The Perfect Christmas Present

Can a close relationship? However, the exact opposite is true for instant Even in our spiritual lives. We desire intimacy with God. We need that close spiritual relationship with Jesus. good fat That's what Christmas is about.

It's about the presence of God. The goal of every believer a Christmas guess we're outta here is to live in the presence of God.

You know, the gospels are filled with stories about Jesus.

It's the story of miraculous intervention of God in the lives of two Ordinary People.

certainly God's miraculous intervention intervene and the first news we received about Jesus. Is this very little narrative from Matthew. gospel If you turn your Bibles and looking Matthew chapter 1 verses 18 through 25.

Imma, give you a moment to get there. If you don't have your Bibles with you would got it up on the screen.

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of the birth of Jesus It's a short narrative.

It says now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows after his mother. Mary was betrothed to Joseph before they came together. She was found with child of the Holy Spirit. What Joseph her husband being a just man and not wanting to put her make her a public example was mindful.

But while he fought about these things they hold an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream st. Joseph Saturday. Do not be afraid to take your marry you marry your wife for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a son and you shall name him Jesus for he will save his people from their sins. So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophets saying Behold the Virgin shall be with child and Paris son and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is translated. God is with God With Us. Did Joseph bring being aroused from 3D it as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took him his wife?

And did not know her until she brought forth her firstborn son, and he called his name.

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it is an honor and it is a privilege. The talk to you about the perfect Christmas present.

Ron Lovett you see God has a plan. And it would take two people who believe in the Lord and were willing to have their lives drastically change forever.

Yeah, I should say their lives turned upside down. Yes. Yes. Yes. Because we know as we deal with people or people love to gossip and a face that thing talk gossip if their lives as it was told.

But you know what Mary? When approached by the angel Gabriel, you know what she had a few questions.

I've never known a man.

Are you sure she was filled? cheapest field in a relationship with God. Yes. So when did the angel Gabriel told her the importance?

Here's what she said. And I'm reading from Luke. 1 and 38. She said the maid servant of the Lord, let it be to me according. to your work UCC respond whenever you got planned for me, so it shall be how many of us could be without question.

You want to turn my life upside down you want me to make you want to make me the laughingstock of the community? Rite Aid you want to break me down to nothing?

How many of us today when say God will be done?

Because the relationship we have with the father Yes. Yes, because we can stand on that promise that he has given us I would provide for your every need.

That summer yes. Yes.

Mary in A Christmas Story Who was the second person involved in August?

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I ain't going to.

when it comes to

the things of life

we have an agency. who will take the woman to say, you know, what baby is your body do what you want?

Never once backed yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

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the father of Hearts to understand people still say Happy Easter is not spring break. We're celebrating the resurrection of Christ. Imma call it Resurrection, but I'm not about being politically, correct. Did you see there was a little Passage? Download and save yourself piss. He said if you're ashamed of me or her. I will be ashamed of you before the father. I don't want him to be ashamed of me before the father. Because if he's ashamed of me, I have no hope.

I know I don't ever want to be in that situation where I have no hope.

How do you disable? We're going to walk. Through The Eyes of Joseph

are you here yet? I'm sure he loves Mary with all his heart.

Mary what do no wrong Fernando's this much

He knows he hasn't been with her.

Never walk there, but you know what? I'm only being for real. I don't know what he was respectful cuz it says he was respectful.

But you know he was going to do that.

We have to be for real the angel of the Lord appeared to Mary before Mo Problems mess.

Where is the woman that I love?

I can tell you. In the 20th century what would happen?

I can tell you that whoever.

I would not be standing there talking about this.

We believed. And the woman he loved me, but he knew God from Sound Advice like don't take her out there and put her out there. What you can do is have her. Osabi being a night until she has an angel of God knows everything has a plan for everything.

So he sent the angel Gabriel one more time.

And the angel said unto him, but we coming back here. the angel said this

Joseph Don't worry. Sheila Wright download paraphrasing, you know, we have it aboard aboard but

Almost everybody knows something about the details of Joseph, you know in the working class, man. We know about that. Yeah. He was a single adult living in a little town called Nazareth. and the Maverick was located just to the southern point of the Sea of Galilee

I don't know in small-town.

When we were on the other side of town, but what we were doing and I mentioned that you know what them talk. No problem with me.

Joseph Heller Decision to me. He was engaged to be married to a young woman.

I need to talk to you.

agency Department Honey, I need to talk to you.

an angel came to me and told me I can be pregnant next thing. I knew I was pregnant and can well see see see what happened was.

What's going on?

Call Matilda.

but Joseph stood there and he

he probably had a few restless nights. Is Ryan going wondering what should I do?

And it was doing this. You know, I always say that you have done to me at 2 a.m. In the morning. My attention. Well, guess what? it says here that Jojo who's sleeping? And an angel appeared to him. any angel

confirm what Mary had told him? Good angel of God tells him the story tells him that the child has been conceived by the Holy Spirit.

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God has done going to expire.

to have a relationship with both you and I

no matter what you think about the Christmas story. It's all the fault of God wanting to men to build that bridge.

Build a bridge to restore us to the relationship that we had with him. UC in this business is the business of this season. What does Christmas really mean? Yeah, right. It's simple even with all the decorations all the songs all the celebrations there all about one thing.

If God has come near to you and me Christmas is simply this God is here with us now Jesus God With Us.

I have two points to make today.

Tell me the clicker.

This is what happens when you go off script.

The first one is this God promises his Christmas present. God is here with us.

telephone in Angels playing that the unexpected baby is God's plan and the only way for Joseph to understand it is to remember the c major by Isaiah the prophet centuries earlier when he said

Ford has spoken by the prophet.

Be safe and Isaiah 7:14 and says this.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel.

God has always had a plan to send Jesus internal plan. Let me just walk you through God's plan. Let me bring you up to what actually is going on. In history in Genesis 1:1 where it says in the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth.

And 26 through 28. It says God created Man In His Image a perfect relationship what's going on? Missy but man, couldn't be Satisfied Man stranded. Yes. It ended that perfect relationship.

But God has a perfect plan to restore our relationship with him though. You seen a John 3:16.

Did John 3:16 it tells us that God so loved the world that you and I by the way. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son so that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. life eternal with him. Restoration of our relationship our perfect relationship with him, but in order What is plan the work? You see the word himself have a human form to be a perfect sacrifice words. It says and the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we Beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth. You think Christmas is a miracle or if nothing at all in human history? daughter stepped into our experience here is a turtle story becomes part of our story here.

Who said this may have happened over two thousand years ago, but you know what? It's still in effect today and you and me God Is With Us in the person of Jesus Christ Hallelujah. Hallelujah God is here in the person of Jesus Christ. God personalized his Christmas present.

Hallelujah

The Bible says there it says behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel. Which means God is with us. What does Jesus mean?

God With Us Emmanuel That person God didn't stand a profit. For pastor. He sent his son. Yes. God is with us.

Daughter entered the human story. He has become has come into our lives in order to solve. Our biggest problem problem is not the weather. Yes. It is not Donald Trump our biggest problem today. Is not Global terrorism our biggest problem weight work. It's not cancer.

donut commercial New York rappers think everybody will let me tell you today. Our biggest problem today is sent it is sent no matter how your car no matter how you're shaping.

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problem is so serious that God had to come and handle it himself.

That's what the Bible says.

Different and she will bring forth a son and you shall call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. God had to come and deal with the same problem because the problem is finding our lives. Let me first life Eddie. My life is so terrible that I had to deal with it on his own. No, we both work for bosses that gave instructions to somebody maybe you given instructions to somebody on how to do something. And when you went back to check up on them.

If it was done, it was usually have done it didn't meet your standards.

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to rid us of sin. There's nothing we could do was only a little ball thing.

Could forgive us of our sins.

You see the real is problem with 10 6 and 7. It says foreign to us a child is born unto us a son is given and the government shall be on his shoulder and his name Shall be Called wonderful. counselor Mighty God Everlasting father Prince of Peace of the increase of his government and peace. There should be no in here is no end. Upon the throne of David and over his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and Justice from that time forward even forever. You see the Zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform. This sounds like a promise to me. Hallelujah

It was foretold. This baby was our only hope. And he would carry the weight of the world upon him. So many things have been happening at just the right moment. You said it was a perfect plan that none of us ever Mary and Joseph or just two of the soldiers in God's Army a million and gave themselves that we may spend eternity with our father. Ya soon as I closed the day, I believe this is what Christmas is a fault. In fact, here's what life is all about. It's about relationship that we know him. The one and only true God and his son Jesus Christ, He sent as our savior. It's extremely personal. Make it personal your relationship with him is personal.

My pray for you.

If you don't know Christ for yourself, they're looking out here in the audience. And that's it. You mother and daughter team. And I suppose I'm here worshipping the Lord. I thought I was listening to her son. You spoke to my wife and I know the anointing are her by her mother. Mary she was just a soldier in the army.

Let God use you today as a result. A Christmas believer can know God because of Jesus and God the Father we just come to you right now. Thank you and praise you for the perfect Christmas present with the Lord God. We ask you how many fathers are always reminded it. It's not about us. It's not about us. It's about the relationship that you want with us.

Lord we just want to call her cry out Glory Glory Glory because of who you are Lord. God to Father me Ashley is just continue to have your way in us and through us as we continue to walk. I walk with you Jesus name we pray. Amen. And amen.

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