Christmas: God's 'Yes' & Our 'Amen'

[Prior to Reading]

Not your usual Christmas text, but believe that it helps us grasp the meaning and significance of Christmas

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes. 20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. (2 Corinthians 1:19-20)

[Introduction]

Opening:

Connection:

Why did God prepare for Christmas?

Many promises fail, but God’s promises do not…

Main Idea: Since all of God’s promises are ‘Yes’ in Christ, may we respond to God’s ‘Yes’ with our ‘Amen’ through faith in Christ to the glory of God.

Transition:

[Body]

Literary Context: Lack of Trust in God and Leaders

All of God’s Promises (What promises? What kinds of promises?)

Definition

Types

The Promises of God and the God of Promise…

Connection between the coming of Christ and the fulfillment of promise. The promises of God find their point of convergence in Christ and all that he accomplished and will yet accomplish for his people

Jesus Christ, God’s Yes (What does that mean?)

Fulfillment

Guarantee

Jesus Christ, Our Amen (What should we do?)

Christmas. We look back at the first coming. And we hope for the second.

[Conclusion]