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Recap: God’s Greatest Promise
Recap: God’s Greatest Promise
Last time: MARY & JOSEPH EXPECTING a BABY...
THEY DID WHAT GOD ASKED of THEM…
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BABIES ARE EXCITING,, BUT YOU HAVE to WAIT ALMOST a WHOLE YEAR!
Ref: B’ PREGNANT
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Transition: WAITING ISN’T FUN, IS IT?
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Intro: The Pain of Waiting
Intro: The Pain of Waiting
C.C.: What are SOME THINGS YOU ARE WAITING FOR?
BIRTHDAY
CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL TRIP?
Focus: TODAY—NOT ONLY SEE the ANSWER to JOSEPH & MARY’S WAITING—BUT the WORLD’S!
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Transition: WE’RE GOING to BE LOOKING @ STORY in BIBLE BOOK “LUKE” CH. 2…
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Lk. 2:1 NLT… New Living Translation (Chapter 2)
At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire
Background: WHEN JESUS CAME—ROME RULED NEARLY EVERYTHING
EMPEROR = KING
(Q) ANYONE KNOW WHAT a CENSUS IS?? THE GOVERNMENT WOULD COUNT THEIR PEOPLE
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ALL the PEOPLE HAD to RETURN to THEIR ANCESTRAL TOWNS…
LOOKING @ SPECIAL FAMILY—JOSEPH & MARY
(PG. 2.1) Question: Does anyone know WHERE THEY WERE GOING to travel to? From Nazareth to Bethlehem
Lk. 2:4-5 NLT… And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee. 5 He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.
NEARLY 70 MILES! (LOT WITH NO CARS!)
Background— REAL REASON = FULFILLMENT of PROPHECY
SPECIAL RULER of GOD’S PEOPLE—BORN in BETHLEHEM
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Transition: (PG. 2.2) Problem: NOWHERE to STAY!
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(PG. 2.3) (Q): What was the name of the food box that baby Jesus was placed in? Manger.
New Living Translation (Chapter 2)
Lk. 2:6-7 NLT 6 And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. 7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them
Relate: PEOPLE WANT NICE THINGS for THEIR BABIES…
JESUS CHRIST—the KING— TOOK on the MOST HUMBLE PLACE...
Main Idea: We should thank God for Jesus.
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HE CAME DOWN—LIKE US— FOR US…
Exhort: INCARNATION— GOD W/ US!🤯
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(PG. 2.4.) Transition: When Jesus was born—nearby there were shepherds with their sheep…
New Living Translation (Chapter 2)
Lk. 2:8 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.
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ANGELS CAME & DELIVERED MESSAGE:
New Living Translation (Chapter 2)
Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. 11 The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!
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GOOD NEWS of GREAT JOY! SPECIAL CHILD is BORN!
SAVIOR
DIVINELY APPOINTED—BRING SALVATION
CHRIST
MESSIAH— “ANOINTED ONE”
INITIALLY a TITLE—NOT NAME!
JESUS, “THE CHRIST”
LORD
WORD TYPICALLY USED of GOD in O.T.
ETERNAL WORD of GOD—MADE FLESH
IMMANUEL— GOD W/ US!!
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Question: Where would you expect to find a king? palace??
Angel’s Message: They wouldn’t find Him in a palace—but in a manger! (V12)
Multitude of angels praising God
C.C. IMAGINE— ANGELS SHOWING UP!
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Transition: What would the shepherds do?
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(PG.2.5.) SHEPHERDS LEFT THEIR SHEEP to GO to SEE JESUS!
New Living Translation (Chapter 2)
Lk. 2:15-16… 15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger
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(PG. 2.6) shepherds TOLD EVERYONE THERE…
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Transition: THEY RETURNED HOME:
New Living Translation (Chapter 2)
20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.
Main Idea: We too should THANK GOD for JESUS!
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Focus: SAVIOR HAD COME
✝️✝️Good News: FOR SHEPHERDS & US!
WE NEED a SAVIOR...
Recap: LAST TIME w/ ME… — SIN = MISSING the TARGET
JESUS CAME to PAY for OUR SINS—SO THAT BY TRUSTING in HIM WE’D BE FORGIVEN.
Romans 10:13 (ESV)
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Acts 16:31 (ESV)
31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”✝️✝️
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JESUS CAME 2,000 YRS AGO—BUT HE STILL SAVES TODAY.
Gospel Invitation:
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Transition:
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App:
App:
THANK GOD for JESUS
HE MADE a WAY FOR US!
WE DON’T HAVE to WAIT ANYMORE—WE CAN KNOW JESUS—KNOWING THAT SOMEDAY WE’LL BE WITH HIM!
