Do you Hear What I Hear?

Sermon Topic: Do you Hear What I Hear?

Sermon Notes:

Isaiah 9:6 – For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.

The passage of scriptures gives us an idea of what occurs. If you’ve been in the stores or mall preceding Christmas, there is an excitement in the air. This is the season to be jolly – for those who don’t know Christ. For us, we should always have joy, because we have the fruit of the spirit. With all this jolliness there is still an attempt to take us away from the Bible, the Ten Commandments and prayer from our society.

You can talk about anything other than Jesus.

Man searches for that one special gift for their loved one to bring joy to them when you forget the real focus should be on Christ. John 3:16 – This is our hope. In this hope we wait for the Messiah. Our time waiting should also be a time of sharing good news.

He was born King of the Jews.

There is purpose in the journey that’s why Christ wasn’t born in the town of the wisemen.  God gives us the gift but the journey is up to us. You must open the door. There has to be action on our part. There’s something we must do.

Seeking Christ is always a journey blocked by the world’s system.

The journey is for those willing to leave comfortable surroundings.

Micah 5:2 – Isaiah picks up this with Isaiah 9:6 – The child was born because God wrapped himself in flesh, but the son is when God called out to the darkness, “let there be light”.

That’s the Jesus who is God. His name is wonderful, counselor, father and prince of peace.

Whenever you ask a question, God doesn’t leave you without an answer.

Isaiah 7:14 – The Lord shall give you a sign.

God doesn’t work miracles to make us lazy and irresponsible. He fills our mind with spiritual knowledge, but we must learn of his word.

God comes to the lowest among us. When we have everything we become self-centered and start to believe that we don’t need God.

The first gift of Christmas is a child.