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PEACE ON EARTH! \\ LUKE 2:14 \\ \\ What God did in sending His Son at Christmas was enough to make the angels sing.
When the Christmas angel \\ had delivered his message of good news to the shepherds, a chorus of angels appeared to celebrate the great \\ event.
They sang the first Christmas carol.
\\ The singing of the angels is instructive.
They are aware of the mighty \\ God of creation: \\ Tell me, if you understand.
\\ 5 Who marked off its dimensions?
Surely you know! \\ Who stretched a measuring line across it?
\\ 6 On what were its footings set, \\ or who laid its cornerstone— \\ 7 while the morning stars sang together \\ and all the angels a shouted for joy.
(Job 38:4-7) \\ \\ But never did they sing so robustly as they did when the Son of God became the Son of Mary.
\\ Have you ever looked at the words of this first Christmas carol carefully?
They capsule for us some important truths \\ about the significance of Christmas.
They set forth the wonderful expectation of “peace on earth”.
Since we are \\ coming to another Christmas with the rumblings of war in the distance, we need to hear this word about “peace on \\ earth.”
\\ \\ \\ \\ I. THE SALVATION OF SINNERS IS GOD’S MOST GLORIOUS WORK.
\\ What prompted the angels to sing?
What is the theme of their song?
It was the announcement shared with the \\ shepherds that a Savior is born in the city of David that inspired the angels to sing.
They must joyfully celebrate \\ what the God of salvation is doing to bring salvation to the needy of earth.
\\ The carol begins, “Glory to God in the highest!”
The angels recognize that what God is doing in the Babe of \\ Bethlehem is His most glorious work.
He is worthy of praise and honor that reaches to the heights of the highest \\ heaven itself.
\\ (A BETTER DEVELOPMENT HERE IS TO EMPHASIZE WHAT IS REVEALED OF GOD IN THE SALVATION OF \\ SINNERS.
HIS HOLINESS, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY, HIS GRACE.)
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It best reveals who He is.
\\ What God is doing in Christ in saving sinner is the best revelation that we have of Him.
It is an even better \\ revelation of who God is than His matchless work of creation.
In Creation He revealed His wisdom and His might.
\\ When you study the complexity and the simplicity of the created order, you will have to marvel at the wisdom of \\ God.
He is truly the great Designer of all things.
When you consider the vastness of creation, you will have to \\ wonder at the power of God.
\\ \\ We are impressed with the modern inventions and works of humankind, but with God it is different.
The human \\ researcher or scientist has the privilege of working with pre-existing materials to create what ever his mind has \\ conceived.
With God—He made it all out of nothing.
He started with nothing but the will to glorify His own name, to \\ reveal something of Himself.
The universe is the result.
\\ \\ But there was something in God that no act of creation could ever reveal.
There was something in Him that all of \\ the creation together could never reveal.
There was in Him a dept of love and mercy, grace and kindness, a will to \\ save, that only the sending of His Son could reveal.
\\ This is why the angels sung their carol.
They were observers of a revelation of the greatest glory of God.
When you \\ have just seen God revealed at His best, who would not sing?
O that we could share the joy of the angels over what \\ God has done for the salvation of sinners in the Lord Jesus! \\ 2. It brings Him the greatest pleasure.
\\ Imagine with me for a moment.
You are a reporter.
You have the privilege of an interview with the Sovereign Lord \\ Himself.
You are bold enough to propose some questions to the Lord.
You ask Him to share with you what has \\ brought Him the greatest pleasure.
When you consider all that God has done, you understand the possibilities.
Will \\ He speak of the morning of creation when He began to call into being all that is out of nothing?
Will He speak of the \\ eventful day when He brought the people of Israel out of Egypt with a mighty display of His power?
Will He speak of \\ the ways He honored the faith of His servant David by building a great kingdom for Israel with a glorious capital in \\ Jerusalem?
No! None of these!
\\ The thing that has brought more pleasure to God than any of His mighty acts was the sending of His Son to earth to \\ be the Savior of sinners.
What a wondrous thought!
What an encouraging truth!
Nothing is more important to the \\ Eternal that the salvation of sinners.
The salvation of sinners is not a hobby with God; it is the expression of His \\ heart, the joy of His being.
He enjoys saving sinners like nothing else in all of time or eternity.
This is the declaration \\ of the angels.
“Glory to God in the highest!” O my heart overflows with gratitude and wonder at this revealing work \\ of our God.
He surely does deserve the highest praise!
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PEACE WITH GOD IS THE RESULT OF GOD’S SAVING WORK.
\\ The First Carol has a poetic structure that is obvious even in our English translation.
You have God standing over \\ against men.
You have the highest standing in contrast to earth.
You have the glory of God standing over against \\ peace on earth.
What produces praise to the highest heaven results in peace on earth “to men on whom His favor \\ rests.”
\\ 1. Peace with God means the source of offence has been removed.
\\ The source of offence toward God is human rebellion and sin.
It began in the Garden of Eden when the first couple \\ chose to join the serpent in his rebellion against the Creator.
They chose to second-guess God by knowingly doing \\ something that the Creator had expressly forbidden them to do.
They ate the forbidden fruit.
The result was \\ immediate.
They sensed it at once.
Their attitude toward God changed dramatically.
Instead of seeing Him as one \\ in whom they delighted, they saw Him as a danger, an enemy to be avoided.
They saw Him as one who was likely to \\ punish them because of their sin.
Their sin separated them from God. \\ If the creature man is to ever enjoy peace with his Creator, the sin of man must be removed.
Tragically the \\ transgressor was in no position to remove the transgression.
The more attempts he made at removing the \\ transgressions, the more sins he created.
\\ So the all-wise Creator devised a plan to remove the sin.
He would send His only begotten Son to the earth to \\ remove the sin of man by becoming the Lamb of God that could carry away the sins of the world.
When the Son \\ had carried away the sins of the world, it would be possible for God to be reconciled to sinful man.
Peace with God \\ would be possible for sinners.
\\ This is why the angels sang the carol—the first step in this plan of redemption has just been launched.
The Son \\ who is to bear the sins of the world is now on the earth.
He is in Bethlehem in the manger.
He is the firstborn son of \\ Mary.
Peace is on its way to earth! \\ 2. Peace with God means that the favor of God has been restored.
\\ The background of this word “peace” cannot be ignored.
The Hebrew word for “peace” is “shalom”.
It meant much \\ more than to have a cessation of hostility.
Shalom meant to have the favor of the offended party restored.
It means \\ to make a broken relationship whole.
It involves the idea of health and prosperity.
So for there to be peace on earth \\ means that whatever rebellion against God has taken away will be restored.
\\ A word of clarification is needed.
It is tempting to transfer to this word the conflict between nations, and to begin to \\ speak of international peace.
While this line does have implications for world peace, the statement is really about \\ personal peace, “to men on whom His favor rests.”
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