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Sermon Audio: Joy To The World
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 2:8-11, Psalm 98
Duration: 26:31
Size: 12.1 MB
Advent 2014 – Joy To The World
Luke 2:8-11, Psalm 98
If there is a single word that describes what Christmas is all about, it’s the little word joy.
Where does Christmas joy come from?
I. The Prophecy of His Coming Micah 5:2
Seven hundred years earlier the Lord had spoken through the prophet Micah and declared that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.
The theologians knew the truth but wouldn’t act on it; the shepherds knew very little but what they knew, they believed and immediately acted upon.
II. The Reality of His Coming
The first is that there were no miracles associated with the physical birth of Jesus Christ.
Second, it’s important to remind ourselves that the phrase “this day” means that it really happened.
Everything about the story is true, including the central truth that there really was a baby born in Bethlehem who really was the Son of God.
III. The Result of His Coming
That’s why Christ came—to be a Savior for everyone who will turn to him.
This is the heart of Christmas. God loved us enough to send his only begotten Son.
IV. The Purpose of His Coming
Pause for a moment and consider who was speaking and who was being addressed.
Our Lord came for the forgotten people of the earth and most of the time they are the ones who receive him with the greatest joy.
He Came For You
You can never be saved until you say, “Christ came for me. He died for me. He rose from the dead for me.”
Joy the world, the Lord is come.