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*Experience the Nativity Story*
*Luke 2*
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*How to Experience the Nativity Story*
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*__________________ *the Nativity Story*
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But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Luke 2:10-12 NIV
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16 NIV
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*__________________ *the Nativity Story*
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So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
Luke 2:16-18 NIV
Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ.
I do all this to spread the Good News, and in doing so I enjoy its blessings.
1 Cor.
9:22-23 NLT
*My Commitment:*
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During the /Experience the Nativity /emphasis:
*£** *I will attend and invite others to attend /The Nativity Story/ (Friday night, Dec 1)*/ /*
*£** *I will hear all 4 messages in the series/, Experience the Nativity/
/ /(Sundays, Dec 3-24)
\\ Intro:
Introductory comments about how the Christmas season is already here:
The Nativity Story Movie provides us a Great theme this year for Christmas…Nativity
The word Nativity…
comes from a Latin term /nativitas /that simply means /birth/.
If you look the word up in a dictionary you will find this entry:
/birth or origin, especially the place, process, or circumstances of being born/
We all know the moment, when a child is born, pictures are taken.
Emails are sent.
Was it a boy or a girl?
Women want to know how much did the child weigh, how long it is, first and middle name along with its social security number…women want all the facts…and men usually remember whether it is a boy or girl!
But *everybody* celebrates /a nativity/… the birth of a baby…
I think my whole family came from Kentucky and was in the waiting room when Lisa gave birth to our first little baby!!!
Why?
(They had never seen a baby born in a hospital) no….They were there to celebrate with us the birth of our first baby.
Today we want to talk about */The /*Nativity Story…Christ’s birth.
If we aren’t careful the Christmas story can lose its meaning.
Watch and Listen as the Nativity Story is told though the eyes of a wondrous child…
· The Christmas Story Video (through the eyes of a wondrous child)
How can we experience the wonder of The Nativity Story this Christmas?
*How to Experience the Nativity Story*
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Personalize the Nativity Story *
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In Luke 2:10-12 we find the angel’s message to the shepherds …
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Luke 2:10-12 NIV
The appearance of a real angel to shepherds was unbelievable.
In the eyes of many, an angel would never appear to a shepherd.
Why?
Shepherds were outcasts in Israel.
Their work not only made them ceremonially unclean, but it kept them away from the temple for weeks at a time so that they could not be made clean.
Shepherds would seldom be found praising and worshipping God; as a result they were looked upon as anything but worshippers.
Their reputation was lowly at best, and religious people snubbed and ignored them.
They were despised because they were unable to attend services and to keep the ceremonial laws of washing and cleansing.
They were alienated from people and from God.
But God’s message from the example of the shepherds is:
*God meets us where we are.*
There is no place we can go where God won’t find us…even out in a dark lonely field.
Some of you think you are so far gone, God doesn’t even know your address.
You feel somehow that God might be able to work in other people’s lives…but He couldn’t possibly draw close to you.
Let me set your heart at ease…God loves you and He knows your address.
God’s message found the Shepherds out in a lonely field and it will find us today if we will listen.
What is the message?
Luke 2:10-11
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Luke 2:10-12 (NIV)
You don’t have to be afraid…you don’t have to be alienated anymore… because Jesus is Savior and Lord!
God is speaking that same message to us this morning!
*It is a message that is personal*:
Notice the personal nature of the message:
"Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Like the shepherds we can rejoice that Jesus came to the earth for each of us to be our personal Savior.
John 3:16 says…
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16 NIV
/Whoever/ means…You can put your name in John 3:16.
"For God so loved Rick that he gave his one and only Son, that if Rick believes in him, Rick shall not perish but have eternal life.”
I have personalized John 3:16!!
Have you??
We celebrate the personal relationship with Christ at the Lord’s supper…
It is a time to get personal with the Lord.
To remember that He came for me…
To remember that He gave His life for me…
To remember that He conquered death for me…
To remember that He is coming again for me…
Have you personalized these truths?
Before we take part in the Lord’s Supper...I want to invite you to personalize these truths.
Prayer:
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