Christmas – A Time to Celebrate – December 13, 2023

Pastor Jim Bryant

Luke 2:25-26 TLB

That day a man named Simeon, a Jerusalem resident, was in the Temple. He was a good man, very devout, filled with the Holy Spirit and constantly expecting the Messiah to come soon. For the Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen him—God’s anointed King.

Luke 2:37-38 NASB

Anna had lived…as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers. At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 2:8-10 ESV

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

1. Christmas is a time to celebrate that God Loves You!

John 3:16 NLT

For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Ephesians 3:19a NCV

Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love.

2. Christmas is a time to celebrate that God is with you!

Isaiah 7:14 NIV

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

Hebrews 13:5b TEV

“…I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.”

3. Christmas is a time to celebrate that God is for you!

Matthew 20:32 NIV

“What do you want me to do for you?”

I Corinthians 11:24 NLT

“This is my body, which is given for you.”

Romans 8:31 NIV

“If God is for us, who can be against us?”

John 3:17 NLT

“God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world.”

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