The Gift of Jesus
The Gifts of Christmas - Big things come from small places • Sermon • Submitted
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who eats the cookie dough? others wonder why a bowl makes to few cookies. e
very week in Advent we have been
Although Christy makes us laugh in the video, she said something pretty profound just
before her salt and sugar mix up. She said, “Big things can come from really little
places.” Jesus, the ultimate gift of Christmas, came forth from this really little place
called Bethlehem 2000 years ago.
Series Review
very week in Advent we have been
Series Review
Series Review
distortion of gifts - count and compare; remember last year; no gratitude; understandable, but a true gift is given with no expectation of return;
we are called to be grateful for gifts, but if we’re not grateful, don’t expect anything next year; but still they still are unconditional
Sermon - Jesus is an example of how God takes small things and makes them big.
Sermon - Jesus is an example of how God takes small things and makes them big.
Jesus: small place, simple description; small family;
small town big threat
small town big threat
- inspiration - hope for the hopeless; full stomach for the hungry; power for the oppressed - A THREAT for those who benefit from the status quo. Jesus calls us to lose that. (e.g. Magi give gifts....but also)
When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: “ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
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small word (house of bread) with a saving benefit
small word (house of bread) with a saving benefit
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
John 6:35
Geneology - small family to the Son of God
Geneology - small family to the Son of God
Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
The importance of geneology. Ancestry.com? DNA test. Someone said they are related to Sharpe’s in NC. You never know what you will discover? Why?
The importance of geneology. Ancestry.com? DNA test. Someone said they are related to Sharpe’s in NC. You never know what you will discover? Why?
The reason for geneoglogy in the Bible.
What does this geneology show us? Answer is nothing? Meant something to original readers.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
Small, but big: big event in a small town; small word, saving benefits; small roots, but a family of deliverance;