Luke 2:8-20

The Shepherds and the Angels: the Gloria in excelsis Deo

• Finding God in the midst of fear.
• Celebrating God’s peace.
• Enabling us to glance at the significance of this event.

Now, we are beginning to gain some insight into an answer to the eternal question:  Why did God become one of us?  It is not only important to know that God became man, it is also important to know what kind of man He became.  To begin to understand the answer to this is to begin to understand what we might become in Christ.  

Luke 1:46-59

Celebrates the fulfillment of all the expectations and all the promises made by God, giving us a –

·         a new look at God,

·         a new look at the world, and

·         A new look into ourselves.

We see what salvation “looks like” when it enters into history.  “Behold, I am doing a new thing.  Can you see it?” [Isaiah 43:19].  What do we see?  What do we hope to see?  What “blinds’ us?

Luke 1:67-79

Zachariah’s Prophecy:  the Benedictus

With the naming of John the Baptist – meaning “God is gracious” – we begin to see and to understand God’s intentions.

• God has set His people free.
• God has sent a deliverer.
• God is fulfilling His promises.

Philippians 3:20-Philippians 4:9.  Title:  “Tell me about it” 

Everyone has to make a choice as to…

• HOW one will walk.
• WHERE one will walk. And,
• For WHOM one will walk.