Merry Christmas!!!

We love this time of year!

We love that it is a time of celebration

We love that it is a time of joy and singing and lights and decorations

We love that it is a time of feasting

We love that it is a time of gifts and giving

We love that it is a time of remembering that Jesus Christ came into the World

-as the Savior

-as Diety

We love the Christmas story

1. Matthew 1-2
   1. Geneaology of Joseph - to list Jesus legal right to the throne of David
   2. TheAngel's message to Joseph
   3. The Angel's insistence that He be called Jesus
   4. The Angel's insistence that he be called Immanuel
   5. The arrival of the Wise Men
      1. their knowledge
      2. The star
      3. The way the events completely fulfill the OT prophecies about the Messiah
         1. Called out of Egypt
         2. Weeping for the loss of Children
         3. Called a Nazarene (lived in Nazareth)
2. Luke 1-2 is the most detailed account
   1. Emphasis on prayer
      1. multitude was praying
      2. Zechariah was praying
      3. Anna and Simeon were praying
   2. Emphasis on faith
      1. Mary just accepted it and acted on it
      2. Joseph did the same
   3. Emphasis on Messiah's deity
      1. Mother of my Lord (Elizabeth)
      2. He who is Mighty hath done great things for me
   4. Emphasis on Jesus as the Messiah
      1. He fulfilled the OT prophecies
      2. He claimed Diety and had the power of Diety
      3. He was cut off just like Daniel had said he would be
      4. He died and lived again just like Isaiah had said he would

Celebrate Him this week!

1. Read the story
2. Attend church
3. Teach it to your kids and grandkids
4. Sing the songs
5. Turn to Him