Christmas - The Truth Behind the Story - Mark Brauss

☼ Darkness / Light …. Isaiah 9:2

 

Matthew 4:16

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John 1: 9-10

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Isaiah 8:19-22

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John 8:12

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I Peter 2:9

 

☼ A Family Story → Jesus …. Matthew 1:1

⌂ The Announcement

• Prophecy ….. Isaiah 9:6-7

• Proclamation of the Angel …..Luke 2:9-12

⌂ Fairy Tale or History?

□ The Heart & The Supernatural

□ The Evil of Christmas …. Matthew 2:13-16

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Colossians 1:13-14

⌂ The Power of a Genealogy…… Matthew 1

•Women → Gentiles / Canaanites / Moabitess

• Immorality → Incest / Prostitution

• Murder

→ What does it mean?

1. No one is excluded from the grace of God.

2. We are all equal.

3. God is not ashamed of us. We are his family.

• Hebrews 2:11

4. Jesus is the Ultimate Rest ….Matthew 1:17

14 x 3 = 42

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Six – 7’s

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The YEAR OF JUBILEE (Leviticus 25)

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JESUS

5. God is in control of History