SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2020 ~ Theme: AT HIS FEET WE HUMBLY FALL ~ Series: The Baby Who Changed The World ~ Message: He Was Not of This World ~ Scripture: Philippians 2:5–11 ESV ~ Speaker: Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Image ~ Theme: AT HIS FEET WE HUMBLY FALL ~ Series: The Baby Who Changed The World ~ Message: He Was Not of This World ~ Scripture: Philippians 2:5–11 ESV

WELCOME

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Theme: AT HIS FEET WE HUMBLY FALL

Series: The Baby Who Changed The World

Message: He Was Not of This World

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11 ESV

Speaker: Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Image: Joseph Dream by Rembrandt

Scripture Reading Matthew 1:18–2:11 ESV

The Birth of Jesus Christ

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 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. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

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“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name Immanuel”

(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

“Away in a Manger”

Image: The Visit of the Wise Men

The Visit of the Wise Men

2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

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“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;

for from you shall come a ruler

who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Matthew 1 and 2 ESV Audio

Theme: AT HIS FEET WE HUMBLY FALL

Series: The Baby Who Changed The World

Message: He Was Not of This World

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11 ESV

Speaker: Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Message: He Was Not of This World

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Jesus came down from heaven to redeem us at great personal cost. Let us consider His life in heaven and on earth.

SERMON NOTES

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Theme: AT HIS FEET WE HUMBLY FALL

Series: The Baby Who Changed The World

Message: He Was Not of This World

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11 ESV

Speaker: Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

1. Consider where He was

2. Consider where He came

3. Consider where He returned

4. Consider His remarkable future

The bottom line:

Pastor Philip

You are loved, more than you know!

We thank You for a new year ahead. New hopes and new opportunities are on the horizon. We thank You for the medical progress that is being made and the hope of a sense of normal returning, however many months it takes. We thank You that You are with us in 2021. As You have been faithful, we can now count on Your faithfulness in the uncertainties of an unwritten future. May we trust You and lean upon You in deeper and more meaningful ways in this coming year. Our eyes are upon You, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Would You bless us and be gracious to us in this year, we pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Lord, at one level we can’t wait to be done with 2020. It’s been a hard and difficult year. We’ve been stretched, grieved, shaken, and unmoored. Yet You have been faithful. You have held us close and kept us in Your love. You have never left our side. You have been our strength and our portion and the life of our days. Without You, we surly would have been lost. We thank You for Your presence with us throughout this past year.

A prayer offered as 2020 draws to a close and we look to a new year ahead:

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Philippians 2, Isaiah 6 ESV click Audio

Philippians 2:3–11 ESV

Christ's Example of Humility

3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves, 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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