Wonder
The Wonder of Jesus
Luke 1:26-38
The Wonder of Jesus
Luke1:26-38 and Matthew 1:20-25
“Mary responded, ‘I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.’” --Luke 1:38
“When Joseph work up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded…” --Matthew 1:24
Jesus changed the World!
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Jesus Changed TIME ITSELF
Luke 2:1-2, “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
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Jesus Changed THE WAY we THINK
Matthew 22:37, ‘…love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’
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Jesus Changed the VALUE of a LIFE
Galatians 3:28, “There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
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Jesus Changed the world with COMPASSION
Jesus said, ‘I tell you the truth when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’
“Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about Him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history of western culture for 20 centuries. If it were possible, with some sort of super-magnet, to pull up out of history every scrap of metal bearing at least a trace of His name, how much would be left?” --Jerislav Pelikan
Final thought: Jesus changed the ENTIRE WORLD; but have you let Him, CHANGE YOURS?
Series Information
Christmas is a season filled with wonder. From the focus and response of children on Christmas morning to the miracle of the birth of Christ, including the responses of the "characters" of the Christmas story-- in a word, it is simply WONDER! The wonder for "wonder-sake" but ultimately Wonder that points to God.