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Introduction: Was Jesus really born in a barn?
Make Room for the Messiah.
No room for him.
Make Room for the Unexpected
Luke 2
The story moves as a fast and intriguing pace.
An old man and his old wife become pregnant because an angel appears and tells them.
A virgin conceives apart from a man.
Everyone praises God because they sense the OT prophecies of the Messiah are about to become reality and they will be freed from Rome.
begins with reminders of the fear of Rome and their government - a census (irregular) a long journey, a bare hospitality.
Make Room for Others.
Make Room in your heart for those on the fringes of Society.
Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God with us is now residing;
Yonder shines the infant light:
It is surprising that the first to hear are Shepherds!
lowest in the economy and society.
Uneducated, poor, menial and hard work.
Make Room for Miracles
Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth.
Make Room for Wisdom
Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations;
Ye have seen His natal star.
Matthew 2:1-12
Come back on Dec 22 for this message.
It is one you won’t want to miss.
There is a lot of science to back up the birth of Christ.
Make Room for Worship
Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear;
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In His temple shall appear.
The point that I want to make here is that sometimes, even as Christians, we crowd out Jesus.
It is imperative that we maintain our first love.
My first love wanes.
In fact, I can’t think of a long season of sustained passion.
Life seems to get in the way.
There are times when I am close and times when I seem far from Christ.
What do I do?
Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear;
Suddenly the Lord, descending,
In His temple shall appear.
I ask Jesus to make himself known to me and to relight the fire in my heart.
Then I get back to the foundational things that warm my heart.
The Holy Spirit will bring the oxygen if I provide the fuel.
Make Room for Christ
Sinners, wrung with true repentance,
Doomed for guilt to endless pains,
Justice now revokes the sentence,
Mercy calls you; break your chains.
Conclusion: Christ’s mission is our Mission!
Expect Christ to show and up bring the unexpected.
Are you ready?
Expect God to work out of your box
Expect to welcome those who have been unwelcome elsewhere
Expect to see God work in miraculous ways
Expect to see God open up our eyes to learn and experience new truth
Expect to grow in your faith
Expect chains to be broken and hostages freed
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