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D. But the one born early on Christmas morn, is the most special of all!
E. He is glorious, even as a Baby!
F. Christmas shows us the glory of a BABY! We beheld His glory! The only begotten of the
Father!
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Message
A. Jesus was a Needed Baby (Matthew 1:18-21)
1. What Everyone Wants
a. Everyone wants a MIGHTY superhero, but what we needed was a Baby!
b. Everyone wants a load of money, but God thought we needed some humility.
c. The world desires mansions and glory, but God thought we just needed to focus our
attention on a small barn late one night
2. But this world needed a tiny Baby!
3. God had appeared several times throughout history
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4. But there was a great need for God, the Almighty God, to become a Man
a. So, why a BABY? A Tiny, weak, wrinkled, so small
b. Why?
1) Because mankind had made a mess of things since Adam
2) Because our sins costs us death (Rom 6:23a) both physical death and eternal death
in hell
3) So if mankind were to be repaired, saved from hell, something had to be done
c. So God allowed ANIMALS to take the place of a sinner for a time
d. But those animals could never take away sin could only just hold back the
consequences
e. So God fashioned a body like he did with Adam, the first man (Heb 10:4,5)!
1) God fashioned a body for Himself in a virgins womb
2) He fashioned that perfect body NOT for a crown, or a throne, but for a cross!
3) To save His people from their sins (Mt 1:21)
a) From the power of sin who wants to be in bondage to the constant pull and
dominion of sin
b) From the penalty of their sins hell!
5. There is a great need today for people to personally know and worship and know the glory of
THAT Baby again!
a. He was VERY needed in that day, 2,011 years ago
b. And He is still very needed today!
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6. Our desperate NEED for the Son of God makes that Baby glorious!
B. Jesus Would be a Powerful Baby (Matthew 1:21; 2:1,2)
1. Jesus was no ordinary baby!
a. Even though He didnt radiate with a halo, He was still all glorious!
b. He was KING at His birth already
c. EXAMPLE: Mark Twains Book, The Prince and the Pauper. Prince Edward Tudor and
Pauper Tom Canty. They swap places, and the king has all power, but no one accepts it
because he looks like a beggar boy!
d. Well, that Baby, wrapped in swaddling clothes looked like a beggar boy, but He was the
King of Glory!
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5) Do you realise that there are 258 babies born every minute? 371, 520 a day!
6) God became like a CHILD, like a BABY, not like a grown Man
7) It doesnt matter what the world thinks of you God thinks you are pretty cool! And
especially worth HIM coming to save!
b. To prove that we matter to God He came our way
1) Our world is not alone
2) God cares about what we go through, and wants to go through it all with us Emmanuel
c. To save us from our sins the best part!
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5. Thats why Christmas endures because it is not a fairy tale like Santa or Rudolf, or Frosty
the Snowman!
6. Never forget just how impossible that birth was! It makes it all the more glorious!
E. That Baby has Some Enemies (Matthew 2:12-18)
1. God warned the wise men not to return to Herod
2. God warned Joseph and Mary about what was coming (1:13) and got them out of the country
3. The world is not always so kind to children
a. Egypt slaughtered children tried to kill off all the male babies right at birth
b. Rome here destroyed babies 2 years old and younger!
c. Modern world has figured a way to destroy children without guilt abortion (1.2 billion
have died since 1980!!!)
d. In America alone, 1 in 4 pregnancies are aborted!!!
e. Somebody is behind all this, and hates children!
4. Dont think that people truly love the Jesus of the Bible that THAT infant in the nativity crib
represents!
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Jesus is rejected by the world for being too plain, too simple, too weak looking
Hated by the world for being too different, too clean, too holy
To this very day, religions worship Jesus MOTHER more than they do HIM
Religions honour Jesus teachings, and His lifestyle
But they hate His conclusions that we are ALL sinful wretches, who are lost and
without hope and with God, and that there is no other way to God, than through HIM!
Conclusion
A. Christmas shows us the glory of a BABY! We beheld His glory! The only begotten of the
Father!
B. Jesus was a Needed Baby (Matthew 1:18-21)
C. Jesus Would be a Powerful Baby (Matthew 1:21; 2:1,2)
D. Jesus is a Promised Baby not an accident (Matthew 1:22,23)
E. Jesus Birth was an Impossible Birth (Matthew 1:18-20)
F. That Baby has Some Enemies (Matthew 2:12-18)
G. That Baby was Just the Beginning (Luke 1:33; 2Cor 3:18)