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INTRODUCTION:
What happened when Adam sinned?
Titles are important in our society and many times they go well beyond the face value of the term.
When we truly consider the necessity for Christmas,
does it not force us to think about .
As many of you are familiar with ;
describes the day in which Adam and Eve sinned.
And I want us to consider a question here about that story.
What happened when Adam sinned?
Probably the first answer -
Sin entered the world.
We no longer were set to holiness and righteousness,
but instead for the first time humanity felt an imprisonment to sin.
Like being behind bars,
The power and passion of sin was ever present in people’s lives - with no escape.
And we know that from first hand experience do we not?
As children did we not struggle with sin.
- We never made mean faces at our brothers and sisters,
or stole the X ball from friends on the playground.
- We never struggled with obeying our parents,
we always kept our room cleaned.
never dare speak without manners
or talk back.
And you all are saying, yah right - we all struggled with sin as children.
But then we became adults - and we never struggled again right?
Quite the opposite.
Marriage taught us our selfishness.
Children helped us understand anger.
The world became indwelled with sin.
It is part of the fabric that makes this world.
Which also means - Satan gained a foothold in this world.
Because of Adam’s sin,
satan now had people who are set against God.
People in Rebellion willing to fight the most high.
And even those who still desired to be faithful God - had a sin nature that he could tempted.
And we know from Scripture - Satan goes about trying to tempt and devour God’s people.
Further,
this also means death and disease ravaged the world.
No longer did we enjoy the fruitfulness of the Garden or the immortal life - but now were destined to die.
Sometimes by the hands of people - murder, war, and abuse.
But also by disease.
Sometimes it is called a natural death, but anyone experiences death or near death experience will tell you it is in fact a very unnatural experience.
Which created several important
As we understand the
Encouragement
suffering
sin
- As we consider for example,
the title of mom.
Doesn’t that carry with it a special meaning.
Mom as a definition is “a female parent” - yet isn’t mom more than that?
- Or consider a Medal of Honor Winner.
- How about a medal of honor winner?
A person who has the Medal of Honor,
When you hear of someone who has received a medal of honor - what do you think?
Courage
Sacrifice
Strength
Honor
I mean, the guy as a person can be a complete crook,
but the title automatically ushers different ideas.
- Or consider for example,
the title Judge.
By definition, a judge is “a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court”
In a court room,
a judge receives extreme honor and respect
- often even by the most wicked criminals or rebellious youth.
- There is power behind that title - and therefore people respect it.
Yet when you meet them on a personal level, we respond diffidently.
A person who has the title judge,
is considered a respected person in the community.
a successful person in the community.
a moral person in the community.
These are thoughts you think of automatically when someone says, I am a judge.
My hope is for us to consider,
the titles that scripture connects with the Birth of Jesus.
Last year,
we looked at one of my favorite Christmas passages.
We learned that the baby to be born, Jesus, holds the titles:
Wonderful Counselor
Mighty God
Everlasting Father
and Prince of Peace.
I would like to continue to look at the titles of Baby Jesus this year,
- not in ,
- But the titles found in .
To understand the context of these titles, let’s read .
Here we read of the great Angelic declaration that the Christ was born - which was announced in a magnificent way to the Shepherds of Bethlehem.
Charles Wesley - pinned a great description of this event in his song, “Hark! the herald angels sing” and in the song he captures much of the magnificence of the event.
These shepherds,
are provided a great announcement in v. 11.
And then a sign proving it to be true.
- A baby in a Manager.
TRANS:
But our focus this morning will be the announcement,
and particularly the 3 titles the angels used to describe the baby in the manager - Jesus.
From these titles,
PROP: The Birth of Jesus Ought to give us great Hope and great Joy.
So First,
1) Jesus is called the Savior.
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