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Luke 2:6-11. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:6-11.
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Luke 2:6-11 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:6-11 8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
Luke 2:6-11 10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.”
If He Hadn’t Come… 1. I would notUNDERSTAND God. (Ephesians 3:16-19) 16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man
17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
If He Hadn’t Come… 2. I would not know how God FEELSABOUTME. 4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.(Ephesians 1:4-5)
If He Hadn’t Come… 3. I would not knowMYINHERITANCE. (Ephesians 1:11-14) 11also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,
12to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.13In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation – having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
If He Hadn’t Come… 4. I would beWITHOUT HOPE. And you were dead in your trespasses and sins(Ephesians 2:1)
If He Hadn’t Come… 4. I would beWITHOUT HOPE. remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.(Ephesians 2:12)
If He Hadn’t Come… 5. We would not beTOGETHER. (Ephesians 2:19-22)19So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household
20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, 21in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, 22in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
If He Hadn’t Come… 6. I would not be able toAPPROACHGOD. in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.(Ephesians 3:12)
NO WONDER The excitement about His coming!
Who Was Excited? Mary Angels Heavenly Host Shepherds Simeon Anna
AreYOUEXCITED That God came?
What If He Had Not Come? How would your life be different?