The message is obedience and disobedience matters! You choose one or the other, and it affects your life - now, and your future and your eternity! As Joshua said, “Choose this day who you will serve!” Life with God is blessed and full. Life without God will end in disaster.

The ten commandments are to be a rule of life for the believer. God's moral las is not a means of acceptance with God, but a guide to please Him.

Human beings are not created autonomous - as a law unto themselves. We were created to live under God’s rule, under His law.

The early life of Jesus is told to us as a very complex and dangerous story. But 4 times the story is interrupted to say “this happened to fulfill what was written by the prophets.”

The birth of our Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest wonder to ever take place on the earth. Heaven invaded earth and the Rescuer had was born to save - He is Christ the Lord.

Mary and Zechariah understood that the coming of Jesus would change everything! That understanding is what inspired their song and their joy.

The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in time and space is the most important event in human history. And the announcement of His birth was given to an incredibly ordinary virgin named Mary who would give birth to an extraordinary baby, the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the Bible God is telling us the real true story of history. And God advances His story in quite surprising and unexpected, even shocking ways! And it matters that we understand not only what God has done and is doing, but how God does things in this fallen world.

The story of the exodus is a story of God revealing himself to Moses as a covenant God who delivers His people through judgment and mercy.