Unto You Is Born - The Lord Series

Alba 12-17-2023

UNTO YOU IS BORN – THE LORD

Luke 2:10-11

If you have ever worked for a boss, you know that you are expected to do whatever the boss tells you to do. Some bosses are good, and some bosses are bad. Readers Digest had an article about bad bosses.

Gail Snyder from Georgia told how her boss was notoriously cheap. She said: So when he handed me a birthday card, I was pleasantly surprised. “Thank you,” I said. “You’re welcome,” he replied. “And when you get through reading it, take it to Robin down the hall. It’s her birthday today too.”

I got my first job at the end of my sophomore year in high school, when I was 15 years old. It was at a shoe store. About two weeks after I started working my family took a trip to Washington State to visit my oldest sister who was working with McKinley Indian Mission in Toppenish, Washington.

I didn't go with them because I had just started the job and felt that I shouldn't ask for time off so soon. So my family went without me. I stayed home alone. They didn't make a movie about it though.

Somehow the subject came up about the trip and my boss heard about it. It was then he told me that if I had just said something, he would have let me go. I found out that he was a good boss.

Actually, even without me, the car was full. It included my mom and dad, two sisters, my brother with his wife and their baby, plus a cousin who lived with us. And it wasn't a van.

But if you are working for someone, they have authority over you as an employee, at least in the area of the work you are doing. And if you are not doing the work, don't be surprised that they would tell you they don't need you any more. Because they are in charge.

In the 1980's there was a television program called “Who's the Boss?” That question could be asked of any person's life. Who is it that calls the shots? Who gives direction? Who is in charge? Frank Sinatra sang, “I did it my way”. But sadly, that does not always work out well.

Jeremiah 10:23 says, “ O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.” In other words, we need help! So many bad choices. So many missteps. Thankfully there is help.

At this time of year we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. He came and died on that cross so that we could be forgiven of our sins. And when the angel announced His birth to those lowly shepherds, they were told, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:10-11) Notice that the angel said that there were three ways to describe this special babe, and the person He would become. This one, whose name is Jesus, is also Savior, Christ and Lord.

As Savior, He took our sins (He had none) to the cross to pay the penalty for us in our place. As Christ, He is the Messiah who came as was prophesied. He is our Prophet, Priest and King. And as Lord, He is the Master we should obey.

To call someone Lord puts that person in charge., the one who is calling the shots, the boss. In a human sense Lord is a term of respect and esteem, given to someone in a position of leadership and authority.

In England, the term Lord is an honorary position given to people of nobility. In biblical times, Lord was the title used by those who owned slaves. To call someone Lord is to acknowledge one’s subservience to that person. But in the context of our text, Lord is no mere elevated human designation. It is a divine title. For...

1. Jesus Is Lord of All Creation

Many are not aware that Jesus existed before His birth in Bethlehem. Father, Son and Holy Spirit were working together in the creation of the world. Genesis chapter one tells us that God spoke and things came into being. It happened by the very Word of God.

In John 1:1-3 we are told, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”

It speaks of the Word as a who, and not as a what. So who is the Word that made all things? John 1:14 says, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” That is Jesus!