Christmas Miracle

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"Christmas Miracle"

• Luke 21-20 Selected
• December 22, 2002
• Cross Creek Community Church
• Pastor Dave Martin
• Gods Word is Powerful, Relevant, and Life
  Changing!

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"Christmas Miracle"

• Miracle An event unexplainable by the laws of
  nature, its supernatural origin is from God.
• A true miracle is always God bearing witness to
  Himself.

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"Christmas Miracle"

• 1. The Miracle of The INCARNATION.
• (God becoming human the union of divinity and
  humanity in Jesus of Nazareth)
• Matthew 123 "The virgin will be with child and
  will give birth to a son, and they will call him
  Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."

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"Christmas Miracle"

• 2. The Miracle of Perfect TIMING. (Vs1-4)
• Luke 26 While they were there, the time came for
  the baby to be born,
• Galatians 44 But when the fullness of the time
  had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a
  woman to redeem (us from sin).

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"Christmas Miracle"

• 3. The Miracle of the BIRTH. (Vs 5-7)
• Luke 27 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a
  son

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"Christmas Miracle"

• 4. The Miracle of Changed LIVES. (V8-20)
• Luke 211 Today in the town of David a Savior has
  been born to you he is Christ the Lord.

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Lives are changed because Jesus is

• Christ The Anointed One!
• Lord God became flesh!
• Savior Saves us from sin!

Luke 211 Today in the town of David a Savior has
been born to you he is Christ the Lord.
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Our Greatest Need

• If our greatest need had been information,
• God would have sent us an educator.
• If our greatest need had been technology,
• God would have sent us a scientist.
• If our greatest need had been money,
• God would have sent us an economist.
• If our greatest need had been pleasure,
• God would have sent us an entertainer.
• But our greatest need was forgiveness,
• so God sent us a Savior.
• (Author Unknown) Progress Magazine, December 25,
  1992

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The Shepherds

• Sought the Christ Child (Truth) vs15-16
• Found the Lord Jesus (Savior) v17
• Told others the good news v17 v11
• Impacted lives around them v18
• Overflowed with praise and worship v20

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"Christmas Miracle"

• The shepherds
• They heard, they saw, they believed, they went,
  they found, they told, they rejoiced
• They were changed!

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Seeking the Christmas Miracle

• We find a Savior - Discovering Forgiveness!
• We find inner Peace - Discovering Joy!
• We find Heaven - Discovering Everlasting Life!
• Have you been changed by Jesus The
  Christmas Miracle?

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"Christmas Miracle"

• The Greatest Christmas gift ever given was
  wrapped in a manger
• The Son of God JESUS

John 316 "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.
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Have a Merry Christmas !