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On Christmas day we celebrate the birth of Christ. The incarnation – when God came down to earth and became human. The implications of this event are enormous – huge! Jesus became a baby. A real, breathing, living baby on earth.

In this sermon Kenneth Mbugua walks through Luke 2 and shows us just how important this event was. Be inspired by the reaction of the shepherds and angels. For no matter what your circumstances this Christmas, if shepherds tending sheep outside the city in the night gloried and rejoiced, so can you.

You cannot say that Jesus hasn’t been there for you. He came.

The Birth of Baby Jesus

“Luke is writing these truths to his friend Theophilis. And as he is writing he is seeking to articulate to him a clear record of the things that have been accomplished. That’s how he phrases it. “The things that have been accomplished.” For he desires his friend Theophilis to be certain – to be certain – about this good news, about this gospel message. And central to that story is obviously the story of Jesus. His birth, his life, and his death.

3 Concepts: Incarnation, Adoration, Salvation

This morning we will be looking in these verses at three specific concepts. First we will look at the incarnation, which is the truths that we have just read. How God took upon himself the form of a man. The incarnation.

Secondly we will see the adoration. It’s caught in this entire section – from the beginning to the end of it. Just as you read it, notice how the incarnation is cause for celebration. Right? It is appropriate and right that the entire creation pause in adoration, exultation, of this God for that which he has done.

He was born to win for us, accomplish for us, our salvation.

And then lastly, in this same section, we will see that the cause of that adoration and celebration is our salvation. For that is what the incarnation is all about. He was born to win for us, accomplish for us, our salvation.”

Whatever Your Circumstances, You Can Have Joy

“I know saints, wherever you are, whatever circumstances that you are in at this very point in the year. It might not be a Christmas like any other. Maybe it’s tough economic times that are hurting you – and you are very conscious of the fact that you are unable to afford the kind of Christmas you are typically able to afford.

Couldn’t take your family out on holiday, can’t buy a goat to slaughter it – or fill in the blank. Would you rejoice in seeing that that’s not what Christmas is for believers? That’s not what we celebrate when we think about the birth of the baby Jesus?”

The Incarnation Accomplished Salvation

We celebrate something that the realities of this world cannot touch or affect. This Jesus came to provide for us a salvation that no government can corrupt. That the changing tides of the weather or economy, my current relational status or health, whatever it is, they cannot touch the salvation that the incarnation came to accomplish for me – for Jesus died and then he rose again. And that’s yours!

Whatever our circumstances, if the shepherds tending sheep outside the city in the night gloried and rejoiced, so can we.

This Christmas, whatever our circumstances, if the shepherds tending sheep outside the city in the night gloried and rejoiced, so can we. For we know more than what they knew. And in the story of the gospel we have seen more than what they saw! For we have the entire story of God’s wonderful rescue plan for humanity unfolded before us in the pages of Scripture.

Text: Luke 2:1-38

Date preached: 22 December 2019

Location: Emmanuel Baptist Church, Nairobi, Kenya

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