Christmas Unwrapped | The Gift of God’s Favor
I. Introduction
A. Mary should be ___________.
B. There has been a ___________ of Mary for she has been worshipped by some.
1. Distortion of Luke 1:28.
2. She had been called “mediatrix.”
3. Mary as “mother of God.”
4. Mary the ___________ virgin.
5. Mary and immaculate conception.
6. Bodily assumption.
C. The truth about Mary:
1. She is ___________ to be worshiped.
2. She is an example to all of us of God’s favor upon a person.
II. The gift of God’s favor.
A. Favor in the Greek language is “charis.”
B. Grace has been defined as ___________ favor.
C. God ___________ Mary.
D. Favor is being ___________ by God.
III. Five ways to receive God’s favor.
A. Realize we have been ___________ by God, through ___________.
B. Realize we are a part of God’s ___________.
C. Recognize your need for the Holy Spirit’s working in your life.
D. ___________ God for the impossible to be done.
E. Humbly ___________.