2. “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a savior, who is Christ the lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Luke 2:10-12

3. “But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem…” Galatians 4:4-5
Born to be savior

4. What kind of savior?
“She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21)
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10)
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for man” (Mark 10:45)

5. What kind of savior?
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep” (John 10:11)

6. Jesus tasted death to become the source of eternal salvation .
Hebrews 2:9-18
The crowning of Jesus came with His death, not His birth (v. 9).
Philippians 2:6-9
Jesus was born to be perfected through the sufferings of death (v. 10).
Hebrews 4:15; 5:8-9

7. Jesus tasted death to become the source of eternal salvation .
Hebrews 2:9-18
Through His death, not His birth, Jesus has made the devil powerless to believers who obey the Lord (v. 14).
John 8:44; Ephesians 2:2; Romans 6:23
Having been in the likeness of men in life and in death, Jesus is now able to propitiate for the sins of men (v. 17).