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Sermon by Jentezen Franklin : Divine Demotion

It is very important that Jesus came in form of a baby!


Before He was Divinely Demoted He was in heaven

1) He was being worshipped by Angels and heavenly creatures

"2 Above Him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:
“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.” Isaiah 6:2-3
2) He part took in the miracle of man making

"26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Genesis 1:26

3) He was there before all things

"He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." Colossians 1:17

Divine Demotions Jesus went through for us!

1) He became an Embryo

"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14

2) He became a Refuge

"13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,"Matthew 2:13-14

3) He became a Servant


"6 Who, being in very nature God,

    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
 
7 rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness."Philippians 2:6-7


12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place.“Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. " John 13:12-15

4) He was Spat on and Crucified 

"Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him" Matthew 26:67

"And being found in appearance as a man,

    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death
        even death on a cross!" Philippians 2:8


Stay Blessed<3

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