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Title- What Child Is This?
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Attention-
We sang “What Child Is This” last with a specific purpose...
There are a lot of hymns that have some great stories that go along with them
This is not one of them...
But there is some great truths in it..
Introduction
William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) was born in Bristol, England.
His father, a surgeon, had written a biography of the poet, Thomas Chatterton, which accounts for the middle name that he gave his son.
It also reveals the affection for poetry which the father passed on to his son.
As a young man, William moved to Glasgow, Scotland, where he pursued a career managing a marine insurance company (a company that insured ships and related interests).
However, his true passion was poetry.
Dix fell seriously ill, and was confined to his bed for an extended period of time.
He underwent a true spiritual crisis during this illness, and spent much time in prayer and the reading of Christian literature.
He came through the crisis as a true man of faith, and devoted much of his later poetry to Christian themes.
He wrote a number of hymns.
“What Child Is This?” was derived from a longer poem, “The Manger Song.”
It was first published in 1865 in Britain, and quickly became popular in the United States as well.
A good hymn will speak of the great truths we find in the Bible
This hymn is no different
This morning we will do something a little different by having this hymn direct the message.
What is the main driving point (CPS)?
Friends, this hymn gives us three great truths about the progress, purpose and pronouncement of Jesus Christ as the King of Kings
Why does the CPS matter, what is the consequence?
Transition
I.
The progress of God’s plan ( )
Explain
Stanza 1- “What child is this, who, laid to rest, On Mary's lap is sleeping?”
Stanza 2 -”Why lies He in such mean estate, Where ox and donkeys are feeding?”
Bridge to today
Stanza 3- “So bring him incense, gold and myrrh Come peasant king to own him;”
This hymn very clearly speaks of Jesus’ humanity.
The truth that Jesus, the Son of God…fully god became fully man.
Philippians 2:
And there are many many more verses that talk of His humanity...
But why is His humanity so important?
Jesus needed to come in His humanity to redeem us from the Law
No angelic being, animal, or part of nature could make the payment for the sins of mankind…a man had to pay for mans sins
Yet at the same time man was not righteous enough to pay for our sins so we needed a savior that was fully human and fully divine...
This is the importance of the Babe in the manger
Jesus needed to be human, live a human life free of sin, and die the only righteous man ever in history
Without these truths we do not have redemption and reconciliation
Bridge to today
I think back to the draft during the Vietnam war.
When a man was drafted he was required to appear for service.
No one else could fulfill his duty
He couldn’t send the family cat or dog
He could not send the houseplant that sits in the window sill.
He had to show up
A human being needed to show up..
Not any human being, one that fit the call
It had to be a specific person
Relevance
If Jesus had not come in His 100%human/100% divine state then all that we place our hope in in this world is pointless
The Babe in the manger is essential to everything we believe
Transition
Transition
II.
Jesus’ purpose ( )
Explain
Stanza 1- “Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping”
Stanza 2- “TGood Christian fear, for sinners hear, The silent Word is speaking”
Stanza 3- “The king of kings salvation brings, Let loving hearts enthrone him”
Bridge to today
This portion speaks of the purpose for why Jesus came.
The first purpose of his coming was to live a sinless life and die for the sins of the world
The Bible is clear that that blood is necessary for sin to be covered.
I don’t know of any other way to make clothes of animal skin unless the animal dies
Blood has to be shed for sins to be forgiven
But not only did he come to die..He came to rise again...
How does He bring to us life?
Through His resurrection
Not only did he come as a man to die, the ultimate purpose was to rise from the dead to bring life to all who believe on Him
Again,
This truth is absolutely essential to our faith and hope.
Relevance
Why does this matter?
Transition
III.
The pronouncement ( )
Explain
Chorus…This, this is Christ the King...
Stanza 2-
Bring Him laud
Stanza 3- “The king of kings”
Verse three as well…The King of kings salvation brings
If you are here this morning and have called on Jesus to forgive and reconcile you then this is a great encouragement to you…or at least it should be.
This truth tells us that Jesus has been proclaimed the King of all
Paul continues in
God the Father, the powerful and sovereign creator of ALL things has proclaimed Jesus Christ as the King of king.
This is the King that every human of all of history will stand before in judgment
But He is also the King who is calling out to a lost world pleading with them to join Him in his kingdom…
The propose of Christmas…of Jesus being born as a baby…and living…and dying to raise again
It was all for the purpose of restoring what was lost
In the Garden of Eden Adam sinned and that sin was passed onto all mankind
That sin in turn made it necessary for Adam and Eve to leave the Garden because they no longer retained the innocence or holiness to be in God’s presence
All throughout history God has been working and fulfilling His plan to reconcile all creation to Himself.
And it is through Jesus, the King of kings that He would do this
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