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Introduction First of all, let me start by wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and thanking you for being here tonight to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Tonight is not merely a celebration of the birth of a child nor even the birth of the Messiah. Tonight we celebrate the birth of our God. Tonight…

INTRODUCTION Let’s turn together in our Bibles to the gospel of Luke. Luke chapter 2. & we’re gonna read verse 1-20 . Luke 2:1-20 . & when you find that in your Bible pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The title of today’s teaching is: The Birth of Our Savior. In Luke 2:1-20 . The Scriptures say:…

Scandal Is Brewing Mary has gone back home to Nazareth She is starting to show Joseph has a dilemma Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being…

TEXT: MATTHEW 2:1-12 | WHEN THE WORLD REJECTS CHRISTMAS INTRO EXPLANATION : I love the story in Matthew chapter 2 For years I’ve grown up hearing the story of the 3 wise men who came seeking the baby, Jesus While neither of those things are probably true, there is just something sentimental about the…

Notes: 1. Historical Setting and Cultural Context, 2:1-6. A. The Timing, 2:1-2. During reign of Caesar Augustus... “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days…

Christmas Eve 2022 Hope Has a Name I promised you guys that I wasn’t going to take up too much of your time tonight, but God has really placed in on my heart to share a message with you. We are going to begin the message by reading Isaiah 9:1-7 . Hear the Word of the Lord 1 Nevertheless, the gloom of…

Announcements Ambassador Baptist College Choir, Sunday night, December 11. Christmas Day @ SCBC, December 25 - Only one service on that day at 11 AM. Dwain Roache has asked us to renew our praying for his brother and sister, Dudley and Ceila. They need to be saved and Ceila has been told that her breast…

Presented by OrLando Yarborough III Purpose of This Presentation: What it means to wait on God for something better. How to wait on God to receive what He has for you. Advent We are in the season of Advent. During Advent, Christians prepare for and anticipate the coming of Christ. In scripture, there…

Luke 2:8-14 “... there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for…

14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting…

Entertaining Angels has been our theme this season, following along with Christ’s Birthday Observance from the Christian Women’s Connection annual reminder to make Jesus the Subject of our Christmas celebrations. Mary Lopez began the season for us on the first Sunday of Advent with a reminder that we…

This is the only day, literally, the entire world thinks about Jesus Christ, in their own way I look at Christmas like I look at Thanksgiving, July 4, Memorial Day or Veterans Day There’s a lot of gift giving I want to talk about the First Gift Greatest gift of God is his grace and mercy - exemplified…

Intro: Favorite Christmas memories (Christmas Breakfast, Family dinner, presents, the Christmas songs at church, The staying up for Santa, the wonder of what was to come…) Over the past couple of decades, I have taken more and more notice that the season of Christmas has lost some of its wonder. Not…

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. 20 But…

Intro Nature and effect. Two ways to perceive a thing. The nature of a thing can be described in terms that are appropriate to it. The effect is, by necessity, only partially about the thing we describe. If we described the nature of a pillow, we could use words like down, fluffy, hard, flat, smelly,…

The Gifts of Christmas Advent Series Sermon 1: The Gift of Hope Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up and…

It’s a good day. It is an amazing day because we are able to worship Jesus. This is what we are created for. How many of you believe that Jesus gives you hope for today? How many of you believe that accepting that Jesus is God, that he died for you and committing to follow Him is the most important belief…

Amazing Promise 10 since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Also I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the Lord will build you a house. 11 And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your…

We’ve been on a journey…a journey to Bethlehem. We have been progressing through the Christmas story, revisiting the events that brought Christ into the world. Over the course of about a year, the angel Gabriel announced the birth of John the Baptist, announced the birth of Jesus to Mary, Mary visited…

Introduction: 1 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,…

dignity | ˈdiɡnədē | noun (plural dignities ) the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect: disgrace | disˈɡrās | noun loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonorable action: he left the army in disgrace But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of…

Luk e 2:1-20 What child is this Who's laid to rest On Mary's lap is Sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherd's watch are keeping This this is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste! haste! To bring him, Lord! The babe, the son of Mary Why lies He in such mean…

Luke 2:1-7 A few days ago, I posted this question on Facebook: “How can a church not gather for worship on Christmas Day when Christmas is on Sunday?” I wasn’t expecting to spark any controversy. I was only sharing some candid thoughts from my heart that day. But a surprising number of people jumped…

Introduction This morning we are continuing in our series of the 4 evangelists and there view of the Christmas Story. We have looked at Matthew, Mark and this morning we will take a look at the Doctor’s view of the story. As I said at the beginning of the series, Luke is all about Details, Details, Details.…

Shepherds and Sheep In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth,…