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Luke 2:22-40

The Holy Spirit had revealed to Simeon that he would see the promised Messiah before he died. When he finally saw the infant Jesus, he immediately recognized Him as the One he was eagerly awaiting and anticipating. He took Jesus up in his arms, rejoiced, and praised God. When you behold the Lord Jesus Christ, do you recognize Him as your Messiah, and praise God for the gift of His Son?

Luke 2:22-40

Did you get what you wanted for Christmas … or even better, something you really needed? Today we will meet a man named Simeon who got exactly what he wanted and needed for Christmas – the one thing he was eagerly awaiting and anticipating. His story reminds us that if you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you got exactly what YOU needed for Christmas as well.

Titus 2:14

During Advent our attention is focused on the baby Jesus born in a humble stable in Bethlehem. Join Dr. Harry Reeder on InPerspective as he explains how we cannot truly understand the full meaning of Christ in the manger, apart from the significance of Christ on the cross.

Matthew 2

Joseph fled to Egypt with Mary and Jesus to protect his family in obedience to God's Word, and to fulfill the prophecy of God's Word. Hosea 11:1 says, “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son,” and Deuteronomy 4:20 says, “But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of His own inheritance, as you are this day.” When you follow the Lord in obedience to His Word, He will never leave you nor forsake you.

In the Christmas carol "O Come, All Ye Faithful," we sing the refrain, "O Come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord." The shepherds responded to the angelic ministry of Christmas by being the first to come and adore the newborn Lord Jesus Christ, but they didn't stop there. They followed up their genuine worship with joyful witness to others of the Good News of Christmas they had seen and heard.

Luke 2:8-21

We have seen the angelic ministry of Christmas to Zechariah the father of John the Baptist, to the Virgin Mary, and to Joseph the earthly father of Jesus. But today we will see the Christmas ministry of the angels directed toward what would seem to be a most unlikely and unexpected audience – the lowly shepherds watching their flocks by night.

Matthew 1:18-25

Men are sometimes challenged, in modern lingo, to “man up.” Well, Joseph certainly got the memo and shows us how it's done. In his faithful response to an angelic declaration, he modeled genuine Christian manhood by the way he fulfilled the biblical exhortation, “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”

Matthew 1:18-25

The easy path and the right path almost always lead to different destinations. Joseph could have taken the easy way out, quietly divorced Mary when she was with child, and gone on with his life. But regardless of what it might cost him, Joseph did the right thing and followed the path of faithful obedience to the Lord rather than the path of least resistance.

Titus 2:13

The Christmas season makes it easy look back in excitement at the Lord's first coming. Join Dr. Harry Reeder on InPerspective as he exhorts us to be just as excited throughout the whole year about living in light of the blessed hope of the Lord's second coming.

Luke 1:26-38

During the Advent season, we focus on the miracle of the Virgin Birth – but do we really consider the true miracle of the Virgin Conception? The Apostles' Creed asserts the biblical truth that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. What does God's Word teach us about Mary and the miraculous conception and Iincarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ?