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Christmas Eve Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard
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2. The Importance of Jesus’ Virgin Birth

3. The early Church did not celebrate Christ's birth, at all.

4. They were far more concerned with His death, resurrection, ascension and session.

5. Eccl 7:1b, “The day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.”

6. So when we celebrate His birth we must emphasize His death, resurrection, ascension and session as the ultimate reason for why He was born.

7. Why did Jesus have to become a man, especially by means of the virgin birth?

8. 1. To be our Savior by paying the penalty for our sins as a like kind sacrifice - humanity. John 13 and Eph 5

9. Eph 5:1-2, “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.”

10. Jesus came to pay the penalty for our sins, thereby creating the opportunity for salvation for every member of the human race.

11. 2. To establish true humanity and His rightful relation to the people of the earth. John 3:16; Rom 8:3; Heb 2:14-15, 17-18

12. Rom 8:3, “For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh.”

13. Heb 2:14, “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.”

14. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”

15. 3. God can not sin and can have nothing to do with sin, therefore pure deity could not be our Savior. James 1:13

16. Also an animal could not pay for the sins of mankind because they are a lower creature. Heb 9:11-14; 10:1-7, 10

17. So God found a way to have our sins paid for so that we could be reconciled to Him; by sending His Son through the virgin birth. Mat 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-37 with 2 Cor 5:21; Phil 2:5-8; Heb 12:2

18. 2 Cor 5:21, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

19. Heb 12:2, “Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

20. Communion

21. Luke 2:8 tells us that an angel appeared to “some shepherds staying out in the fields who were keeping watch over their flock by night.”

22. Grace Offering

23. Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, December 24, Tape # Christmas Eve Special The Importance of Jesus’ Virgin Birth James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2009