, this is our foundation verse for our study today, our final study, and it’s this, 1 Timothy 3, verse 16. 1 Timothy 3, verse 16. And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness. that is without debate, great is the mysterion. The word mysterion means great is the treasure that has been hidden and now has been revealed. It’s not a mystery that you can’t figure out. It’s a mystery that has always been. The Hebrew word, Greek word means that it’s been in storage and it was brought out at the right time. And what is that? God-likeness. That we saw God, Paul is telling Timothy, we saw him walking in human skin. You see, that’s a stretch, Pastor Jack. Not at all. Let’s keep reading the verse. Number one, God was manifested in the flesh. Isn’t that amazing? The word manifested is he took form.
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Number two, God was justified by the Spirit. That is the Holy Spirit. The ministry of the Holy Spirit justified the ministry of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, everything I do, I do to the praise of my Father, and I do it by the power of the Holy Spirit. Number three, God was seen by angels. Seen by angels. Now I’m inserting God was, God was, and it does no harm to the study of the word. Seen by angels, who was? The word made flesh. And you guys remember that word seeing. You ought to circle that word several times in your Bible because it means that angels at the birthing of Jesus coming into the world, that the angels’ mouths dropped open wide and their eyes were made wide open. It means to gawk or to stare. Whatever went on with the birthing of Jesus, angels saw God. for the first time their creator coming into the world veiled in human flesh and they freaked out. And I would submit to you, as I said a few weeks ago, it would be hard to impress an angel. But these angels were impressed at the advent of God coming into the world in human skin. But it goes on, there’s more. That God was preached among the Gentiles. That’s just a matter of fact, by the way, as all these are facts. But isn’t it spectacular that all around the world people are preaching Christ? And that’s not all of it either. The Bible tells us in the book of Revelation, the final preaching will be done by angels flying around the globe, proclaiming the everlasting gospel. And then the end of the world comes. And even before that, the Bible says there’s going to be 144,000 Jews. who during the tribulation period will preach the everlasting gospel. Well, right now, listen, we’re living before that time comes, but what’s the point? The preaching of the gospel. It’s amazing. And that’s what we’re here today to celebrate is the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is this truth that for God so loved the world. that he gifted his only begotten son, that whosoever, I love saying whosoever, that whosoever, well, I don’t know about that person over there, whosoever would believe on him would not perish but have everlasting life. The qualifications is what Christ has provided. Our responsibility is to say yes to him and to come to him in repentance of sin, knowing that I’ve sinned, you’ve sinned, we’ve all sinned. We’ve all had bad thoughts. We’ve all had pride, arrogance, immorality, whatever it is, and that guilt came upon you. And then when you find the gospel, you can, oh my goodness, when you hear the gospel, I remember hearing the gospel on June 20th, 1977. I didn’t know the gospel. I’d never heard it before. But when I heard that Jesus died for my sins, nobody in that room had to tell me, oh, Jack, by the way, you are a sinner. You might want to think about that. Nobody had to tell me. I knew it. And when I heard that there was a way out of it, I took it. And that’s the Christmas Christ. That’s what he came into this world for. And we are a very grateful people. And then one more thing before we dive into all of this in Titus 2, verses 13 and 14. The Bible says for us here today that we’re to be looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ who gave, gifted himself for us. Well, that sounds like Genesis 3.15. that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself his own special people, zealous for good works. That is, excited to live a life that is pleasing to God. So very quickly, church, we’re gonna run through what we’re standing on, and that will launch us into where we’re going today. His return means this. We saw in number one that the promises of his return are throughout the entire Bible. The promises of his return. Church, with all due respect, I’m gonna be a little sarcastic today. I’m just feeling it in my bones. I gotta tell you right now, I challenge anyone of any belief system. I don’t care who you are. I don’t care what cult you belong to. The fact of the matter, I don’t care if it’s atheism, which is the worst religion of all, is that you believe in nothing. That’s a strange thing. to test your heart, to announce to you that in this book from cover to cover, there’s a promise that is given about his return. And there’s multiple returns, if I might put it that way. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, God promised a return in Genesis 3.15 that the Messiah would come through her descendants, Eve’s descendants. Remarkable. That’s a promise of his coming. And then when Christ came, we know that he was born in Bethlehem. And the Bible tells us exactly when he would be born and where he would be born in his return. In a sense, Christ would return to the created world that he had established, but a fallen world. Man had made it. and he came to redeem it. And then the Bible tells us that he’s gonna return for his church at any time. It’s actually more than a return, it’s an appearance. The Bible says, we’ll read it later, that Christ will appear in the atmosphere to draw all of his believers to himself before that great and terrible day of the Lord, it says. The great and terrible day of the Lord is referred to as the tribulation period, when there’s that final return of Christ in the second coming, when he establishes his throne. Listen, his throne in Israel, the Bible says. That statement would have been premature until May 14, 1948. That ought to get you to sit up. The Bible says he’s going to not only come to Israel, but the Bible says he’s going to establish his throne in Jerusalem. There’s a Jerusalem today on the map, my friends. This is an important truth.
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You’re listening to Real Life with Pastor Jack Hibbs. To learn more about this ministry or to catch up on some previous episodes, go to jackhibbs.com. That’s jackhibbs.com. And now let’s get back to today’s message. Once again, here’s Pastor Jack.
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And then we saw that there’s a purpose of his return, always. And we summed it up this way. Every time the Bible speaks about the return of Christ from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22, it’s about redemption. Remarkable. Thirdly, we saw that there’s the proclamation of his return. We’ve got a message to preach. No other religion has got this message that you and I have. Think of it. We’re the only ones because we’ve studied the Bible. And in this gathering, by the way, I’m happy to report. We say, what do you mean? Who are we? Who are you people? If you’re visiting, you’re saying, who are you? We’re just a bunch of people that have been saved by the grace of God, and look around you. Look around you. There’s white, there’s black, there’s Polynesian, there’s Asian, there’s wealthy, there’s middle class, there’s poor, there’s tall, there’s short. It doesn’t matter, do you understand? It doesn’t matter. Well, what membership are we? I don’t know, if you figure it out, tell us. Tell us, because you know what? All we are is Bible believers. We’re Bible followers of Christ, okay? And there’s no membership that we can give you. Here you go, because God knew when he told us. As soon as we got a membership card, we’d probably put it on our lapel or strut around showing it. Hey, what is that? That’s my ticket to heaven. What is it? That’s my first Baptocostal membership card. There’s no membership except one, and that is believing in Christ, who died on the cross and rose again from the dead. And you put your faith in him, and the Bible says the Holy Spirit is the one that places you as a member into the body of Christ. I love that. I love it. The proclamation of the gospel. We also learn that there’s an environment to his return. This was kind of encouraging, believe it or not, in a darkened world in which we live in. Whenever Christ returns, in all of the events and all of the accounts from Genesis 3.15 onward, he always comes in the darkest, most sinful, most hopeless moments of mankind’s existence. I love that. Have you looked around in the world? Oh, come quickly, Lord Jesus. Right? Man, I hope you have a biblical worldview. I hope you’re a follower of Christ. Jesus said that’s being born again. I hope you know that. Because if you have that new life within you, the darkest days simply tell you that they can only be dark because there’s light. You ever think of that? Isn’t it interesting that the scientists will tell us that the night is the darkest just moments before the sun begins to rise? Right? And the Bible tells us that Christ is coming with healing in his wings. And I love that. We also learned about the essence of his return. He is holy. He is righteous. He is almighty God. He’s God incarnate. Jesus Christ, there’s God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit that make up one God manifested in three persons. We don’t believe in three gods. Just like maybe in your home, you live at 123 Maple Lane, and there’s Mama Bear, Papa Bear, and Baby Bear. All three of them are different, but they have the same last name. How about that? Think of that for a moment. They all live in one address. Different personalities, but one family unit, as it were. God the Father. And God the Son came into this world to take on human flesh to reveal to us the very nature of God and his essence. And then we saw the effect of his return. The Bible tells us that those who truly believe that Christ is coming back have given their lives to Christ, I hope you have, And by the way, it’s an actual tangible thing that you do. And if that happens, it’s gonna affect your life and all around the world. Listen, somebody, I was just listening yesterday. Somebody was asking a question of a famous Christian thinker. They said, why is it in Europe? There’s such a massive exodus from the church in Europe. Many people, many churches have died in Europe. And very few people trust in Christ in Europe these days. And the guy gave the right answer. The guy gave the answer. He said, listen. He said, we need to understand, Jesus’ church is not dying in Europe. There are people choosing to walk away from Christ. They’re the ones that are dying in Europe. What that means is God has his believers everywhere. But what is indicative of them being a believer is the fact that being a new creation affects their life. They are affected. So I don’t see that very often. I agree with you. But it doesn’t mean that there’s a void in the land of people’s lives being affected. You just need to find out where God is moving and make sure that your life is yielded to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. And again, we’ll talk on this. Number seven, here’s where we dive in everybody, his return, regarding the awareness of his return. There’s an awareness, write it down if you would, scripture will not be denied. I love this. The Bible, the scriptures will not be denied regarding the awareness of his return. We have paused today to gather together for Christmas service, but the fact of the matter is it’s only true because scripture has never been denied. The Bible says Christ would come. And so here you are. Isn’t that interesting? Why did you come today? Well, we’ve always gone to Christmas service. Yeah, but what? Really, strip away all this stuff. You have come today because of the fulfillment of the scriptures. The Bible tells us in advance that Christ would come. And he did come. And the ancient Hebrew scriptures or the doctrines of the Bible foretold the very time when God himself would accomplish salvation for mankind. In fact, Jesus made mention of this in Matthew 5, verse 17. Matthew 5, 17, the Bible says, Jesus is speaking, do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I love that. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For surely I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle, one comma and one hyphen in the original language will by no means pass away, listen, will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Jesus Christ came to fulfill what you and I could never do. He did it for us. Simple as that.
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pastor and Bible teacher, Jack Hibbs, here on Real Life Radio with his special Christmas series called His Return. Thanks for being with us today and Merry Christmas from Pastor Jack and all of us here at Real Life Radio. Our prayer for you this Christmas is that your 2026 is filled with contentment and joy that can only come from knowing Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. Jesus came so that we can have life, and he died on the cross to free us from our guilt and shame. Christ is the reason we celebrate Christmas, and we look forward to his return. You know, it’s given us a lot of joy sharing our Real Life Radio program with you. Thanks for welcoming us into your home and into your life. And we’ll continue on the next edition of Real Life Radio. Hey, Pastor Jack, this is the time of year when we normally start talking about the one-year Bible because we like to get together as a church and as everybody who listens to our various broadcasts to do the one-year Bible together, right? This is the time of year we start talking about that. But we’ve got this special deal going on where you can get the one-year Bible and your new book, Watching, Waiting, the devotional, the 40-day devotional. Yeah. For a gift of any amount, we’re going to send you both of those books. Tell us about the one-year Bible. Tell us about watching, waiting.
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Yeah, thank you. Wow, you’re making me go back now four decades, and I mean many decades. Could be three decades where we as a church, the entire church family, you know, how do you have a big church stay small, feel small? Well, here’s what we do. Every year, we all start out reading the one-year Bible, starting on January 1st. And so every November, every December, we make sure that those who don’t have the one-year Bible, that they make sure that they get it. And so on January 1st, all of us dive into the Word of God. And my goodness, I think we’re coming up on 30 years of going through the Bible. 30 times. Isn’t that amazing? And so it’s been amazing, and we’re just encouraging people. And then, of course, as you mentioned, getting a copy of the brand new devotional. It’s a 40-day devotional, watching, waiting. It’s a devotional written about really the expectancy of Christ’s coming. Are we ready? How do we get ready? What does it mean to be ready? And so it’s all Scripture-versed and Scripture-referenced, and we think that you’re going to love it. I think it’d be a good addition to your one-year Bible.
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the one-year Bible, and the 40-day devotion by Pastor Jack called Watching and Waiting. Get your copy for a gift of any amount at jackhibbs.com slash real radio. That’s jackhibbs.com slash real radio. Did you know that along with the radio program, Pastor Jack also has a TV show called with more of the Pastor Jack Hibbs content that you like. It’s called Real Life TV. If you enjoy Pastor Jack on the radio, you’re going to love him on TV. So check out your local listings or visit jackhibbs.com and catch the latest episodes. That’s jackhibbs.com. This program is made possible by the generous contributions of you, our listeners. Visit us at jackhibbs.com. That’s jackhibbs.com. Until next time, Pastor Jack Hibbs and all of us here at Real Life Radio wish for you solid and steady growth in Christ and in His Word. We’ll see you next time here on Real Life Radio.
Join us on Real Life Radio as Pastor Jack Hibbs delves into the profound significance of the Christmas story and the first promise of the Messiah from Genesis 3:15. Discover how this foundational verse, often overlooked, is intrinsically linked to the very essence of Christmas. Pastor Jack discusses the theological implications that resonate throughout Scripture, unveiling the victory sealed in Christ and the colossal battle outlined from the very beginning.
