Christmas Joy Luke 2:811

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Christmas Joy Luke 28-11
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• INTRODUCTION
• A. The joy of a child getting a gift
• B. The joy of a worker getting time off
• C. An individual seeing his family away
• D. A business man making extra money

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• I. THE CONDITIONS OF THE TIME
• A. A general lack of meaning
• B. The symptoms
• C. The neurotic triad
• 1. Non-clinically depressed
• 2. Addicted
• 3. Violent
• D. The Causes
• 1. Choosing money over meaning
• 2. Choosing sin over righteousness

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• II. THE FRUSTRATION OF THE LORDS PEOPLE
• A. Simeon waited
• B. Anna fasted and prayed night day
• C. Many looked for redemption.

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• THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
• A. The Announcement v.9
• B. The Contents v.10a
• C. The Scope v.10b
• D. The Pointedness v.11a
• E. The Person v.11b

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• CONCLUSION
• The greatest gift to the world was hung on a
  tree, not placed under it.