The Gospel of Luke: An Extraordinary Savior for Ordinary People | Savior | Birth of Jesus | Angels - Audio

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Sermon Date: 10/13/2024 Speaker: Brian Crawford Luke 2:1-7 . Check us out at: https://citylightvicksburg.org/ Or check us out here: https://www.facebook.com/citylightvicksburg . During Jesus’s birth it would be easy to guess that He is without power. But his ordinary presentation is NOT a display of His actual power. We look at these verses to see two things: Jesus' Ordinary Birth, and how it highlights His Extraordinary Proclamation. Ordinary Birth - Jesus’s birth happens where it happens because of a normal mundane circumstance: a census. Even getting there is a 3-4 day (for healthy people) travel for Bethlehem. But Mary is pregnant. But God is moving heaven and earth and government to get Mary and Joseph where they need to be for this prophecy to be fulfilled. And he was born in a manger - a stinking, cramped box for feeding animals. God is drawing our attention to the circumstances of his Birth, it’s ordinary and humble. Jesus didn’t come to earth born in a beautiful comfortable palace; instead, He was born in a manger. God is telling us that He was born for everyone. Ordinary and regular folk. Extraordinary proclamation - the angels visit the Shepards at night, and they show up shining bright! The ordinary men have the type of reaction that ordinary men do. They were filled with great fear. In this moment, they get to see the angels, and they recognize that they are in the presence of Godly power. Our smallness becomes very real to us, because of who we are in the presence of. So, we are afraid. But in every case, they say “Don’t be afraid.” This is because in order to save us, our savior has arrived. And how do they find Him? In an ordinary context. In a manger. In swaddling cloths. Not fine linen or palaces. When you receive this good news, what do you do? What did the Shepards do? They moved - they went to go see. To move closer to this child! They moved closer to Jesus. They come to see, singing praises to God. And when they leave, they go and tell others what they have seen!