Title: The Birth of Jesus Christ (7)
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Luke 2:1-20
INTRODUCTION: The passage before us today is one of the most familiar of all of Christian scripture - The Christmas Story. I can hardly read it without hearing the voice of Linus in the background beginning with, "Light's please".
I have found that the most familiar passages are often the most difficult to preach. Every Pastor of every denomination of Christianity has read this text aloud, often many many times. Some of you will almost be able to quote it from memory.
It is to our advantage, however, that we are looking at it apart from all of the trappings of Christmas. No cinnamon in the air, no tinsel, no ornaments adorning trees, no bells jingling.
Like a priceless piece of furniture, today we will sand of the thick coats of lacquer and see the text as it actually is, or at least as it was, on that night when Christ was born.
My hope is to present this text two you under three perspectives -
1. The Historical
2. The Theological
3. The Practical
Let's begin with...
1. The Historical Nature of Christ's Birth -
TEXT: Luke 2:1-21 (ESV)
1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Notice that Luke begins by rooting this event in actual history. This did not happen, "Once upon a time", or, "a long time ago in a land far, far, away." Luke is doing the work of a historian not a writer of fables.
Immediately, we notice that there are some aspects of this narrative that are unfamiliar to those of us who did not have the benefit of a "Classical Education".
- Modern education focuses on a common core of information that prepares students to pass exams.
- Classical education gives you the building blocks of learning. You become familiar with the language of the ancients, the history of the Greeks and Roma ...
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Luke 2:1-20
INTRODUCTION: The passage before us today is one of the most familiar of all of Christian scripture - The Christmas Story. I can hardly read it without hearing the voice of Linus in the background beginning with, "Light's please".
I have found that the most familiar passages are often the most difficult to preach. Every Pastor of every denomination of Christianity has read this text aloud, often many many times. Some of you will almost be able to quote it from memory.
It is to our advantage, however, that we are looking at it apart from all of the trappings of Christmas. No cinnamon in the air, no tinsel, no ornaments adorning trees, no bells jingling.
Like a priceless piece of furniture, today we will sand of the thick coats of lacquer and see the text as it actually is, or at least as it was, on that night when Christ was born.
My hope is to present this text two you under three perspectives -
1. The Historical
2. The Theological
3. The Practical
Let's begin with...
1. The Historical Nature of Christ's Birth -
TEXT: Luke 2:1-21 (ESV)
1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Notice that Luke begins by rooting this event in actual history. This did not happen, "Once upon a time", or, "a long time ago in a land far, far, away." Luke is doing the work of a historian not a writer of fables.
Immediately, we notice that there are some aspects of this narrative that are unfamiliar to those of us who did not have the benefit of a "Classical Education".
- Modern education focuses on a common core of information that prepares students to pass exams.
- Classical education gives you the building blocks of learning. You become familiar with the language of the ancients, the history of the Greeks and Roma ...
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