Jesus Birth: Hope for the Future

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Jesus Birth Hope for the Future

• Isaiah 96-7

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Hope for the Future

• Jesus Birth
• Promises a Bright Future (Isaiah 96-7).
• A. Perfect Kingdom on Earth.

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Hope for the Future

• He will be great and will be called the Son of
  the Most High and the Lord God will give Him the
  throne of His father David and He will reign
  over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom
  will have no end.
• Luke 132-33

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Hope for the Future

• Jesus Birth
• Promises a Bright Future (Isaiah 96-7).
• A. Perfect Kingdom on Earth.
• B. World Peace

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Hope for the Future

• Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace
  among men with whom He is pleased.
• Luke 214

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Hope for the Future

• And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the
  leopard will lie down with the young goat, And
  the calf and the young lion and the fatling
  together And a little boy will lead them. Also
  the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will
  lie down together, And the lion will eat straw
  like the ox. The nursing child will play by the
  hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put
  his hand on the vipers den.
• Isaiah 116-8

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Hope for the Future

• Jesus Birth
• Promises a Bright Future (Isaiah 96-7).
• A. Perfect Kingdom on Earth
• B. World Peace
• C. Perfect Intimacy with God

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Hope for the Future

• She will bear a Son and you shall call His
  name Jesus, for He will save His people from
  their sins.
• Matthew 121

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Hope for the Future

• There will no longer be any curse and the
  throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and
  His bond-servants will serve Him they will see
  His face, and His name will be on their
  foreheads.
• Revelation 223-4

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Hope for the Future

• Jesus Birth
• Promises a Bright Future (Isaiah 96-7).
• II. Demands a Response.

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Hope for the Future

• Responses to Jesus
• Rejection (Matthew 21-18).
• Worship (Matthew 27-12).

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Hope for the Future

• After coming into the house they saw the Child
  with Mary His mother and they fell to the ground
  and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures,
  they presented to Him gifts of gold,
  frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned
  by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the
  magi left for their own country by another way.
• Matthew 211-12

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Hope for the Future

• Responses to Jesus
• Rejection (Matthew 21-18).
• Worship (Matthew 27-12).
• Joy (Luke 210-11).

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Hope for the Future

• But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid
  for behold, I bring you good news of great joy
  which will be for all the people for today in
  the city of David there has been born for you a
  Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
• Luke 210-11

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Hope for the Future

• Responses to Jesus
• Rejection (Matthew 21-18).
• Worship (Matthew 27-12).
• Joy (Luke 210-11).
• Evangelism (Luke 215-18).

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