“An accident from God”
Luke 1:32:“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end”.
Matthew 1:21:“You shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins”.
Save:– to save, that is, deliver or protect: – heal, preserve, save, do well, be (make) whole.
John 1:14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth”.
Isaiah 9:6: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace”.
C. S. Lewis says it this way: “The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this.”
C. S. Lewis also said, “Once in our world a stable had something in it that was bigger than the whole world
I. He Came That He Might Lead Many to Glory.
Hebrews 2:10. “For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.”
Christ came to blaze the trail so we might follow him on to glory.
He is not just leading us to heaven. He is leading us to glory.
II. He Came That He Might Be One of Us.
Vss. 11-13: “For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, ’I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.’ And again, ’I will put my trust in him.’ And again, ’Behold, I and the children God has given me.’”
Rom 1:20 “For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.”
Luke 2:11-12 “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.”
A. His Humanity— “You will find a baby”
B. His Helplessness— “Wrapped in swaddling cloths”
C. His Humility— “Lying in a manger”
Philippians 2:7 : “made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.”
III. He Came to Free Us From the Bondage of Death.
Vss. 14-15: “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery”.
Psalm 139:16 says; You saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began.
John 11:26; “Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
IV. He Came to Free Us From Sin.
verse 17: “Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.”
Jesus said; John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.”
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