First Christmas Of Jesus

I. EXORDIUM:

Do you have JESUS in your heart?

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that our celebrations even CHRISTmas celebration, the real meaning is JESUS, if you don't have JESUS in your heart, your celebration is fake.

IV. TEXT:

Luke 2:7 (Amplified Bible)

2:7 And she gave birth to her Son, her Firstborn; and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room or place for them in the inn.

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for by Your Grace we are enriched and super abundantly provided.

2 Corinthians 8:9 (Amplified Bible)

8:9 For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied).

Ephesians 3:20 (Amplified Bible)

3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]—

VI. TITLE:

First CHRISTmas of JESUS

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author: Luke, the beloved physician

B. Date written: Before 70 A.D.

C. Purpose: To give a connected and orderly narrative of the life of Christ as seen by eye witnesses,—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

D. To whom written: Addressed to Theophilus, an unknown person. —Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

E. Main Theme: Jesus of Nazareth is the perfect Son of Man who came "to seek and to save that which was lost",—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

F. Key words: Jesus the Son of Man.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

G. Key verse: Luke 1:4 (Amplified Bible)

1:4 [My purpose is] that you may know the full truth and understand with certainty and security against error the accounts (histories) and doctrines of the faith of which you have been informed and in which you have been orally instructed.

VIII. MAIN BODY:

We celebrate JESUS every time, and every moment of our lives. For believers, CHRISTmas is every moment, but for unbelievers, there's no CHRISTmas because there's no JESUS in their hearts. We don't celebrate the birthday of JESUS because we don't know the exact date, and there's no reason to celebrate because of the lowly manger.

A. JESUS was brought forth as Son - no expensive doctors, no premium nurses by His side

"And she gave birth to her Son, her Firstborn;"

Virgin birth is a symbol of the Messiah.

Isaiah 7:14 (Amplified Bible)

7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us].

JESUS reminded us that He left Heaven and the luxuries of it, and He became sin for us to be the righteousness of GOD.

Galatians 4:4 (Amplified Bible)

4:4 But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to [the regulations of] the Law,

2 Corinthians 5:21 (Amplified Bible)

5:21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

B. JESUS was wrapped in strips of clothing - no expensive clothes, straps to wrap his body.

"and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes"

2 Corinthians 8:9 (Amplified Bible)

8:9 For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied).

When people or even managers set goals or standards, they set it as attainable or practical goal that they can achive. GOD never does that. When GOD sets standards, it's Divine standards, no human being can attain it, no religion can achieve it, only the Son of GOD who is GOD can attain and achieve it for us.

John 1:14 (Amplified Bible)

1:14 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth.