He Came Down | Pastor Trev Evans

Come on, say it with me. This is my

Bible. This is my word.

>> It is God's word. It is God's word.

>> It reveals to me.

>> It reveals to me

>> God's will.

>> Therefore, therefore,

>> it's the final authority

>> the final

>> to which I submit

>> to settle all the issues

>> all

>> of my life.

>> It's the standard

>> of my conduct of my conduct

>> and the basis

>> of all my expectation.

>> All my expectations.

>> Shout it out. I am.

>> I am

>> what it says I am.

>> It says I am. I possess I

>> what it says I possess.

>> It says I

>> and I can do

>> I can do

>> absolutely everything.

>> Absolutely.

>> It says I can do.

>> It says

>> I'm a believer.

>> Not a doubter.

>> I'm a doer.

>> Not just a hearer.

>> And my life

>> And my life,

>> my everyday life,

>> my everyday life

>> is the better.

>> After having heard

>> the word of faith.

>> The word of faith.

>> Faith comes by hearing.

>> Faith comes by hearing

>> and hearing. and hearing by the word of

God.

>> Let's ride.

>> You may be seated in the presence of the

Lord.

>> Amen.

Yeah.

Amen. Amen. Yeah. There we go.

Go with me to Luke chapter 2. Luke

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chapter 2

vers 6. I want to read verse six and

seven. Luke chapter 2

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>> verse 6 and 7. I'll read out the New

King James Version. Luke chapter 2 verse

Luke 2:6

6 and 7. And right before I get into

that, big shout out to everyone who

graduated uh this week from Pit

Community College from East Carolina

University. Big shout out. I don't want

to start calling names, but just big

shout out to you all. It was absolutely

amazing achievement what you've done and

uh we are super proud of you. Amen.

>> Amen. Amen. Luke chapter 2 verse six and

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seven it says so it was that while they

were there the days were completed for

her to be delivered. and she brought

forth her firstborn son and wrapped him

in swaddling clothes and laid him in a

manger. All because there was no room

for them in the end. I want to talk to

us uh briefly from this thought. He came

down.

He He came down.

>> You know, there's something in the human

nature that's always striving to climb.

>> From the time we're children, we're

taught to aim high, reach further, and

extend, ascend to the top.

>> Amen.

>> We celebrate the climb. We applaud those

who rise to the top of their careers.

Those who climb the corporate ladder,

>> those who climb and achieve fame and

wealth and power. Think about it. We

climb mountains just to conquer them.

>> At least some of us.

>> We climb over obstacles to prove just

how strong we really are. Even in

religion, humanity has often tried to

climb its way to God

>> through good works,

>> through rituals,

>> through self-righteousness.

>> Climbing symbolizes achievement. It

symbolizes power. It symbolizes

self-sufficiency,

>> and it's celebrated because it feeds our

sense of pride,

>> our sense of control,

>> but here's the problem. No matter how

high we climb,

>> we'll never be able to bridge the gap

between us and God.

>> Our sins created a gulf.

Our disobedience created distance

>> that no matter how hard we try, we will

still fall short.

>> Understand something. The way that you

and I, the only way for us to get to God

is not for us to climb up to him.

>> But the fact is he came down.

[cheering]

>> Hallelujah.

>> Jesus came down. He climbed down into

bro. It would be one thing. See, I mo

when I'm at home and I'm getting ready

to go somewhere and I'm going to stay

for a period of time, I I try my very

best to make sure that the

accommodations of the place that I'm

going to

>> is at least equal to what I'm used to.

>> EVEN EVEN IF IT I I WANT IT TO BE

BETTER, VERONICA, BECAUSE I am going

somewhere to stay for a little while. I

wanted TO BE BETTER, BUT at the very

least,

I wanted to be somewhat, you know,

comparable to what I'm used to.

>> But Jesus, when he came down, where he

was GOING WAS NOT COMPARABLE TO WHAT he

was used to.

>> He came down from heaven

>> to earth.

>> He came down from light into darkness.

>> He came down from holiness into

brokenness.

He came down. He came down.

>> He came down into a crime scene.

>> He came down into a place where there

was hate

>> at an all-time high.

>> HE CAME DOWN INTO A PLACE WHERE WHERE

MASS SHOOTINGS was just was just the

norm of the day.

He came down where IMMIGRANTS WERE

SCARED. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE WHO

ARE NOT HERE LEGALLY. I'M TALKING ABOUT

THOSE WHO ARE HERE LEGALLY.

>> HE CAME DOWN INTO A PLACE WHERE EVEN

THEY WERE SCARED TO GO TO THE grocery

store.

>> He came down.

>> Jesus came down and and it was not just

a geographical relocation.

>> It was a financial relocation.

God.

>> He came down from having all of his

needs met, never having to worry about

anything

>> into having to depend on humans to feed

him.

>> He came down and having to depend on

somebody else to change him.

>> He came down.

>> And can I tell you the reason? Oh, I'm

I'm I'm about there. The reason why he

came down,

>> he didn't come down for himself. Number

one, he came down to relate to us.

>> Let's ride.

>> He came down to relate to us.

>> HE CAME THAT THAT'S WHY HE DID ALL THAT

HE DID WAS SO THAT HE CAN RELATE.

>> He came to be BORN AS A HUMAN SO that he

could relate. Hebrews chapter 4.

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>> Hebrews chapter 4. Oh, I love the word

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of God. Hebrews chapter 4:1 15 says,

"For we do not have a high priest,

>> who cannot sympathize with our weakness,

>> but was in all points tempted as we are,

yet without sin."

>> Bump your neighbor. Say, "He can

relate."

>> He can relate.

>> Now, though, I know I I hear some of you

saying, "Now, how can God RELATE TO ME?

HE'S never been tempted with sex."

I know there's stories out there saying

Jesus slept with women, but the devil is

a lie.

>> Ah yeah. Uh-huh.

>> We're living in the day now where you

have to believe none of what you hear

and half of what you see.

>> I was looking at a AI picture. I said,

"Now, I ain't never been there before. I

don't know how I got there."

>> That's right.

>> But he can relate to THE TEMPT. THE

BIBLE says that he was tempted in all

points

>> as we are.

>> Can I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THERE'S ONLY

THREE POINTS of sin?

>> Now go go WITH ME TO FIRST JOHN CHAPTER

1 John 2:16

2 verse 16. There's only THREE POINTS TO

SIN. I KNOW YOU CAN BRING UP A WHOLE LOT

OF STUFF, especially modern day. See,

because stuff changes. You go from re

reefer to cigarettes to now none of that

is hardly around now is vaping.

>> But there's only three points to sin.

SECOND F FIRST JOHN chapter 2.

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>> VERSE 16 SAYS FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE

WORLD.

>> This is how Jesus can relate to us.

>> For all that is in the world is the lust

of the flesh. The lust of the eyes and

the pride of life is not of the father,

but this is of the world.

>> Jesus is able to relate to us because he

was tempted in all points.

>> No, he didn't have he didn't have

anybody offer him weed.

>> But it ain't but three points. There's

lust of the flesh.

>> That's right.

>> That that's WHAT WE DID. NO, NO, THE THE

WOMEN DIDN'T RUN UP ON HIM. NOW, they

may have ran up on him, but he didn't he

didn't he didn't yield to temptation.

>> That's right.

>> The points of sin is the lust of the

flesh,

>> the lust of the eyes, the pride of life.

If you back up TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 4,

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JUST write it down. When he was tempted

of the enemy,

>> the enemy said, "If you are the son of

God, command these stones to become

bread."

>> That's right.

>> That's the lust of the flesh. That is

when the enemy tempts you for a trying

to get you to fulfill a natural desire

in a sinful way.

>> That's right.

>> Sex is a natural desire.

>> But he never intended FOR YOU TO USE

YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST TO FULFILL THAT

DESIRE. [cheering]

[applause]

>> YES, SEX IS A NATURAL DESIRE, BUT HE

NEVER INTENDED YOU TO JUST GO ON AN

ESCAPADE.

lust of the flesh.

>> Not just the lust of the flesh, but the

lust of the eyes.

>> The enemy told him, he said, "If you are

the son of God," he said, "Throw

yourself down.

>> Throw yourself that, excuse, that's the

pride of life."

>> That he said, "THROW YOURSELF DOWN THAT

YOU'RE SO YOU YOU know you're the son of

God.

You you don't you don't you don't have

to obey all the rules that everybody

else has to.

>> THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT PRIDE.

>> THAT'S WHAT PRIDE GOES AFTER.

>> PRIDE CAUSES US TO BE SELF-CENTERED AND

THINK THAT THE RULES DON'T APPLY to us.

>> Yeah. Yeah. THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT I

DON'T HAVE TO PRAISE GOD. I COULD JUST

STAND HERE and just, you know, just

thank them in my mind. I ain't got to

really lift my hand. That's for the

people that don't have, you know, they

really going after God. They need God IN

ANOTHER WAY THAN I DO.

>> The pride of life.

He said, "Cast yourself down.

You don't have to. The rules don't

apply." He can relate.

>> The rules don't apply to you.

>> You don't have to do it. LIKE I KNOW I

know they I know they said, you know,

that you you you need a tithe, but you

you don't have to, you know, bring it to

the storehouse. You can just go feed

some people.

preaching.

>> Yeah. Come on. Come with your own, you

know, how how you want to do it. You can

you can kind of finesse this thing.

>> The pride of life.

>> The lust of the eyes. The pride of life.

But then the lust of the flesh, but then

there's the lust of the eyes. Yes.

>> The Bible says that he took Jesus up to

a high place,

>> had him survey and be able to look at

everything.

>> And he said, he said, "I I'll give you

everything you can see

>> if you just bow down and worship me."

>> How often have we been pulled into

situations by what we see?

How

>> how h HOW HOW HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE

ENDED up in relationships that we

shouldn't have been in all because of

what we saw?

>> HOW OFTEN HAVE WE ENDED UP IN SEASONS OF

DROUGHT AND DISTANCE FROM GOD BECAUSE WE

FELL INTO what we saw?

>> Yeah. Jesus can relate. He can relate.

>> No, he he can he can relate to what it

IS THAT YOU'RE GOING. HE CAN RELATE

>> to the pull of the eyes. He can relate

to THE PRIDE OF LIFE. HE CAN RELATE TO

THE LUST OF THE FLESH.

>> He came down

>> to let you know that he can relate.

>> Can I submit to you all that not only

are that not only is that he came down,

but he caused us to come down.

Yes,

>> HE'S CALLING US TO COME DOWN so that we

can relate to those around us.

>> See, you and I have TO BE CAREFUL

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS WE TRY TO HELP

people without coming down first.

>> THAT THAT THAT'S HOW YOU CAN THAT'S HOW

YOU CAN arrogantly treat people like

they don't matter when you have

something they don't that they need.

>> What what what has HAPPENED IN THAT

SITUATION? YES, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT

THEY NEED, BUT YOU DIDN'T STEP BACK AND

COME DOWN first

>> to relate to them.

>> No, you may not have the very same

situation that they have,

>> but you can relate.

>> Amen.

>> Oh, no, no, no. You may not have the

very same situation, but but you can

relate.

>> Yeah, MAYBE THEY DID NOT. THEY THEY THEY

should have apologized to you. They said

something they shouldn't have said to

you. Come on.

>> And they they they have apologized.

Now, you can take this one of two ways.

You can either stand there and try to

wait for an apology that's that you

think is acceptable,

or you can step back and come down and

remember the times when you didn't you

didn't apologize to God and you didn't

repent like you should have. Amen.

>> Now you you you you and I have to take a

moment to step back and relate to

others.

>> Could it be

>> could it be

>> that the way out of your situation

>> is to come down into somebody else's

>> AND COME DOWN AND RELATE TO YOU'RE

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THROUGH

THAT DEPRESSION. Come on.

>> Could it be that God is calling YOU TO

COME DOWN INTO SOMEBODY ELSE SITUATION

and write them an encouraging note?

>> Could could IT COULD IT BE THAT THAT YOU

ARE BELIEVING GOD TO TO GIVE YOU THIS

FINANCIAL INCREASE,

>> BUT GOD WANTS YOU TO COME DOWN OUT OF

YOUR SITUATION AND JUST HAND THAT little

$10 to somebody else.

>> Touch your neighbor. Say, "I can

relate."

>> I can relate.

That's what God is calling us to do.

>> If Christmas is anything,

>> it's the fact that you and I can come

down and relate to others.

>> And see, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DOESN'T

REQUIRE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> That's right.

>> What it will WHAT IT WILL REQUIRE IS FOR

YOU TO COME down

out of your busyness.

>> Yeah, I know. I know you're busy. We got

a lot to do, but there's an older person

in your life

>> that you need to come down and go relate

to.

>> There's somebody there there's A WIDOW

IN YOUR LIFE. NO, YOU MAY NOT HAVE MONEY

TO TAKE HER. NO, YOU MAY NOT. AND IF YOU

GOT A LITTLE MONEY, give it to her.

Bless her. Be a BLESSING TO HER. BUT IF

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU STILL CAN COME

DOWN AND RELATE.

>> AMEN.

>> This is what Christmas is all about.

Right.

>> I'm concerned because Christmas has been

so commercialized

>> that we think that if WE DON'T HAVE

MONEY, WE CAN'T BRING CHRISTMAS.

[applause]

>> CAN I TELL YOU THAT THE REAL CHRISTMAS,

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS WAS WHEN JESUS CAME

DOWN.

>> BEFORE ANYBODY PUT A CHRISTMAS TREE UP,

HE CAME DOWN.

He can relate.

>> He can relate.

You and I can relate. But it calls for

us to come down.

>> He came down to relate to us. Number

one. But number two, he came down, catch

this, to reveal God to us.

>> He came down to reveal God.

Is that what that is?

>> Do I need a change?

>> Is that better?

>> No.

>> Okay. He's coming to help me out.

>> I know I am.

>> You going to work on it? I'mma keep

going.

>> Is it bothering y'all?

>> Let's ride.

He came. My god.

>> He came down.

[applause]

>> Can I tell you that there's somebody

who's having a problem with ringing in

their life?

There's somebody being irritated by a

ringing in their life

>> and the sol and they're praying for a

solution

>> and you are the solution.

>> No, no, no. You are you are the sol you

God is waiting for you to come down.

>> See, Marcus couldn't help me from where

he was.

He didn't just get in the room. He was

sitting up in the booth. But it wasn't

until he came down.

>> I'm good. I want to do you just just

leave it. Yeah. Just leave. Just leave

it. Yeah.

Jesus came down to relate to us,

>> but he came down to reveal God's heart

to us.

>> Jesus came all the way. He look how he

came down.

>> He didn't come down in some plush

nursery

where he had everything he needed. The

Bible says that they laid him in a

manger.

>> A manger was a feeding trough.

>> And feeding troughs were only housed in

stables.

>> That's right.

>> Where animals laid.

>> That's right.

>> He was in a stinking situation.

>> HE CAME DOWN. WHY DID HE COME DOWN THIS

WAY? SO THAT HE COULD REVEAL GOD'S HEART

TO US TO LET US KNOW THAT THERE'S NO

SITUATION THAT YOU COULD GET IN THAT I

WILL NOT COME TO. [cheering]

>> I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. Can I

tell you the real MEANING OF CHRISTMAS?

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. JESUS

WILL COME DOWN INTO YOUR SITUATION.

He'll come down and relate to you.

He'll come down and reveal God's heart

to you.

>> That God wants you to that no matter

what you have done,

>> no matter how low you have gone,

>> NO MATTER WHAT you have sunk into, no

matter how long YOU HAVE BEEN THERE,

GOD'S HEART TOWARD you is good.

>> This is Christmas.

If you don't have a present,

>> if you don't have A GIFT, IF YOU'RE NOT

A SEE, BECAUSE I NEED TO take a moment

to speak to this because there are some

people

>> WHO ARE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING

TO experience Christmas because you

don't have all the money you need, you

want yet. Somebody shout

>> yes.

>> But can I tell YOU THAT YOU'VE ALREADY

BEEN EQUIPPED to bring Christmas into

the life of somebody around you? IF YOU

WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST STEP BACK AND

COME DOWN AND RELATE AND REVEAL GOD'S

HEART TO OTHER PEOPLE, IT will be the

biggest gift that you've EVER GIVEN INTO

YOUR LIFE.

>> I've helped somebody.

But it calls for us to come down.

Some of you need to come down and share

your testimony.

Someone I'm not I'm not talking about

the one that you post.

>> I'm talking about the one that you've

been holding on to.

>> I'm talking about the ONE THAT HADN'T

MADE IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA. I'm talking

about the ONE THAT YOU HADN'T TOLD

ANYBODY ABOUT THAT WHEN GOD BRINGS THE

SITUATION IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU SEE A

PERSON THAT HAS WALKED THROUGH WHAT

YOU'VE WALKED THROUGH, GOD IS CALLING US

TO COME down

>> to relate and reveal his heart to them.

>> That's why he brought you through.

>> That's why he brought YOU OUT. NOT SO

that you CAN WALK AROUND WITH A BADGE OF

HONOR, BUT SO THAT YOU CAN WHEN YOU FIND

SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST LIKE YOU,

>> that you'll remember,

>> what it was like to feel alone,

>> that you will remember what it was like

to feel like, I don't know IF I'M EVER

GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS SIN.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT OF IT FOR 5

YEARS, BUT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY

STRUGGLING, GOD WANTS YOU TO REMEMBER.

>> He wants you to come down

>> and relate.

And can I just make one, let me clear up

one point. Relating doesn't mean that

you get in sin with them.

>> That's right.

[laughter]

>> Yeah. I'm going just go relate to the

boy. Oh, we going to go up and just

smoke a little something so I can

relate. That's not relating.

That's reverting.

>> Oh,

no, NO, NO. I'M TALKING about

righteously relating.

>> That I remember what it's like to be

without a savior

>> and act like I didn't need anything.

I know what it's like for people to come

and invite me to church and I lie to

them and tell them I'm coming knowing

good and well I had no intentions on

coming.

>> So now when I invite somebody and they

lie to me and they don't come, I'm not

upset with them.

>> I just spiritually get more fortified

>> and said IF YOU DUCK THAT ONE, you won't

be able to duck this one. Hey, how you

doing?

I was looking for you last Sunday.

[laughter]

>> Why? Because I can relate.

>> I know what it's like to run from a God

who's calling me.

>> I know what it's like to run from a God

who is calling me out of my mess and

calling me out OF SOME THINGS THAT I

DON'T WANT TO LET GO OF YET.

>> He's calling us to come down.

>> Somebody say, "Merry Christmas."

>> Merry Christmas.

>> He's calling us to come down. Yes.

>> To relate to those around us,

>> to reveal the heart of God,

>> to remind people that you have not done

so much.

>> You have not gone so far,

that God cannot forgive you.

>> That God cannot restore you. [applause]

>> And I know you have done I KNOW YOU HAVE

PRAYED AND ASKED GOD SAY, "GOD, if you

get me out of this, I won't do it no

more." I know this is the fourth time.

See, this is where we got to be honest

>> and say, "I I didn't get my second

chance right.

I blew my second chance a long time ago.

>> But I want you to know that he's the

kind of God that will give you another

chance.

>> And I don't care how what you've done

and how long you've done it or who

you've done it with.

>> His heart is good toward you.

God is calling us to bring Christmas to

somebody.

>> Give your gifts.

If you give your gifts, can I ask? Can I

say something? Give your gifts with the

heart of God in mind.

>> Don't let it be a competition.

>> [applause]

>> Maybe your gift is not the biggest,

maybe it's not the grandest,

but what it should do is relate to

people.

>> What your giving should do, it should

reveal the heart of God to others.

>> God wants us to have a real Christmas.

God is calling us to have a real

Christmas

>> where we will come down

>> into the lives of those around us

>> to relate to them

>> and to reveal his heart.

>> This is our prayer that this week

somebody shout this week.

>> This week

>> I will come down.

>> This week

>> this week

>> I will relate to someone.

>> I will relate to someone. This week,

>> I will reveal God's heart.

>> I will reveal God's heart

>> to somebody.

[applause]

>> That's my prayer

is that we will do like Jesus did and

come down.

>> Let's pray.

Father in Jesus name, we thank you for

this opportunity around your word

and father we take a moment to step back

father because we thank you

because you have given us a real

Christmas

God. You came down

not for the greatest among us. You came

down for them too. But Lord, you came

low enough to let all of us know

that there is no there is no depth that

you will not go to reach us.

Thank you for coming down.

Thank you for for stepping aside of all

of the splendor of heaven and coming

down to earth. [music]

Thank you for coming to relate to us.

Father, thank you for being the kind of

[clears throat] savior

who was tempted in all points as we

were, but yet without sin.

So Lord, help us to to embrace you and

not to run from you, but realize you can

relate to us. that Lord, no matter what

it is that we're dealing with, no matter

what it is that we're facing, no matter

what kind of challenges that are in our

lives right now, Father, help us

to realize that you can relate to us and

that we can bring all that we have to

you.

Thank you for coming down to reveal

yourself to us

that your heart towards us is good.

Father, it is our prayer that as we have

freely received, may we freely give. May

we come down in our lives to help

somebody else to prayerfully [music] to

relate to them and to reveal your heart

to them. We thank you for it now in

Jesus name.