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The Joy of Christmas
Jeff Schreve
Luke 2:8-20
Oliver Wendell Holmes served as a Supreme Court justice for 30 years. He was on the bench from 1902 to 1932. Many people remember him because he always had little pithy sayings, and some of his writings were quoted quite often because people liked his wit and things like that. He was asked sometime during his tenure as a Supreme Court justice about why he chose law as a profession, and he said this - "I might have entered the ministry if certain clergymen I knew had not looked and acted so much like undertakers." No offense to undertakers in here, but back in the early 1900's, undertakers had a kind of a look about them like they just, sucked on a lemon. And he said, "You know, I noticed this in the ministry. So many clergymen have no joy." They looked like sour, somber undertakers.
We're in a series called The Joy of Christmas, and we are talking about, the joy of the season because it is a season of joy. There's something different about Christmastime than any other time of the year. As the song says, "It's the most wonderful time of the year." It's a time of giving. It's a time of joy.
I think most people, whether they go to church or not, they know that Christmas has something to do with a baby being born. And in the Book of Isaiah, the prophecy is given, "A Child will be born to us..." That's the infant story. Then it says, "...a Son will be given to us...." That's the infinite sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Father gave His Son, and Jesus gave His life for us. The Bible calls the birth of Jesus and the announcement of the birth of Jesus "Good news of a great joy." Now, when a baby is born, there is joy. But when God's Son is born, there is joy that can't be measured. It is good news of a great joy which shall be for all the people.
Now, I want to ask you a question, because this happens so often at Christmastime. People can get d ...
The Joy of Christmas
Jeff Schreve
Luke 2:8-20
Oliver Wendell Holmes served as a Supreme Court justice for 30 years. He was on the bench from 1902 to 1932. Many people remember him because he always had little pithy sayings, and some of his writings were quoted quite often because people liked his wit and things like that. He was asked sometime during his tenure as a Supreme Court justice about why he chose law as a profession, and he said this - "I might have entered the ministry if certain clergymen I knew had not looked and acted so much like undertakers." No offense to undertakers in here, but back in the early 1900's, undertakers had a kind of a look about them like they just, sucked on a lemon. And he said, "You know, I noticed this in the ministry. So many clergymen have no joy." They looked like sour, somber undertakers.
We're in a series called The Joy of Christmas, and we are talking about, the joy of the season because it is a season of joy. There's something different about Christmastime than any other time of the year. As the song says, "It's the most wonderful time of the year." It's a time of giving. It's a time of joy.
I think most people, whether they go to church or not, they know that Christmas has something to do with a baby being born. And in the Book of Isaiah, the prophecy is given, "A Child will be born to us..." That's the infant story. Then it says, "...a Son will be given to us...." That's the infinite sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Father gave His Son, and Jesus gave His life for us. The Bible calls the birth of Jesus and the announcement of the birth of Jesus "Good news of a great joy." Now, when a baby is born, there is joy. But when God's Son is born, there is joy that can't be measured. It is good news of a great joy which shall be for all the people.
Now, I want to ask you a question, because this happens so often at Christmastime. People can get d ...
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