SERMONS FOR CHRISTMAS
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Preparing for Christmas
by Ernest Easley
Now with Christmas fast approaching, I want to invite you to take your copy of God's Word and turn with me to Luke 1. During this time of year we always hear read Luke 2, the Christmas story; but today we're going to take a step backwards to Luke 1 where we find the Christmas staging. There was a lot of preparing for that first Christmas day and that's what we find recorded in Doctor Luke's account in chapter 1 as we think today about: Preparing for Christmas. When do you start preparing for Christmas? Over the years, Julie and I landed on the day after Thanksgiving. That's the day I begin the...
The Gospel According to the Wise Men (3 of 4)
by J.D. Greear
This is a story many of us know-it probably strikes you as a quaint, little, Christmas bedtime story, but this story is loaded with profound, counter-intuitive truth that reveals to you the essence of the gospel. It answers some deep questions. Like... How can we believe there is a God when the world seems like it is in such a chaotic mess; where is God when something as unspeakable as the events in Newport, Connecticut happen? Or this question: If Christianity is true, why don't all the smart people in the world automatically agree on it? Why does my college professor ridicule it? Or, What about all the people...
Mary's Song: Faith In Action (1 of 4)
by Jim Perdue
This morning, I'm starting a brand new Christmas series entitled, Christmas Playlist. There are four songs in the New Testament associated with the birth of Christ. There is Mary's Song in Luke 1:46-55, Zechariah's Song in Luke 1:67-69, The Angel's Song, in Luke 2:13-14, and Simeon's Song in Luke 2:28-35. So, we've purchased the album and each Sunday we're going to look at one of the songs and study its meaning and important. Today, we begin with Mary's Song: Faith In Action. READ TEXT If you're a country music fan, you know Travis Tritt, who has made a name for himself playing everything from Southern rock to...
Herod's Trouble
by Richard Bradley
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, ''Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.'' When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. So they said to him, ''In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among...
O Holy Night
by James Merritt
All of us know the beautiful Christmas hymn ''O Holy Night.'' this carol was written by Adolph Charles Adam, a French composer. Ironically, it was frowned upon by church authorities who denounced it for poor taste and ''total absence of the spirit of religion.'' 2. In that first stanza the writer invites us to close our eyes and imagine the world before the birth of Jesus. He says it is a world that lay ''in sin and error pining.'' the word pining refers to the wasting away of the human spirit as it grieves and endures pain. In other words, he paints a picture of a world of darkness without light, and a world of despair without hope...
The Theology of Christmas
by Michael White
Good morning church! On behalf of my wife, Rachel and I, as well as the elders of this church, we just want to wish you a merry Christmas! Today is a really special day and I am just so thankful that we are all here to worship together and spend time as a family in Christ. And for those of you who are not from around here and are visiting relatives I'm just so glad you're here this morning. Welcome to WBC! Now turn to John 1. As a reminder we're taking a brief break from Romans- and we're focusing on a 3 part Christmas series called ''God with us''. Last week we learned about the coming of Jesus in the OT from Isaiah 40 and this...
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ: The Promises, Purposes, and People of God (1 of 4)
by Josh Malone
Intro: Everybody has a family history. Some people are very interested in studying their family history and genealogy and how they got here. Here is what we all know... when it comes to your family history there are things you tell EVERYBODY and things you tell NOBODY. For instance, if you have a president, a famous actor or athlete in your history you probably tell as a nice conversation piece from time to time. But if Hitler is in your family tree you probably keep that to yourself. Everyone is selective... we don't tell every story in the family history. Somethings don't get discussed at Christmas or at the family reunion. Every family...
Emmanuel: God with Us - A Christmas Message
by Jesse Hendley
My subject today is one word found in Matthew 1:23. It is a Hebrew word, Emmanuel. Actually it is three words compounded into one word: ''With us God.'' God with us! It is an amazing word! It is a very precious word. I hope that the Lord will speak to our hearts today. As we think about the word Emmanuel, let us think about the Coming of our Lord in a three-fold way. First, He DID COME, over 1900 years ago into this world. Second, He IS COMING, daily, hourly, unto us who believe on Him, in spirit, into our spirit, revealing Himself to our hearts. Finally, He SHALL COME in His glorified body, this same Jesus, back to this earth...
Christmas-A Season for Dreams (1 of 3)
by Palitha Jayasooriya
A lady told her husband that she had dreamed that he had bought her a diamond necklace for Christmas! The husband responded positively to her dream by bringing her a beautifully wrapped gift. As she eagerly tore open the wrapping to see her diamond necklace, all she found was a little book. It was titled, 'How to interpret your dreams'! Christmas is a difficult period for a lot of people, for as they look back over the year, they may see many dreams that have not been fulfilled. The present too, may be discouraging, with shortages of finances and food and maybe other difficulties like being retrenched or maybe even a...
The Meaning of Christmas (5 of 5)
by Jerry Watts
For the last month we have focused on the Christmas story by looking at the different parts of the Christmas Story. Today, we end this series with the meaning. I begin asking this question, ''What does Christmas mean?'' Perhaps we should have begun with this question because Christmas seems to mean so many things to so many people. IF Christmas means family; THEN what does Christmas mean to a person who has just lost a loved one or has no family? IF Christmas means shopping malls, Christmas trees and blinking lights; THEN what does Christmas mean to a family who lives in a remote village in the hills of Ghana...
The Christmas Star
by Miles Seaborn
Intro. Mr. Harry Lauder told of a man and his small son who were walking slowly down the streets of a large American city one Christmas time. It was wartime, and the child was delighted to see many service stars hanging in the windows of homes. Each star proudly proclaiming the fact that the son was in the service of his country. He clapped his hands excitedly as he approached each new home and each new star, and he was impressed by those homes with more than one star in the window. Presently they came to a wide gap between the houses and through the black velvet of the Christmas sky there was...
Christmas Grace
by Fred Lowery
Dr. Fred Lowery: On my way in, I overheard a mom telling her child ''Your shoes are on the wrong feet.'' The child said ''Mom, these are the only feet I have.'' (laughing) Kids just say the ... it's amazing. I just love the way kids, out of the mouth of babes. But let me tell you my favorite story that I told you years ago. When LahLah, Laura Leigh was I don't know, three, four years old. It was a Sunday morning and we were going to lunch with them and so I got in their car, and Laura Leigh was in the baby seat and Laura Leigh said to me ''Doc, Doc, I saw you on television this morning.'' And I kind of squared my shoulders, and I said ''You did?...
The DarkSide of Christmas
by Donald Cantrell
The Dayspring ''Jesus has come, moreover, not as a blaze which will soon die down, but as a light which will last our day, yea, last forever. After the long dark and cold night of our misery, the Lord comes in the fittest and most effectual manner; neither as lightning, nor candle, nor flaming meteor, but as the sun which begins the day... The visits of God are like the dayspring, because they end our darkness. The dayspring banishes the night... Our night is ended once for all when we behold God visiting us in Jesus Christ. Our day may cloud over, but night will not return. O, you that are in the blackest midnight, if you can but get...
The Gifts of Christmas (4 of 4)
by Stan Coffey
I was reading some of the children's letters to Santa, and there were two or three of them that struck me. One of the said, ''Dear Santa, You didn't bring me anything good last year. In fact, you didn't bring me anything good the year before that either. This is your last chance. (Signed) Albert.'' I really like this one. It said, ''Dear Santa, There are three little boys who live at our house. There's Jeffrey, who's two, and David, who's four, and there's Norman, who's seven. Jeffrey is good some of the time, David is good most of the time, and Norman is good all of the time. I am Norman.'' The truth is none of us are good all the time. In fact, the...
How to Have a White Christmas
by Ken Trivette
There are a lot of songs that have become a part of our culture and Christmas celebration. I think of the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. Many do not realize that the song originally was intended to teach certain Biblical truths to young people.There was a period of time in England when Christians were not able to practice their faith openly so they had to find other ways to pass on their beliefs. The song The Twelve Days of Christmas is one example of how they did it. The song goes: ''On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...'' The ''true love'' represents God and ''me'' represents those who are Christians...
The Man That Saved Christmas
by Donald Cantrell
Christmas has always had its critics and those that wanted to diminish its impact upon this lost world. We have those that want to celebrate the holidays with no regard to the one the holiday is about. One lady was heard to mumble, ''I don't mind celebrating Christmas; but does it have to be so religious''. This is the day and age that we live in; we want Xmas but not the Christ that goes with it. We want the decorated tree of Christmas but not the disturbing tree of Calvary. It seems that Christmas has been attacked from the very conception of the little baby that was laid in the manger. When you get past all of the hustle and bustle of...
Heaven Breaking Through (1 of 4)
by Kerry Shook
When you really understand the good news of the kingdom of God and your place in God's kingdom, it starts bringing Heaven to your little place on Earth. You start living as the King or the Queen that you are made to be, and you come alive. Now this whole series is based on the Lord's Prayer when Jesus taught us how to pray. I want you to open your Bibles to Matthew Chapter six and would you stand in honor of God's Word? I just want to read the first part of the Lord's prayer today and I want to welcome all of you worshiping with us. Through our satellite campuses, everyone worshiping with us through our...
The Children of God (1 of 4)
by Patrick Edwards
We conclude our Christmas series this morning ''Why God became Man,'' by looking at perhaps one of the most neglected aspects of Jesus Christ, that being His life. We spend considerable time on his birth, considerable time on His death and resurrection, but we tend to pass over or ignore the significance of His life. I've shared this with a few of you before, but as a kid I use to find this intermediate season between Christmas and Easter terribly confusing. I always wondered how could Jesus have grown from a baby to adult man and done all the things that He did in only three or four months? I mean its funny how a child's mind works...
Who Is this Christ of Christmas
by David Cawston
Who is this Babe of Bethlehem? Who is this one who became flesh? Who is this Child who called forth songs of angels? Who is this Christ of Christmas? The answers to these searching questions have echoed and reechoed through the centuries since His Humble birth on that first Christmas night long ago. The answers to these searching questions have echoed and reechoed through the centuries since His Humble birth on that first Christmas night long ago.The Wise men wanted to know this! Matt 2:1-2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to...
The Theology of Christmas (1 of 4)
by Jerry Vines
All of these activities we have in the month of December are intended to focus our attention on Christmas, the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the responsibility of all of the music and all these other activities to help us keep our focus on Christmas and not get it on the peripheral matters, the secondary matters, but on the birth of our Lord. My responsibility in the month of Christmas is to be sure you understand what Christmas really means. I will be bringing several messages on Christmas and the meaning of Christmas. Tonight I want to give you a lecture on the theology of Christmas. We have a number of our young people who...
