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“The Nativity Personalities”
Opening Songs: Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee, The First Noel
Welcome
Welcome to worship, everyone! Please be seated.
My name is Matt McCraw. I’m the pastor here at FBC Bartow!
At First Baptist Church, we exist to develop disciples who love God, love the church, and love others.
We’re so glad to gather together for Christmas worship! For now, I want us to continue to glorify God in our service.
We would love to have everyone connect with us through the Connection Card. If you have a prayer request, question, or comment, you can write that on the Connection Card. To our guests, welcome! Please fill out the Connection Card so we have a record of your visit. We also have a gift for our guests which you can pick up from one of our greeters in the back of the sanctuary as you leave. You give him your Connection Card and he’ll give you your gift bag. Everyone else can simply leave your Connection Card in your seat and we’ll get it after the service.
Also, you can connect with us online at bartow.church. If you’d like for us to pray for you in any way you can email us at [email protected].
(Missions Moment – Lottie Moon)
Join me now in prayer as we continue to worship!
Prayer
(prayer)
This morning, we’re going to learn about the Nativity.
Now, first of all, you may wonder what the word nativity even means.
Nativity refers to the occasion of someone’s birth. So, each of you who can understand me has a nativity, because you all were born.
However, when I speak of The Nativity, I am speaking of the birth of Jesus Christ. The nativity of Jesus is what we celebrate this time of year.
This morning, I’m not going to cover all of the details about the nativity, such as the fact that it probably didn’t happen anywhere around December 25, such as the fact that there was probably no barn involved, or anything like that.
Rather, today, we’re going to talk about “The Nativity Personalities.” We’re going to talk about those who were there (or were not there) at the birth of Jesus.
Let’s pray and then we’ll dive in.
(prayer)
So, we’re talking about the nativity personalities. First, let’s talk about . . .
I. Jesus
Of course, Jesus was there, right?
Now, I want you to open your Bibles to the beginning of Luke and the beginning of Matthew. We’re going to be switching back and forth, so keep your thumb or a bookmark there to flip between Matthew and Luke.
Let’s first look at Luke 2:1-7:
1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. 2 This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.
4 Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David, 5 to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.”
So, we see that Jesus was born, in a manger.
Now, a manger is like what most of us in America would call a trough. It’s a box that animals eat from.
Based on archaeological evidence, it’s very likely that the manger was made of stone. It could have potentially looked like this.
Also, in most nativity scenes, we see the family gathered in a small barn of sorts.
Perhaps they were gathered in a barn, but they also could have been gathered in the bottom floor of a house, or in a cave where animals were often ke
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Opening Songs: Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee, The First Noel
Welcome
Welcome to worship, everyone! Please be seated.
My name is Matt McCraw. I’m the pastor here at FBC Bartow!
At First Baptist Church, we exist to develop disciples who love God, love the church, and love others.
We’re so glad to gather together for Christmas worship! For now, I want us to continue to glorify God in our service.
We would love to have everyone connect with us through the Connection Card. If you have a prayer request, question, or comment, you can write that on the Connection Card. To our guests, welcome! Please fill out the Connection Card so we have a record of your visit. We also have a gift for our guests which you can pick up from one of our greeters in the back of the sanctuary as you leave. You give him your Connection Card and he’ll give you your gift bag. Everyone else can simply leave your Connection Card in your seat and we’ll get it after the service.
Also, you can connect with us online at bartow.church. If you’d like for us to pray for you in any way you can email us at [email protected].
(Missions Moment – Lottie Moon)
Join me now in prayer as we continue to worship!
Prayer
(prayer)
This morning, we’re going to learn about the Nativity.
Now, first of all, you may wonder what the word nativity even means.
Nativity refers to the occasion of someone’s birth. So, each of you who can understand me has a nativity, because you all were born.
However, when I speak of The Nativity, I am speaking of the birth of Jesus Christ. The nativity of Jesus is what we celebrate this time of year.
This morning, I’m not going to cover all of the details about the nativity, such as the fact that it probably didn’t happen anywhere around December 25, such as the fact that there was probably no barn involved, or anything like that.
Rather, today, we’re going to talk about “The Nativity Personalities.” We’re going to talk about those who were there (or were not there) at the birth of Jesus.
Let’s pray and then we’ll dive in.
(prayer)
So, we’re talking about the nativity personalities. First, let’s talk about . . .
I. Jesus
Of course, Jesus was there, right?
Now, I want you to open your Bibles to the beginning of Luke and the beginning of Matthew. We’re going to be switching back and forth, so keep your thumb or a bookmark there to flip between Matthew and Luke.
Let’s first look at Luke 2:1-7:
1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. 2 This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.
4 Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David, 5 to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.”
So, we see that Jesus was born, in a manger.
Now, a manger is like what most of us in America would call a trough. It’s a box that animals eat from.
Based on archaeological evidence, it’s very likely that the manger was made of stone. It could have potentially looked like this.
Also, in most nativity scenes, we see the family gathered in a small barn of sorts.
Perhaps they were gathered in a barn, but they also could have been gathered in the bottom floor of a house, or in a cave where animals were often ke