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The King Is Born - Our Eternal Prince of Peace

December 25, 2022 · 44:25 · Watch on YouTube ↗

These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.

Summary

On Christmas morning the church celebrates that Jesus was truly born, just as the angels announced over the fields of Bethlehem: glory to God in the highest and peace on earth. The pastors greet the congregation and pause to pray for Ukraine, asking the Prince of Peace to stop the bloodshed and to bring His own peace to a land at war.

Walking through Matthew and the prophecy of Micah, the message shows that Christ's coming is not merely promised but already fulfilled. Wise men searched for the newborn King while Herod and all Jerusalem were troubled, yet the prophets had named Bethlehem some 700 years before. This King is no ordinary ruler: His origins reach back to eternity. He is the Great I AM who was before Abraham and before the stars, whose government will never end, the same yesterday, today, and forever.

First Timothy calls the mystery of godliness great - God appeared in the flesh. We can only keep Christmas rightly when the Father reveals this mystery to our hearts, as He revealed Christ to Peter. The closing appeal is plain: do not let Jesus stay a tiny baby in your life. His birth in your heart is only the beginning; He must grow great and reign.

Key Points

  • The angels' song still stands: glory to God in the highest and peace on earth, and Jesus Himself is that peace.
  • Christ's birth fulfills prophecy - Micah named Bethlehem centuries before it happened.
  • Jesus is the eternal King, the Great I AM, who existed before Abraham and before creation itself.
  • His kingdom has no borders and no end, unlike the limited authority of any earthly nation.
  • Emmanuel, God with us, is possible only because Jesus was born; He shows us the Father.
  • Christmas is celebrated rightly only when the Father reveals its mystery to your heart.
  • Do not leave Jesus as a little baby in your life - let Him grow and reign as Lord.

Devotional

The world fills Christmas with noise, feasting, and distraction, yet the heart that has seen the mystery revealed celebrates something far greater: the eternal God stepped into our world as a child. Like Peter, we confess Christ not because flesh and blood worked it out, but because the Father opened our eyes. Today Jesus is not far away in a manger in Bethlehem; He is born in your heart. Do not let Him remain small there. Give Him room to grow until His peace and His reign fill every corner of your life.

He is from of old, from the days of eternity - the King who was before Abraham and before the stars.
Do not leave Jesus a little baby in your life; let Him grow until He reigns.
We celebrate rightly only when the Father reveals this mystery to our hearts.
Transcript

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born praise the Lord It's a Wonderful celebrate wonderful holiday yes it's a worldwide holidays because Jesus said that this gospel will be preached throughout the Earth and today the whole world is celebrating this great uh celebration that started with Bethlehem Hallelujah let's say hallelujah praise the Lord let's open up Matthew chapter 1 verse 18. let's read just the first sentence this is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about the prophets a prophesied about the birth of Messiah no noise but the New Testament starts with the Fulfillment of this Bible prophecies it's not will be but it's already happened and Matthew says it already happened and that's how it came about let's start from the chapter two spirit from the verse 1 to verse 6. foreign after Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea during the time of King Herod Magi from the East came to Jerusalem is and asked where is one who has been born King of the Jews we saw his star when it Rose and have come to worship Him when King Herod heard this he was Disturbed and all Jerusalem with him when he called together all the people's Chief priests and teachers of the law he asked them where the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem in Judea they replied before this is what the prophet has written um and this is a prophecy but you Bethlehem in the land of Judah are by no means least among the rulers of Judah for out of you will come a ruler who will Shepherd My People Israel when Jesus Christ was born all of a sudden wise men from the East came the whole Karen came to Jerusalem he studies and they came and started to ask questions where the king of the Jew was where he was was he born and this question Disturbed first of all King Herod yeah and all his household began to ask questions did the King has the king was born the Messiah came yes and the whole Jerusalem was also Disturbed with the King and we see the king gathered all the chief priests and all the teachers of the Lord so they can give one answer where the Messiah is supposed to be born and all in one voice they all said in Bethlehem in Judea but [Music] just because that's how we just read through the prophet Micah maybe 700 years before that they that was the prophecy came that where's Jesus or Messiah was supposed to be born there sorry King was born who has a great Authority from the God the Father Isaiah foretold about when he spoke about Jesus the government will be upon his shoulders that government will not have an end because you know every country has their own authority but they are limited United has their United States has their own authority South Africa has another Authority every country had their own authorities but this King that was born he will not any not have any limit limitations you know how great is to have that kind of authority upon ourselves let's read the whole prophecy of Micah it's chapter 5 from verse 2. it previously him if Rafa history those two is Micah prophet Micah praise katori Beach Riley is but you battle him though you are small among the clans of Judah out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel whose Origins are from the from of old from ancient times foreign therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor Bears a son and the rest of his brothers return to join the Israelites he studied on silica Village [Music] he will stand and Shepherd his flock in the strengths of the Lord in the Majesty of the name of the Lord his God and they will live securely for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the Earth and the first sentence of the verse 5. he put it on Mir and he will be our peace let's come back to verse two um we see that Prophet is talking about his Origins [Music] and he says his Origins will be from the from of old from ancient times from Days of Eternity or another word from Days of Eternity from the eternity being from the from the beginning Great I Am The Great I Am because a Gospel of John uh chapter 7 verse 15.8 blood is discussion with the Jews and he said the following words before Abraham was yeah bill I am yeah and they say you're not even 50 years old and you say that you saw Abraham and he said the following words very truly I tell you [Music] yes before Abraham was born I am [Music] he already was I mean amen even more than that before the Heaven and Earth were made before the all the planets and stars were created before all the universe and whatever fills it was was created on Bill he was Hallelujah on Bill he was praise the Lord and he is it's sad about him he is from the beginning from the day of eternity to his Spirit she is richness came from The Eternity and he will rule forevermore for eternity also on Wednesday service we heard he was a father of Eternity [Music] about him he was yesterday today and forever the same and he is peace praise the Lord praise the Lord and praise His name because he came being from the beginning Great I Am The Great I Am today he is in yours and mine heart who lives through truth is [Music] foreign foreign foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] songs [Music] [Music] walking on them [Music] please [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] baby shapes [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] suspicious [Music] machines [Music] [Music] I wanted to greet you with this wonderful day the celebration of Jesus Christ the birth of Jesus Christ Jesus was born Jesus is born turn to your friend and it says Jesus was born he truly was born indeed I also would like to greet you with this beautiful name Emmanuel sport that means God is with us and because of Jesus Christ was born God is with us there is no other way for God to be present with us if Jesus Christ was not born we do not know what our life would be Jesus says who saw me saw the father Jesus Christ Jesus Christ he showed the way to the father I would like to open up from book of Timothy first Timothy chapter 3 verse 16. [Music] be an old question the mystery from which true godliness Springs is great he appeared in the flesh he was Vindicated by the spirit was seen by Angels was preached among the Nations was believed on in the world was taken up in glory without any doubt it is a great mystery is the truth for the birth of Jesus Christ it is a big mystery maybe thank you just came here but just just just so be it to celebrate this day I would not say so yeah the reason why we celebrate because this mystery was revealed to us and we understood and here to celebrate them Jesus asked his disciples who do you think I am and Peter says you are Christ and Jesus replies it was revealed to you not by the flesh or blood Allah them but by the father like summer is and same is for us if this Christmas if the birth of Jesus Christ will not be revealed to us by the father I mean this emotion of private we will not be able to truly fulfill and celebrate this day this world is celebrating Christmas but they celebrated not correctly why you might ask because it's not revealed to them [Music] it is not revealed the coming of Jesus Christ revealed his his coming you know I'm surprised when we celebrate those big holidays such as Easter or Christmas people the commit seems to commit more sin in those days than any other day you know in those days other days they might be busy working no that is [Music] but on the day of Christmas and or other holiday they have time off together it's a beauty they gather they they have some alcohol who is they drink alcohol [Music] they celebrated commit all kinds of things and it's specifically on those holidays because it's not revealed [Music] [Music] and it's good that we understand because we truly understand the the this mystery and one more point that I would like to highlight is I would like to invite you not to leave Jesus to be a little in your life yes Jesus could remain this little baby in our life because when Jesus Christ came to this earth when he was in the manger is he did not save D he was just born and for us when we have our own children yes the birth is the beginning it needed to take place Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ was born in our hearts and it was it it started from Little volatility but we should not allow for this for this some little to remain in our hearts that is yes Jesus Christ is great

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