Christmas Sermons

This four-part series explores the Old Testament prophecies concerning Jesus Christ.

Seed of the Woman

Luke 24:18–27 ESV

18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

John 8:58 ESV

58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

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John 8:48 ESV

48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

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That is what our Lord meant when he said, “Before Abraham was born, I am” (). He was claiming eternal existence with God the Father.

Sometimes he actually appeared on the earth as “the angel of the Lord.”

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” :15This is the first promise given after the Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. It is also the first gospel sermon ever preached on the face of the earth. Theologians call it the protoevangelium–or first gospel. These words spoken by God contain the first promise of redemption in the Bible. Everything else in the Bible flows from these words in . As the acorn contains the mighty oak, so these words contain the entire plan of salvation. The great English preacher Charles Simeon called this verse “the sum and summary of the whole Bible.”

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” :15This is the first promise given after the Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. It is also the first gospel sermon ever preached on the face of the earth. Theologians call it the protoevangelium–or first gospel. These words spoken by God contain the first promise of redemption in the Bible. Everything else in the Bible flows from these words in . As the acorn contains the mighty oak, so these words contain the entire plan of salvation. The great English preacher Charles Simeon called this verse “the sum and summary of the whole Bible.”

II. What This Verse Predicts

With that understanding of the context we turn to consider and ask what does it predict for Satan and for us. We may summarize its predictive teaching in three short phrases. First, this verse tells us there will be an …

Who was behind the crucifixion of Jesus? It was the ungodly line of Satan. This is the real “Conflict of the Ages"–the struggle between those who believe in God and those who don’t.Beginning with there is now a fundamental division in the human race. Francis Schaeffer speaks of “two humanities” that arise after the Fall:

From this time on in the flow of history there are two humanities. The one humanity says there is no God, or it makes God in its own imagination, or it tries to come to God in its own way. The other humanity comes to the true God in God’s way. There is no neutral ground.

Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed,"who is Christ.

Lamb of God

Cain and ASble

Genesis- Abraham giving His son Isaac

Exodus the Passover Lamb

John the Baptist- Behold the Lamb oif God that takes the sin of the world

The Passover meal when Jesus died on the cross

A Prophet Like Moses

Born of a Virgin