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A PERFECT CHRISTMAS (1 OF 3)

by Scott Maze

Scripture: Isaiah 7
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A Perfect Christmas (1 of 3)
Series: A Perfect Christmas
Scott Maze
Isaiah 7


A Perfect Christmas sermon video plays prior to the message. One of America's favorite holiday songs this time of year is the classic, I'll Be Home for Christmas. The song was originally written during WW II to honor soldiers who longed to be home for the holidays. It's been sung by the likes of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Kelly Clarkson, and most recently, Pentatonix. The lyrics of the song make this promise:

I'll be home for Christmas?You can plan on me?Please have snow and mistletoe?And presents by the tree.

Promises - so easy to make, but so hard to keep.

The world's two most famous promises are promises that are never kept. Do you know what they are? (1) The check is in the mail and ... (2) I'll love you in the morning.

You know the old saying ''Promises were meant to be broken''? The reason why Christmas is ''The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year'' is because God keeps His promise.

Each Sunday in the month of December, we are looking at a passage from Isaiah, an Old Testament prophet that makes numerous predictions concerning the coming Messiah. I want to look at three great predictions from the prophet Isaiah. In fact, one Bible scholar calls these ''the great trilogy of Messianic predictions,'' which simply means predictions about the Messiah.

Isaiah 7 predicts how the Messiah is to be born.
Isaiah 9 predicts how the Messiah will bless.
Isaiah 11 predicts how the Messiah will rule.

''Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11 ''Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.'' 12 But Ahaz said, ''I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.'' 13 And he said, ''Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 He shall eat curds and hon ...

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