Simply Christmas: Jesus is Born 12/23/18

Open your Bibles with me this morning to the New Testament book of Luke as we continue our sermon series called Simply Christmas. We are taking a day-by-day look at the events that make up the Christmas story and this morning we come to the pinnacle of this historic event.

 

Point number 1 in your notes this morning:

From before time began God hand of providence guided the actions leading to the Birth of Jesus.

 

Point number 2 in your notes this morning:

The Angels did not announce Jesus by name but instead announced him by title.

 

Point number 3 in your notes this morning:      
The Story of Christmas demands to be told by us to others.

 

We have seen this point in our note throughout this entire sermon series. There is a reason but we have repeated this point every single week . . . because it is that important.

Point number 4 our notes this morning:

The Child was born in the manger for one reason: To Die on the Cross.

 

The manager of Bethlehem leads directly to the Cross of Calvary.

Without the Christmas story of a cute baby boy, we don’t get to the Easter story full of pain, and suffering, and Humiliation, and our Lord and Savior being nailed to a Roman cross.

 

Without the Christmas story, we don’t have a Messiah.

 

Without the Christmas story we don’t have a sacrifice for our sins.

Without the Christmas story, we don’t have the cross, and without the cross, we don’t have salvation.

 

The manger is not the point. The nails are the point.