1.4.4. 12.23.2018 Get the Word out!

A Shepherd's Tale

▾ 1.4.4. 12.23.2018 Get the Word out!

Entice:

A Shepherd's Tale

▾ Entice: When is the event over?

When is the “Big” event over?

The baby has not really arrived until Nanny has been told.

• The baby has not really arrived until Nanny has been told.

• The series has not been won until you have "gloated" over a friend.

The series has not been won until you have "gloated" over a friend.

And

the Gospel is not good news

he Gospel is not good news

And the Gospel is not good news

• And the Gospel is not good news, until the tale has been told.

until the tale has been told.

Engage: If you really want to do Christmas right, not just this year but every year you need to make sure that you join the chorus. That you not only hear and respond to the message of the coming Savior but that you also tell the story to others.

• Engage: If you really want to do Christmas right, not just this year but every year you need to make sure that you join the chorus. That you not only hear and

respond to the message of the coming Savior but that you also tell the story to others.

Expand: The shepherd had a great experience. Angelic announcements and heavenly choirs. Their job was not finished until the story they had heard became the story that they told. Then the Gospel invitation could be extended to others.

• Expand: The shepherd had a great experience. Angelic announcements and heavenly choirs. Their job was not finished until the story they had heard became the

story that they told. Then the Gospel invitation could be extended to others.

Excite: We are just a few hours away from the opening of the festivities.

What tale-if any-will you tell?

• Excite: We are just a few hours away from the opening of the festivities. What tale, if any, will you tell?

Explore: From the very start God's people are compelled to

• Explore: From the very start God's people are compelled to get the Word out!

Get the Word out!

Explain: I think there are some basic lessons we can learn from this familiar story.

• Explain: I think there are some basic lessons we can learn from this familiar story.

▾ Body of Sermon

Luke 2:15–20 ESV

15 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.” 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

Confirm the Message.

Investigation.

• Investigation.

Authentication.

• Authentication.

Communicate the Message

Communicate the Message (Tell your Story)

Tell His Story...

Make it known in all it's fullness.

Tell your Story...

•Make it known in all it's fullness.

Watch the Story Work!

• Watch the Story Work!

• Celebrate the Message.

Celebrate the Message.

Tell Me the Story of Jesus...

• Shut Down: