A Savior Is Born For Men Like You
Matthew 1:1-25
Purpose: To show that Jesus was born for everyone, because we all need and have been promised a Savior.
1) Family Embraced (Matt. 1:1-17)
2) Foreigners Welcomed (Matt. 1:5)
3) Freedom Provided (Matt. 1:18-25)
For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, because we all needed a Savior. Whoever believes in Him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
Worship Jesus Christ!
Purpose: To glorify Jesus Christ in worship at Christmas, and forevermore!
- Angels Worship Jesus Christ
Matthew 1:18-23; Luke 2:8-14; Hebrews 1:6; see also Psalm 19:1
Jesus “born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Lk 2:11)
- Kings Worship Jesus Christ
Matthew 2:1-12; Psalm 2:1-12
- Shepherds Worship Jesus Christ
Luke 2:15-20
“A man should not teach his son to be . . . a herdsman . . . for their craft is the craft of robbers.” (Mishnah: Kiddushin 4:14)
See Luke 4:18 quoting Isaiah 61:1-2
- Will You Worship Jesus Christ?
Psalms 2:11; 22:27; 29:2; 95:6; 96:9; 99:5, 9
Philippians 2:9-11; 3:3
We exist to glorify Jesus Christ in Worship!
The King of Christmas
Purpose: to hear the greatest story, of the greatest King, ever told
- When God was King of His People
Leviticus 20:26
Numbers 9:15-18
Numbers 35:34
Deut. 1:32
Deuteronomy 17:14-20
Judges 8:23
- When God’s People Rejected Him as King
1 Samuel 8:1-22, esp. v. 7
- When God Proclaimed His Return
2 Samuel 7:1-17
Psalm 29:10; 47
Isaiah 43:15
Jeremiah 23:5
Lam. 5:19-22
*Ezekiel 20:33
Ezekiel 37:20-28
Daniel 2:44; 7:13-14, 27
Zechariah 14:9
Micah 5:2, quoted in Matthew 2:6
- The King of Christmas
Matthew 2:2; 21:1-9
John 12:13; 12:15; 18:33-38
1 Peter 2:9-10
Titus 2:11-15
1Timothy 6:14-16
Revelation 15:3; 17:14; 19:21
All We Got For Christmas
Isaiah 9:2-7
1. A Shinning Light (Isa. 9:2-3)
2. A Powerful Liberator (Isa. 9:4-5)
3. A Loving Master (Isa. 9:6)
4. A Righteous King (Isa. 9:7)
“What Child Is This?”
Luke 2:21-35
Jesus Is:
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:21; Matthew 1:20-23)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:22)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:22)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:23)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:25)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:25-27)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:26)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:29)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:30)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:32)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:32)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:34)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:34)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:34)
- ______________________________ (Luke 2:35)