The Greatest Gift

Christmas Sermon 2024: The Greatest gift

Luke‬ ‭2‬:‭10‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.”

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1 - Jesus came as a manifestation of the Love of God towards men

John 3:16

2 - the first Adam failed , hence the second Adam has come to redeem us

3- Christmas is not about giving gift but knowing the greatest Gifty

4- Great things start in small way

     - Jesus was not born in a fancy hospital or inn but in a manger

    - the first witness of Jesus were animals , not crowd

   - Salvation of the World came in very Humble way

 - we have Hope that even Great things starts in very small ways

God purposely came to experience our frailty

5- JESUS IS THE GIFT WE ALL CARRY AND MUST ALL GIVE TO ALL

  - Be Humble

Philippians 2:5-8

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it [b]robbery to be equal with God, 7 but [c]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross

  - Be Loving (Towards the Big Spiritual family)

I John‬ ‭4‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”

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 - Be a Giver

2 Corinthians 4:7

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

the world doesnt give, doesnt share, is selfish , but God has called us to be different.

We are in the world bur we are bot of this world JOHN 15:19