The Gift 3 - The First Day of History (notes)

The Gift 3 - The First Day of History

This Is An Exciting To Be Alive In History

The possibilities are…

• The rapture or 2nd coming of Jesus.
• The greatest revival in history.
• The greatest harvest ever.
• The greatest blessings upon the people of God.
• The greatest breakthroughs in our local church.

Christmas is the first day of history. Why? Because it is the day that God came to earth in human flesh and became the savior of the world.

If The World Needed:

• Pleasure God would have sent an entertainer.
• Technology God would have sent a scientist.
• A song God would have sent a composer.
• Knowledge God would have sent a professor. But the world needed forgiveness so God sent a Savior.

Jesus Came

• To save us from sin.
• Deliver us from satan’s power.
• Heal all sickness.
• Heal our brokenness.
• To prepare us for Heaven.

The Birth of Jesus

• Joseph was from Royal lineage of Israel and went to David’s home town to be registered in the census.
• The Roman Emperor had issued a decree for this to take place all over the empire.
• You had to go to your home town to register.

The King of Glory is born in the city of David, the house of bread. There were shepherds. Shepherds were considered low life people, men who couldn’t be trusted yet the angel of the Lord appeared to them and God’s glory was all around them and caused them to be terrified. They knew their sinful condition.

The Angel of the Lord tells them, don’t be afraid. I have good news for you that will cause great joy for all people in every generation in every corner of the planet. The Gospel is good news for everyone in every time period in every place. The Savior is born. The only hope for humanity is Jesus the Savior of the world.

Let’s Go To Bethlehem and find Mary & Joseph and the baby lying in the manger. After seeing Jesus they spread the Word concerning what the angel of the Lord had said to them.

Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

The shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for the events they had just experienced and what the Lord had said to them.

Our Job is to do what the shepherds did. Go and tell everyone what we have experienced. We need an experience with the Savior if we are going to be able to give this great gift away to hurting people, lost broken folks who need the good news.