United in Worth

Introduction

Well, good morning!

If you have a Bible, go ahead and open it with me to Luke chapter 2. Today, we’re gonna be in verses 8 through 20 — the story of the shepherds on that first Christmas night. Last week we looked at a part of this passage, focusing on the angels…but this week, I wanna show you how Christmas unites us also in worth.

Over the past two weeks, we’ve been walking through the Christmas story and noticing how it draws us together in all these different ways. Two weeks ago, we saw Mary, and Elizabeth, and John — ordinary people with ordinary lives — drawn together in worship because Jesus had come near. Their everyday hopes and fears, they were lifted into praise.

And then last week, we turned our eyes to the angels, and we saw how Christmas unites us in awe. The angels remind us that God’s coming into the world, it isn’t just news; it’s revelation. The angels understood the darkness of our world, and they marveled at the Light that broke into it. Their awe exploded into worship, and this story, it invites us to pause, and to look, to be amazed at what God’s done in Christ for us.

Which brings us to today…This week, our eyes turn to the shepherds — ordinary people, working through the night, overlooked by society, oftentimes treated as outsiders. In their world, shepherds weren’t just humble laborers; they were sometimes seen as dishonest, or untrustworthy, or even socially unfit. They weren’t respected leaders. They weren’t wealthy. They weren’t religious elites. By human standards, they were ordinary at best — unworthy at worst.

And yet, God chose them. He stepped into their lives, not because of their status, or their achievements, or their reputation, but because of who He is. God didn’t wait for them to clean themselves up, or prove their worth…He didn’t ask them earn a spot in His plan. He came to them in the middle of their ordinary, messy, overlooked lives and He invited them into something extraordinary.

The shepherds remind us that worth isn’t measured by human standards. It isn’t about what you’ve done, or how impressive you are, or how many people notice you. Worth comes from God — and God gives it freely, as He choses, even to the undeserving. Again, the shepherds were ordinary, and humble, unworthy, just like you and me. And yet God met them, He gave them a purpose, He sent them out to carry His good news into the world.

This morning, as we look at Luke chapter 2, 8 through 20, we’re gonna see how Christmas doesn’t just unite angels in awe or Mary and Elizabeth and John in worship — it unites ordinary, undeserving people in worth. Listen, in this story, we find hope, and encouragement, and a reminder that God’s grace, it reaches far beyond what we could ever imagine.

And so, as we read this passage together, I want you to notice a progression here — a story that shows us how Christmas unites us all in worth. Our three points this morning:

Number 1, Worth begins with God’s pursuit of the undeserving.

Number 2, Worth deepens when God speaks value over the unworthy.

And then finally, Number 3, Worth is realized when the undeserving are transformed.

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And so, if you’re there with me in Luke chapter 2, let’s stand together for the reading of God’s Word. It says this:

Luke 2:8–20 ESV

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and 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 among those with whom he is pleased!” When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

Thank you, you can be seated.

[Prayer]

Again, our three points this morning…Worth begins with God’s pursuit of the undeserving…Worth deepens when God speaks value over the unworthy…Worth is realized when the undeserving are transformed.

And so, if you’d keep your Bible open…hopefully you’re taking notes to engage with the text…let’s look at this first point together.

I. Worth Begins with God’s Pursuit of the Undeserving (vv. 8-9)

Worth begins with God’s pursuit of the undeserving.

Look at verse 8 with me again:

“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”

We looked at this passage last week, but Luke wants us to feel the ordinariness of this moment. Nothing about these shepherds is impressive. We’re gonna talk more about that in the next point…But they’re not praying. They’re not searching for God. They’re not on some spiritual retreat. They’re just doing their job — in the dark, in the cold of night, out of sight, out of mind.

And the irony here is this: God breaks into the night at the very moment these men are doing nothing to pursue Him.

We have to remember, especially at Christmas time, we didn’t pursue God — He pursued us.

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Luke’s showing us something very important about the gospel here: God initiates, right?…The shepherds, they’re passive in this story. But God, He’s active.

That’s the first tension of the gospel: Not only are we undeserving of God’s pursuit…But left to ourselves, we don’t pursue Him at all.

Paul says in Romans 3:11: “No one seeks for God.”

And that’s part of the bad news that the Bible presents to us, right? Not only do we all fall short of God’s glory…Not only are we all sinners. But none of us seek Him on our own.

And listen, Scripture pushes even deeper on that…Not only do we not seek Him — apart from grace, we actually resist Him.

Ephesians 2 says we’re dead in our sin. It says, before Christ, we were following the course of this world, carrying out the desires of our flesh…children of wrath.

Listen, that's not neutral. That's not morally confused. That's spiritually dead, according to Paul. And listen, dead people don’t climb up to God. They don’t call out for help. They don’t take a step. They lie there, dead!

And yet — here’s the wonder of this Christmas story — God steps toward undeserving, dead people.

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Look at verse 9 again:

“And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them…”

They didn’t go looking for glory. Glory came looking for them.

This is what R.C. Sproul meant when he said: “The most foundational truth of Reformed theology is that salvation is of the Lord from beginning to end.”

Listen, right here in Bethlehem, God makes the first move. He speaks the first word. He shines the first light.

And listen, if you’ve been with us as we’ve been going through Genesis these past few years, isn’t that the pattern of God? He came to Abraham, He spoke to Issac…He made promises to Jacob…regardless of how unworthy his people were at times. God made the first step every single time.

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Let’s keep going, verse 9, it continues:

“and they [the shepherds] were filled with great fear.”

Listen, holiness exposes us long before it comforts us.

Every person in Scripture whose ever encountered the holiness of God, they responds just like this — fear, trembling, a sense of “I don’t belong here.”

Isaiah cried, “Woe is me.” Peter fell at Jesus’ feet and said, “Depart from me.” John collapsed as though He were dead.

Why? Because the closer God gets, the more clearly we see how undeserving we are.

Which is the worst news of all — We’re more sinful than we think and God’s more holy than we could ever imagine. And so for that reason, we start to realize that on own, there’s nothing we can do about our sin problem.

But then the angel speaks — and what he says is the turning point of this whole passage:

“Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy…”

Listen, before the shepherds can say a single word… God speaks grace over ‘em.

There’s no apology. No explanation. No promise to do better. No bargain. All we see is grace and comfort…All we see is the gospel on display here.

Not, “Work hard and God’ll come near.” Not, “Clean yourselves up and then God’ll speak.”

No — it’s “I bring you good news.”

Charles Spurgeon said it so perfectly: “God’s love doesn’t find us worthy; it makes us worthy.”

That’s what Bethlehem’s all about. That’s what the gospel’s about. That’s why worth begins only with God.

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Listen, I heard a story once about a firefighter, he ran into this burning house to rescue this little boy. The boy was unconscious. And so He didn’t cry out. He didn’t run toward the firefighter. He didn’t reach for help. He couldn’t.

But the firefighter did something unexpected. He didn’t yell commands to this boy. He didn’t shout instructions from the safety of the doorway. He ran in, he found the boy before the boy could find him, he picked him up, he carried him out, and he saved him.

Guys, that’s the story of Luke 2. That’s the gospel. That’s worth beginning with God’s pursuit.

God doesn’t stand at a distance waiting for us to make the first move. He comes into our darkness, He finds us before we can find Him, He lifts us up before we can reach for Him, and He rescues us before we even know we need rescuing.

Amen?

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But let me be blunt for just a moment — you knew it was coming, right? The part we often don’t wanna hear: Most of us, we have no problem believing God loves the undeserving. But few of us believe we’re the undeserving.

We wanna think: “I’m not all that bad.” “I’ve made some mistakes, but I’m trying.” “I’m better than most people.”

But dear friend, I want you to hear this: Until you see yourself in these shepherds shoes—undeserving, unseeking, unworthy—you’ll never marvel at God’s grace.

If you believe God saved you because you were good enough or spiritual enough or trying hard enough or because you sought Him or chose Him, you don’t understand the gospel at all.

Tim Keller said, “If you think salvation’s partly your doing, you’ll never be sure of God’s love for you.”

Why? Because you’ll always wonder if you’ve done enough.

But listen, if you understand Luke 2, the way it was meant to be understood — that God pursues people at their lowest, not their highest…that God purses ‘em in their ordinary moments, not their spiritual moments…if you understand that He purses them in their unworthiness, not their impressiveness…then and only then can you rest in the love of a God who loved you first.

That’s where worth begins — Not with your search for God, but with God’s search for you.

Which moves us into the next point and the next part of these shepherd’s story.

II. Worth Deepens When God Speaks Value Over the Unworthy (vv. 10-14)

Worth deepens when God speaks value over the unworthy.

Look back with me again at verses 10 through 12:

“And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.’”

Now listen — the shepherds’ fear isn’t just emotional here; it’s theological. When sinful people encounter divine holiness, fear is always the right response. But notice what the angel does here. He doesn’t leave ‘em in fear. He speaks. He proclaims. He delivers a word from God. And it’s the word of God that transforms fear into joy.

That’s what William Philip meant when he said, “God gives Himself to us by giving us His Word. His Word is His action; His action is His Word.” In other words, God: when He speaks, He’s not merely informing — He’s transforming.

And that’s what we see right here. God doesn’t wait for these shepherds to become worthy — He declares worth over these shepherds.

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Let’s just walk through what’s proclaimed here.

The first thing we see here is that God speaks comfort to those who fear.

The angel’s first words are, “Fear not.” Not “Try harder.” Not “You should’ve known better.” Not “Fix yourself first.”

Just — “Fear not.”

Why? Because grace always speaks before we can.

That’s the pattern of Scripture:

To Abraham: “Fear not, for I am your shield.”

To Joshua: “Do not be afraid, for the Lord your God is with you.”

To Mary: “Do not be afraid, for you have found favor with God.”

God’s Word displaces fear, not because we become stronger, but because He draws near to us. And whenever God draws near in grace, fear has to leave.

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The second thing we notice here is that God speaks good news to those who have none.

The angel says, “I bring you good news of great joy.”

We talked about this last week — but that word for “good news,” its the verb form of “gospel.” The angel’s literally saying: “I evangelize you. I announce gospel to you.”

Listen, the shepherds bring nothing here. They offer nothing.…God, on the other hand, He offers everything…He offers Christ.

And notice — the gospel isn’t general. It’s not vague. It’s not, “Good news exists if you can find it.” The angel says: “Unto you is born…”

Unto you — the last people in the world anyone else would choose.

Just listen to how specific that is: God doesn’t merely speak worth about them — He speaks worth over them by giving them a Savior who comes for them.

John Calvin wrote, “Christ isn’t a Savior until He’s a Savior to us.”

The angel doesn’t just announce information here; he announces possession: “This Savior is for you.”

That’s value. That’s grace. That’s God speaking worth where the world speaks nothing.

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And then we see the angel doesn’t leave the shepherds guessing who this child is. He gives them three titles:

Savior — the One who rescues.

Christ — the Anointed King God promised.

[And] Lord — the divine ruler of heaven and earth.

These titles, they’re deliberate. God’s telling these shepherds — and ultimately us — that the worth He gives is anchored not in them, but in Him.

Your worth, its not tied to your performance. It isn’t tied to your obedience. It’s not tied to your record…Your worth, its tied to who Jesus is for you.

William Philip says, “We know who we are only when we see who He is.”

Christmas is God saying, “Look at Him — and in Him, see what I’ve given you.”

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And then verse 14:

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom He is pleased!”

Again, like last week this isn’t some kind of sentimental peace — its not warm feelings, or calm fireplaces, or Hallmark movies.

This is shalom — reconciliation between sinners and a holy God.

The angels, they’re saying here: “There can be peace between God and man — but only through this Child.”

Romans 5:1 says it plainly:

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Peace isn’t something you produce. It’s something God declares over you when Christ stands in your place.

Listen — the shepherds didn’t achieve peace. They didn’t negotiate peace. They didn’t discover peace. Peace came down from heaven into a manger.

Listen, when God speaks, He gives the unworthy a place in His story. And that’s the most astonishing thing in the passage, what God entrusts to these shepherds. He doesn’t just comfort them. He doesn’t just speak the gospel to ‘em. He doesn’t just give them a sign. He makes them the first evangelists of the New Testament era.

The first ones to hear the gospel…they’re the first ones to carry the gospel.

William Philip again: “God speaks to us not merely to bless us — but to enlist us.”

These uneducated, unclean, socially rejected men…become the heralds of heaven’s King.

And that tells us something: When God speaks worth over you, He also speaks purpose into you (We’ll talk more about that in a second).

But Christ doesn’t just forgive the unworthy — He employs them. He sends them. He uses them. He delights to work through them.

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Listen, here’s the point: Your worth doesn’t deepen because you somehow grow in impressiveness. Worth deepens because God keeps speaking grace over you through His Word.

And the shepherds show us that the people who feel the lowest often hear God’s Word the clearest — because there’s nothing left to boast in except Christ.

God only speaks peace to those who stop pretending they’re fine. He only speaks worth to those who confess they have none.

Listen, as long as you cling to your own self-made worth — your reputation, your abilities, your morality, your goodness — God's Word, it won’t land on you the way it’s meant to. It’ll bounce off. It’ll stay theoretical. It’ll stay distant.

And that’s the danger: There’s a kind of Christianity that loves the idea of grace but never bows to the demands of grace. There’s a kind of Christian who wants to be encouraged by the gospel, but not conformed or confronted by the gospel. There’s a kind of heart that hears “unto you is born a Savior” but at the same time quietly says, “…But I don’t really need saving.”

Listen to me: Until you see the depth of your unworthiness, the Word that God speaks over you, it’ll feel small…But the moment you surrender your imagined worthiness, the gospel, it’ll feel like thunder in your bones.

Because grace only amazes those who know they’re desperate. Peace only comforts those who know they’re at war. The gospel only fills those who come empty.

And so, if you’re willing to come to Jesus with nothing, He’ll gladly give you everything.

Which moves us into the part of the story we didn’t look at last week.

III. Worth is Realized When the Undeserving are Transformed (vv. 15-20)

Point number 3…Worth is realized when the undeserving are transformed.

If you’ll look with me again at verse 15, we begin to see the shift — the movement — the evidence that God’s Word, its actually taken root in these shepherds’ lives. It says:

“When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.’”

Now notice something very important in that verse. Their transformation, it begins immediately. The angels disappear — the visible glory is gone — the sky goes dark again. But the shepherds don’t wait…they respond.

And their response teaches us something essential about grace:

Grace that saves always becomes grace that moves. Grace produces motion. Grace produces obedience. Grace produces new desires. Grace produces a new direction.

John Murray once wrote, “The faith that justifies is never alone. It’s always accompanied by all other saving graces.”

In other words, when God declares worth over the unworthy, that declaration always produces transformation.

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And so let’s just watch how this unfolds for the shepherds — and ultimately for us.

Look at verse 16:

“And they went with haste…”

Not casually. Not eventually. Not “once the shift was over.” Not “after we sleep on it.” Not “after we weigh the pros and cons.” With haste. Which means: God’s Word didn’t land on them lightly. It didn’t stay theoretical. It didn’t stay emotional. It reoriented their steps.

And guys — that’s how you know transformation’s real. When God’s Word isn’t just heard…its not just admired or “amen’d”…when its obeyed.

Calvin said, “It’s faith alone that justifies, but the faith that justifies is never alone — it always produces obedience.”

You understand what Calvin’s saying here? If your experience of grace never produces urgency toward Christ, you haven’t experienced grace; you’ve only experienced emotion.

The shepherds don’t need to be convinced here, or pressured, or dragged. Grace pulled them. Joy drove them. Worth compelled them.

… And so listen, seeing their example…how grace should move us — what’s God spoken to you that you keep delaying? Or what command has He shown you, that you’ve postponed? What sin have you excused? What act of obedience have you shelved because it’s inconvenient for you right now?

Guys, listen to me…see the shepherds here…you can’t cling to delayed obedience and then call it transformation. Delayed obedience is disobedience.

Grace that changes your status before God, it’ll also change your pace toward God.

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Verse 17:

“And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.”

Again, the shepherds can’t keep quiet. They don’t need training. They don’t need a “discipleship manual.” They don’t need seminary degrees or evangelism classes.

Why? Because when grace opens your eyes, your mouth follows.

The text says “when they saw it…” — when they saw the manger, the child, the promise fulfilled — then they spoke.

In other words, transformation gives you new sight, and new sight gives you a new voice.

Jonathan Edwards put it this way: “The true Christian has a new sense of the glory of Christ — not just new ideas about Christ.”

The shepherds didn’t just see a baby; they saw the Savior. They didn’t just see a manger; they saw a miracle. And they didn’t just see a sign; they saw salvation.

And because they saw Him rightly, they spoke rightly.

Guys, if we struggle to speak of Christ, it’s not a personality issue. It’s a sight issue. We have no problem talking freely about what captures our hearts. We do it all the time. Meaning, we evangelize…effortlessly…about the things we enjoy. We don’t struggle because we’re introverts…or because we’re afraid of having the right words…we struggle because we still don’t see Jesus rightly.

Some of us don’t need evangelism training — we need worship. We need to see Christ again. We need the gospel to land on us again. Because when you see Him, you speak of Him. That’s what the shepherds show us here. When God deems us worthy…everything about us changes.

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Verse 18:

“And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.”

These men who were nobodies — ignored, not trusted, looked down on — they’re now the cause of wonder in the hearts of everyone who hears them.

That’s what grace does: It takes the least likely people and it gives them surprising influence. It turns the unqualified into heralds. It takes the unworthy and makes them useful…We literally see this over and over again throughout Scripture…I mean just think about who found the tomb empty after Jesus’s death, right?

J.I. Packer said, “A Christian’s influence doesn’t begin with their strength but with their weakness, surrendered to God.”

Church, listen — the gospel spreads most naturally through the lips of people who know they shouldn’t even be in the room.

You want influence? You want impact? You wanna be used by God?…Then embrace your weakness. Walk in humility. Live like one rescued by grace. Speak as one surprised by the mercy you’ve received.

Which leads us into this last verse. This is the culmination of the whole passage:

“And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen…”

That’s the first time in Luke that humans — not angels — are said to be praising God for Jesus after His birth. And it’s shepherds. It’s the unworthy. It’s the unexpected. It’s the ones no one chose.

Notice three things here:

(1) They returned.

Back to their fields. Back to their ordinary jobs. Back to their regular responsibilities. Right? But notice, they returned changed. Same location — new heart. Same job — but a new joy. Same routine — new worship.

(2) It says, they glorified God.

Meaning: Their lives now pointed upward. Their focus had shifted. Their worth wasn’t measured by their work anymore but by their Savior.

(3) We see they praised God.

They didn’t praise themselves. They didn’t celebrate their experience. They celebrated God.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, “The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.”

These shepherds walk back into the night singing — because they know who they are (undeserving), and they know what God’s done (He’s given ‘em lavish grace), and they know what they’ve received (Christ).

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If your worship hasn’t changed, it’s not because you need a different style or louder music or different songs — it might be because you’ve forgotten the gospel.

If Monday looks no different than Saturday, you’re not tasting the glory you claim on Sunday. If your walk with God’s stale, or flat, cold, or dull, or lifeless — it’s not because Christ is small; it’s because your sin’s grown big.

The shepherds, they worship here because the gospel’s still fresh. It’s still shocking…undeserved. It’s still unbelievable to ‘em.

Closing

Guys, this whole passage — from the fields to the manger to the praise — it’s showing us three important truths: God gives worth to the undeserving, God speaks worth over the unworthy, and God transforms the worthless into worshipers. That’s the Christmas story. That’s the gospel story. That’s our story.

And so what do you do with this? How do you respond? What’s this actually mean for you when you walk out these doors?

Listen, if you follow Jesus…if God’s pursued you…if He’s spoken His Word of peace over you…If God’s transformed you from the inside out…Then your life can’t stay untouched.

Some of you need to hear this:

You can’t receive grace and keep your sin.

You can’t claim worth in Christ and continue chasing worth in the world.

You can’t say, “Jesus saved me,” but ignore the very voice that saved you.

You can’t keep delaying obedience, and call it a “spiritual struggle.”

Some of you, you need to go with haste — like the shepherds — into what God’s already made clear to you.

For some of you, that means confessing sin to your brothers and sisters. For some, it means forgiving someone you’ve avoided forgiving. For some, it means stepping back into community instead of isolating yourself. For some of you, it means obeying God in generosity, or purity, or discipleship. For some, it means opening your mouth and sharing Christ with someone you’ve been praying for but avoiding.

Listen — the shepherds didn’t gain worth by what they did, instead their worth changed what they did. God didn’t save you to sit still. He saved you to worship, and to witness, and to walk with Him.

J.C. Ryle said, “A saved man is a changed man.” Not a perfect man…Not a polished man…But a changed man.

Which is the question this passage presses on us: Has grace changed you? Is there evidence in your steps, is there evidence in your voice, in your worship, in your obedience…is there evidence that you’ve seen the Savior?

If not — today’s the day to respond to Him. To repent. To come humble and hungry again. To remember grace. To remember that your worth isn’t in what you’ve done this week — its in Who was born for you in Bethlehem.

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But listen, for those of you that would clearly say…I’m not a follower of Jesus this morning. Listen, this passage is for you more than you realize.

The shepherds, they were the last people anyone expected God to move toward. And yet God broke into their night.

And maybe today God’s breaking into yours. Maybe today, for the first time, you realize that you’re unworthy. That you’re sinful. That you can’t save yourself. Maybe today you finally see that you have nothing to offer God. And that’s good. It means you’re ready to hear the best news ever spoken: “Unto you is born a Savior.”

Not a life coach. Not an example. Not a moral teacher. A Savior.

Sin separated you from God — but Jesus came for sinners. And listen, your unworthiness, it can’t keep Him away — because Jesus came for the unworthy. Your failure doesn’t disqualify you — because Jesus came for failures. Your past doesn’t shut the door — because Jesus is the door.

God’s not asking you to clean yourself up…or to prove your worth. He’s calling you to receive the worth Christ purchased for you at the cross.

Spurgeon said, “The gate of mercy is wide enough to let the biggest sinner through, but too narrow for the smallest pride.”

And so the invitation’s simple: Lay down your pride. Lay down your excuses. Lay down your imagined righteousness…Come to Christ. Come empty — and leave redeemed.

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And so listen…if you would go ahead and bow your head…close your eyes with me. The praise team’s gonna come back up and lead us in worship again.

I just want us to sit quietly before the Lord this morning.

If you follow Jesus — what step of obedience is God calling you to take right now “with haste”? What sin do you need to confess? What fear do you need to surrender? What obedience have you delayed?

Ask Him right now: “Lord, what do You want me to do with what I’ve heard today?”

And to the unbeliever — if you know today that you need Jesus…if you know you’ve been living in darkness and you need the Savior who came into that darkness for you…then right now, right where you sit, call on Him.

Say, “Lord Jesus, I know I’m unworthy, I know I’m sinful, I know I’m unable to save myself. But I know You came for people like me. Forgive me, save me, make me Yours.”

And listen, if that’s you, I wanna pray for you. When we respond and sing in just a moment, I want you come forward or come find me in the back — take a pastor by the hand — and say, “I’m turning to Jesus.” We wanna pray with you, we wanna walk with you, help you take that next step.

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Guys, the shepherds walked away glorifying and praising God. Let’s do the same this morning.

You take this time, and I’ll close us in just a moment.

[Prayer]