INTRO: The passage that was just read for you, Luke 2:1-20, is the only account of the birth of Christ. In Matthew 1 we saw that Matthew, presenting Jesus as the King of the Jews, gave evidence that Jesus qualifies as far as genealogy is concerned. This is an essential requirement. Matthew knew the Jews would require such evidence before they would even listen to his account of the life of Christ. Then we looked at Joseph's dilemma when he found out Mary was expecting and his decision to divorce her instead of having her stoned. We saw how the angel informed him of the truth of the matter and that he married her.
This morning we want to now look at the birth of the Messiah. We are in the section I have titled, "The Preparation Of The Messiah For The World." We left off in our last message at Matthew 1:25. Go to it briefly as we introduce this message (read). Now look at 2:1. This verse says, "Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea…" Now, in between Matthew 1:21 and 2:1 a lot happens that Matthew does not tell us. But Luke 2:1-38 will fill that information in for us. Part of that information is our subject this morning. Luke will tell us about Jesus' birth in Bethlehem and His presentation in the temple in Jerusalem, which would be eight days after His birth. Since I have covered this section in recent years at Christmas, we will go through this rather quickly but what I want us to get is the flow of the story of the early days of the life of Christ. For anyone wanting more detailed information on this section, you can check our Christmas messages on sermonaudio.com/lhec.
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