Dec 25, 2022
Luke 2:1-7
Three Questions of Christmas
1. What happened?
Caesar Augustus Quirinius of Syria
Joseph Galilee Nazareth Judea
Bethlehem David
Mary
child
2. Why did it happen?
“But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
-Matthew 1:20-21
“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sining, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.”
-I John 3: 8-9
3. What does it mean for you?