The Birth Of Christ

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The Birth Of Christ

• What do you think of when you read about the
  birth of Christ?

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The Birth Of Christ

• What do you think of when you read about the
  birth of Christ?
• Without question the arrival of the Son of God in
  a human form was a great event.

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The Birth Of Christ

• What do you think of when you read about the
  birth of Christ?
• Without question the arrival of the Son of God in
  a human form was a great event.
• There is no surprise that men would want to
  celebrate this event.

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The Birth Of Christ

• What do you think of when you read about the
  birth of Christ?
• Without question the arrival of the Son of God in
  a human form was a great event.
• There is no surprise that men would want to
  celebrate this event.
• But where does God Himself give emphasis? What
  should we celebrate?

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The Birth Of Christ

• But where does God Himself give emphasis? What
  should we celebrate?

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The Birth Of Christ

• But where does God Himself give emphasis? What
  should we celebrate?
• Every aspect of the life of Christ was foretold
  by the prophets. (Lk 2444)

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The Birth Of Christ

• (Luke 2444 NKJV) Then He said to them, These
  are the words which I spoke to you while I was
  still with you, that all things must be fulfilled
  which were written in the Law of Moses and the
  Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.

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The Birth Of Christ

• We who wear the name of Christ need to know the
  one whom we serve.

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The Birth Of Christ

• We who wear the name of Christ need to know the
  one whom we serve.
• If we know Him then we will do only those things
  He directs. (Col 317)

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The Birth Of Christ

• (Colossians 317 NKJV) And whatever you do in
  word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord
  Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through
  Him.

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The Uniqueness of the Birth of Christ

• The future destruction of Satan. (Gen 315)

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The Uniqueness of the Birth of Christ

• Genesis 315 (NKJV) 15 And I
  will put enmity Between you and the woman, And
  between your seed and her Seed He shall bruise
  your head, And you shall bruise His heel.

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The Uniqueness of the Birth of Christ

• The future destruction of Satan. (Gen 315)
• The great promises to Abraham. (Gen 121-3)

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The Uniqueness of the Birth of Christ

• Genesis 121 3 (NKJV) 1Now the LORD had said to
  Abram Get out of your country, From your family
  And from your fathers house, To a land that I
  will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation
  I will bless you And make your name great And
  you shall be a blessing.

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The Uniqueness of the Birth of Christ

• Genesis 121 3 (NKJV)
  3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will
  curse him who curses you And in you all the
  families of the earth shall be blessed.

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The Uniqueness of the Birth of Christ

• The future destruction of Satan. (Gen 315)
• The great promises to Abraham. (Gen 121-3)
• The promise of the future messiah to David. (Psa
  13211)

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The Uniqueness of the Birth of Christ

• Psalm 13211 (NKJV)
  11 The LORD has sworn in truth to David He will
  not turn from it I will set upon your throne
  the fruit of your body.

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The Detailed Prophecies of his Birth.

• The specific place of His birth. (Mic 52)

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The Detailed Prophecies of his Birth.

• Micah 52 (NKJV) 2
  But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are
  little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of
  you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in
  Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old From
  everlasting.

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The Detailed Prophecies of his Birth.

• The specific place of His birth. (Mic 52)
• The virgin birth in prophecy. (Isa
  714)

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The Detailed Prophecies of his Birth.

• Isaiah 714 (NKJV) 14Therefore the Lord Himself
  will give you a sign Behold, the virgin shall
  conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name
  Immanuel.

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The Detailed Prophecies of his Birth.

• The specific place of His birth. (Mic 52)
• The virgin birth in prophecy. (Isa
  714)
• The time of His birth was shown to be in the
  times of the Roman kingdom. (Dan 244)

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The Detailed Prophecies of his Birth.

• (Daniel 244-45 NKJV) And in the days of these
  kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom
  which shall never be destroyed and the kingdom
  shall not be left to other people it shall break
  in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it
  shall stand forever.

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The Circumstances of his Birth.

• There was the heavenly announcement of it to the
  shepherds. (Lk 28-15)

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The Circumstances of his Birth.

• (Luke 28-15 NKJV) Now there were in the same
  country shepherds living out in the fields,
  keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And
  behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them,
  and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and
  they were greatly afraid.

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The Circumstances of his Birth.

• 10 Then the angel said to them, Do not be
  afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of
  great joy which will be to all people. 11 For
  there is born to you this day in the city of
  David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And
  this will be the sign to you You will find a
  Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a
  manger.

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The Circumstances of his Birth.

• 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a
  multitude of the heavenly host praising God and
  saying 14 Glory to God in the highest, And on
  earth peace, goodwill toward men! 15 So it
  was, when the angels had gone away from them into
  heaven, that the shepherds said to one another,
  Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing
  that has come to pass, which the Lord has made
  known to us.

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The Circumstances of his Birth.

• There was the heavenly announcement of it to the
  shepherds. (Lk 28-15)
• There was the incredible fact that God Himself
  became man. (Jn 1141-3)

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The Circumstances of his Birth.

• John 11 through John 13 (NKJV) the
  beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
  God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the
  beginning with God. 3 All things were made
  through Him, and without Him nothing was made
  that was made.

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The Circumstances of his Birth.

• John 114 (NKJV) 14
  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and
  we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only
  begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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Three Questions to consider

• Why did God become man? (Heb 29-15)

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Three Questions to consider

• (Hebrews 29-15 NKJV) But we see Jesus, who was
  made a little lower than the angels, for the
  suffering of death crowned with glory and honor,
  that He, by the grace of God, might taste death
  for everyone. 10 For it was fitting for Him,
  for whom are all things and by whom are all
  things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make
  the captain of their salvation perfect through
  sufferings.

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Three Questions to consider

• 14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken
  of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in
  the same, that through death He might destroy him
  who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
  15 and release those who through fear of death
  were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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Three Questions to consider

• Why did God become man? (Heb 29-15)
• When was Jesus born?

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Three Questions to consider

• Why did God become man? (Heb 29-15)
• When was Jesus born?
• How are we to celebrate the birth of Christ?

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There is a Celebration we are to Keep

• We are commanded to meet on every first day of
  the week. (1 Cor 161-2 Acts 207)

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There is a Celebration we are to Keep

• 1 Corinthians 162 (NASB) 2On the first day of
  every week each one of you is to put aside and
  save, as he may prosper, so that no collections
  be made when I come.
• Acts 207 (NKJV) 7Now on the first day of the
  week, when the disciples came together to break
  bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke
  to them and continued his message until midnight.

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There is a Celebration we are to Keep

• We are commanded to meet on every first day of
  the week. (1 Cor 161-2 Acts 207)
• Why did they meet on this day?

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There is a Celebration we are to Keep

• We are commanded to meet on every first day of
  the week. (1 Cor 161-2 Acts 207)
• Why did they meet on this day?
• They were remembering the birth of Christ!

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There is a Celebration we are to Keep

• We are commanded to meet on every first day of
  the week. (1 Cor 161-2 Acts 207)
• Why did they meet on this day?
• They were remembering the birth of Christ!
• Not the first birth but the second.
  (Acts 1330-34)

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There is a Celebration we are to Keep

• Acts 1333-34 God has fulfilled this for us
  their children, in that He has raised up Jesus.
  As it is also written in the second Psalm You
  are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 34 And
  that He raised Him from the dead, no more to
  return to corruption, He has spoken thus I will
  give you the sure mercies of David.

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There is a Celebration we are to Keep

• We are commanded to meet on every first day of
  the week. (1 Cor 161-2 Acts 207)
• Why did they meet on this day?
• They were remembering the birth of Christ!
• Not the first birth but the second.
  (Acts 1330-34)
• Jesus is described as the firstborn from the
  dead. (Col 118)

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There is a Celebration we are to Keep

• (Colossians 118 NKJV) And He is the head of
  the body, the church, who is the beginning, the
  firstborn from the dead, that in all things He
  may have the preeminence.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• The identity of Christ.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• The identity of Christ.
• In the first He took on flesh and became the Son
  of Man. (Mt 820)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Matthew 820 NKJV) And Jesus said to him,
  Foxes have holes and birds of the air have
  nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His
  head.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• The identity of Christ.
• In the first He took on flesh and became the Son
  of Man. (Mt 820)
• At the second birth He was proclaimed the Son of
  God. (Rom 13-4)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Romans 13-4 NKJV) concerning His Son Jesus
  Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of
  David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to
  be the Son of God with power according to the
  Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the
  dead.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the position of Christ.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the position of Christ.
• In the first He became weak in His first birth.
  (Lk 180)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Luke 180 NKJV) So the child grew and became
  strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the
  day of his manifestation to Israel.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the position of Christ.
• In the first He became weak in His first birth.
  (Lk 180)
• He was raised to power in the second. (Heb 54-5)
  

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Contrasting the Two Births

• Hebrews 54-5 NKJV And no man takes this honor
  to himself, but he who is called by God, just as
  Aaron was. 5 So also Christ did not glorify
  Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who
  said to Him You are My Son, Today I have
  begotten You.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the power of Christ.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the power of Christ.
• He was humbled and weak in the first. (Phil
  27-8)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Philippians 27-8 NKJV) but made Himself of no
  reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and
  coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being
  found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself
  and became obedient to the point of death, even
  the death of the cross.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the power of Christ.
• He was humbled and weak in the first. (Phil
  27-8)
• He was given all power in the second. (Phil
  29-11 Matt 2818)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Philippians 29-11 NKJV) Therefore God also
  has highly exalted Him and given Him the name
  which is above every name, 10 that at the name
  of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in
  heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under
  the earth, 11 and that every tongue should
  confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
  of God the Father.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Matthew 2818 NKJV) And Jesus came and spoke
  to them, saying, All authority has been given to
  Me in heaven and on earth.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the purpose of Christs birth.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the purpose of Christs birth.
• He was born to die for our sins. (Lk 1910)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Luke 1910 NKJV) for the Son of Man has come
  to seek and to save that which was lost.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the purpose of Christs birth.
• He was born to die for our sins. (Lk 1910)
• He was raised to die no more as our high priest.
  (Rom 610 59-10)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Romans 59-10 NKJV) Much more then, having now
  been justified by His blood, we shall be saved
  from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were
  enemies we were reconciled to God through the
  death of His Son, much more, having been
  reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Romans 610 NKJV) For the death that He died,
  He died to sin once for all but the life that He
  lives, He lives to God.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the nature of His work.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the nature of His work.
• He came to bear our sins. (Heb 926)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Hebrews 926 NKJV) He then would have had to
  suffer often since the foundation of the world
  but now, once at the end of the ages, He has
  appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
  Himself.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• In the nature of His work.
• He came to bear our sins. (Heb 926)
• After being raised He will never bear sins in
  this way again. (Rom 610 Heb 928)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Romans 610 NKJV) For the death that He died,
  He died to sin once for all but the life that He
  lives, He lives to God.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Hebrews 928 NKJV) so Christ was offered once
  to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly
  wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart
  from sin, for salvation.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• Can you not see that the second birth is of far
  greater importance than the first?

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Contrasting the Two Births

• Can you not see that the second birth is of far
  greater importance than the first?
• God gave us details about the second birth. We
  know the day!

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Contrasting the Two Births

• Can you not see that the second birth is of far
  greater importance than the first?
• God gave us details about the second birth. We
  know the day!
• The apostles began immediately to observe the
  first day of the week. The events on the day of
  Pentecost occurred on the first day of the week.
  (Acts 242)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Acts 242 NKJV) And they continued steadfastly
  in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, in the
  breaking of bread, and in prayers.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• This should be observed weekly, not yearly,
  monthly or quarterly.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• This should be observed weekly, not yearly,
  monthly or quarterly.
• Is it not sad that men will observe things He
  does not ask but will not observe the things He
  does command us to!

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Contrasting the Two Births

• What is your birthday?

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Contrasting the Two Births

• What is your birthday?
• Our conversion is a new birth. (John 35)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (John 35 NKJV) Jesus answered, Most
  assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of
  water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom
  of God.

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Contrasting the Two Births

• We die to sin! (Rom 61-5)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Romans 61-5 NKJV) What shall we say then?
  Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
  2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin
  live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know
  that as many of us as were baptized into Christ
  Jesus were baptized into His death?

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Contrasting the Two Births

• 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through
  baptism into death, that just as Christ was
  raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,
  even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  5 For if we have been united together in the
  likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be
  in the likeness of His resurrection,

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Contrasting the Two Births

• The same power involved in the raising of Jesus
  raises us. (Col 212-13)

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Contrasting the Two Births

• (Colossians 212-13 NKJV) buried with Him in
  baptism, in which you also were raised with Him
  through faith in the working of God, who raised
  Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in
  your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your
  flesh, He has made alive together with Him,
  having forgiven you all trespasses,