🐑 Watching and Waiting for a Shepherd | Christmas Message 2025

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Join us as we explore the beautiful and profound title of Jesus the Good Shepherd and its connection to the Christmas story.The Christmas season is a time to celebrate and remember the first coming of Christ—God becoming flesh to save sinners. This event is described as humble majesty. The title "Good Shepherd" encapsulates this concept of humble majesty, combining gentleness and care with divine authority and royalty.We connect the dots between the Old Testament prophecies and the New Testament fulfillment by studying three key passages:John 10:11: Jesus proclaims, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep". This title conveys humility, gentleness, and care, but also divinity and royalty, referencing the Messianic imagery throughout the Old Testament.Jeremiah 23: We examine the failure of earthly shepherds, God's promise to personally intervene and gather His flock, and the prophecy of the coming righteous King—a "righteous branch" from the line of David. This coming Shepherd-King would be called "The Lord is our righteousness".Luke 2: The narrative of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem—the city of the shepherd-king David—screams the "aesthetic of shepherd," with the manger and the angels appearing to shepherds. The angelic announcement to the shepherds proclaims Jesus's humility (born this day) and his majesty (Savior, Christ the Lord, rightful heir to David's throne).The prophecy that "The Lord is our righteousness" is fulfilled in the Good Shepherd, who lays down his life so that His righteousness becomes ours, giving us peace with God.We are urged to respond this Christmas season by proclaiming the humble majesty of the Good Shepherd, worshipping what He has done, and sharing the need for Jesus Christ with others.Sermon Scripture Passages:John 10:11 Jeremiah 23:1-8 Luke 2:1-20 If you've been blessed by this message, please subscribe and share it with a friend!