Christmas: Why Jesus' Birth Gives Birth to Confidence.

LESSON: Draw strength from Christ’s birth; it shows God's hand in history humbly come to serve us.

OUTLINE: We can take confidence in Christ because...
I. Jesus' birth is based on history (on fact, not fairy tale)

2Pet.1:16 "We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus...."

II. Jesus' birth Displays the Hand of God (directing the affairs of men),Mic.5:2; Mat.2:3-5;Jn.7:41

III. Jesus' birth Displays the Humility of God, v.6-7
"While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son" (Lk.2:6).
"God is not some far-off distant judge with no interest in our affairs; he has stepped down into our world, to come to serve us."
Dan Broadwater (dcb)

CONCLUSION: Christ steps down into history for a purpose: to rescue us and to help our fallen human condition -- to serve us well in this world, and in the world to come. Therefore draw strength from the Christ whom God has sent to us.

SERMON QUOTE: "The incarnation Speaks of God’s Humble Heart expressed in Christ’s humility.
The Creator becomes a creature;
The Infinite becomes finite;
The Eternal Infinite Spirit becomes a small package of human flesh; God becomes a baby."(dcb)

Lesson:
Draw strength from Christ’s birth because it offers you historic fact as God hands us a humble servant,who has come to help us.

Go forth w/confidence, trusting
God's Christ Child who is able to serve you well.