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Reading: Luke 2:8-20 \\ /Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
/ Luke 2:11 (NIV)
!! I. Good News of Great Joy ([[10|bible: Luke 2:10]])
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The opening of the Gospel: Fear Not
1.
3rd angelic appearance.
All begin: fear not
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1st response to sin: fear & hiding
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The Good News dispels all fear
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Great and Holy Joy
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Not just a little joy, average, bigg /ish/ joy
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So much more than any worldly joy
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Great~/holy joy we can abandon ourselves to
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Joy because He is Born ([[11|bible: Luke 2:11]])
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God & people re-united in Jesus
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He comes as Savior (not to punish~/judge)
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He comes as the Anointed one
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He comes as Lord
!! II.
Good News for folks Like Us ([[10|bible: Luke 2:10]])
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Good News is Brought to us
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Carried by angels from heaven to earth
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Brought first to the shepherds
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Unless the news is brought /to us/ . .
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This is Good News for All of Us
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Comes to us, but nor /for us alone/ ([[17|bible: Luke 2:17]])
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/All the people/: spread indiscriminately
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All /kinds/ of people: young~/old, rich~/poor, slave~/free, men~/women, worker~/owner, etc.
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He Has Come to us
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He has come to us, who walked in darkness
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He has come to us, not just our neighbor
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This joy, peace ([[14|bible: Luke 2:14]]), Savior, Christ & Lord has come, /is born/ to us!
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The Sign of this Good News
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He is Totally wrapped
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Lit.“swaddled”
common practice (benefits)
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He who once had the freedoms of heaven!
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Wrapped now, and at his death
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He Rests in a manger
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He does not come with trumpets blaring
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He rests~/sleeps – so great his humiliation
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The inn was full ([[7|bible: Luke 2:7]]), no room among his own
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Something to Sing about!
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Angel choir: /Glory to God in the highest/ ([[14|bible: Luke 2:14]])
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Shepherds return glorifying~/praising God ([[20|bible: Luke 2:20]])
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What of us, who receive this news too?
!! The Bottom Line:
| We Glorify and Praise God for this Wondrous Gift! |
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