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THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
INTRODUCTION:
1. THE BIRTH OF CHRIST MEANS THAT GOD VALUES YOU.
a. – 8 AND IN THE SAME REGION THERE WERE SHEPHERDS OUT IN THE FIELD, KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT.
9 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.
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THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED TO THEM.
i. TO THESE LOWLY SHEPHERDS.
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COMMON PEOPLE.
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THE OTHER NIGHT, DURING THE YOUTH SERVICE, CAMERON MADE THE COMMENT THAT THESE SHEPHERDS WERE THE OUTCASTS OF SOCIETY.
1. MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS LEPERS, BUT THEY WERE CERTAINLY HELD IN CONTEMPT BY MOST PEOPLE.
2. MOST PEOPLE IN THAT DAY DID NOT WANT TO HANG OUT WITH SHEPHERDS.
3. AND IT WAS TO THESE PEOPLE THAT THE ANGEL ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
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THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND THEM.
i. THEY WERE IMMERSED IN THE GLORY OF THE LORD.
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WITH THE ANGEL CAME GOD’S GLORY, HIS SHINING MAJESTY, THE SIDE OF GOD HUMANS CAN SEE AND TO WHICH THEY CAN RESPOND IN CONFESSION, WORSHIP, AND PRAISE.
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THEY WERE FILLED WITH GREAT FEAR.
e. SO HERE IS THE IMPLICATION OF THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT…
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IF GOD WAS WILLING TO SHARE THE NEWS OF JESUS’ BIRTH WITH THESE OUTCASTS, SURELY HE TRULY VALUES YOU AND ME.
i. UNFORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHICH KEEPS THE OUTCAST AT ARMS LENGTH, NEVER REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING TO KNOW THEIR SITUATIONS.
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HENCE THE WORD “OUTCAST.”
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NOT SO WITH GOD…GOD IS INFINITELY INTERESTED IN YOU.
1. HIS INTERACTION WITH THESE OUTCAST SHEPHERDS REMINDS US THAT GOD IS FOR THE COMMON PERSON, AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL JUST COMMON PEOPLE.
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AND SO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST MEANS THAT GOD TRULY VALUES YOU.
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BUT THERE IS A SECOND IMPLICATION I WANT YOU TO MAKE NOTE OF THIS MORNING…AND THAT IS THAT…
2. THE BIRTH OF CHRIST MEANS THAT JOY IS A REAL POSSIBILITY.
a. 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.
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MOST PEOPLE MISTAKENLY EQUATE HAPPINESS AND JOY, THINKING THAT THEY ARE THE SAME THING.
c. BUT THIS IS NOT TRUE.
i. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE JUST HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN OUR WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY.
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HAPPINESS IS A REACTION TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES INFLUENCING MY LIFE.
1. IF THINGS ARE GOOD, WE ARE TYPICALLY HAPPIER, WHEREAS, IF THINGS ARE BAD IN OUR LIVES, WE TEND TO BE LESS HAPPY.
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BUT JOY IS SOMETHING ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT.
1. JOY, AT LEAST IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, DOESN’T LOOK AT CIRCUMSTANCE, JOY LOOKS AT PURPOSE AND THE VALUE ASCRIBED TO HUMAN BEINGS BY THEIR CREATOR.
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HAPPINESS IS SOMETHING FORCED UPON US, JOY IS A CHOICE.
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PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN – “JOY IS THE INFALLIBLE SIGN OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD.”
e. FEAR NOT.
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GOOD NEWS.
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GREAT JOY.
i. FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
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