The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem serves as an enduring sign of the core meaning of Christmas – which is movement from hopelessness to hope through Christ alone. 1. Imagining the scene of hopelessness in Zion - the people of God under attack and being humiliated. (v.1) 2. How was hope restored? By God's announcement that He will send a kingly ruler to deliver them, born in Bethlehem. (v.2-3) 3. More than His birth is promised – Jesus will… a) stand & shepherd them in the strength of The LORD b) be great c) be their peace d) deliver them from their enemies. (v.4-6) Where do we turn for hope in discouraging times? Into what city was King David born? 1 Sam. 16:1-4, Luke 2:4 Who brings together those who are apart? John 10:16, Eph. 2:17-22 How will this prophesied shepherd rule? Mt.12:15-21, 2 Cor. 10:3-5
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The Rev. Benjamin J. Snodgrass has been Pastor at Falls Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, since October, 2004. He graduated from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and previously served at Grace Fellowship OPC in the Germantown area of...
