Alright, Matthew chapter 1. Now
Saturday is December 25th and we know that our Lord was not
born on December 25th. In fact, we are not told a day
that He was born. Christmas is a pagan so-called
holy day. It was invented around the 4th
century by the Roman Catholics. in an attempt to convert pagans
to Christianity. Pagans in Europe already had
a festival where they observed the winter solstice and they
worshipped the S.U.N. and so it was just an easy thing
to create a so-called holy day that worshipped the birth of
the S.O.N. and just adopt a bunch of the
pagan rituals that were already going on. Believers don't give
any religious meaning to December 25th. We don't worship any day
above another day, and so we don't give a religious meaning
to December 25th. We worship Christ every day. Now, some folks object to Christmas
and object to gift-giving and putting trees up at Christmas,
and others don't object to it. And quite frankly, either is
fine as long as it's of faith, as long as what a man does is
of faith. But don't ever try to force others to your position. The principle of that is covered
in Romans 14. Some who object like to pick
and choose what their objections are. We're like this in many
ways when we start objecting to what somebody's doing or saying.
We like to pick and choose out of the Bible what we're going
to object to. And they accept time off work. They accept Christmas bonuses,
but then object about the other things dealing with Christmas.
Brethren, an idol is nothing. An idol is nothing. Believers
are free. An idol is absolutely nothing.
We're not attributing any religious significance to a day or to a
tree or to anything of that nature. We worship Christ. We're not
even told in Scripture to celebrate His birth. What we rejoice in
is His death and His resurrection because that's how He purged
our sins by His blood and arose to His throne. where He is saving
His people. Now since this time of the year
though is when people are thinking about the birth of Christ, I
want to speak on some things to put you in remembrance of
some things to think about in the next few days as you see
the goings on and hear the carols sung and what have you. First thing I want to point you
to, I read Matthew 1 and I read down to the end of chapter And
the first thing I want you to notice here is how these things
that took place were the fulfillment of the Scriptures. In fact, this
was Christ fulfilling the Scriptures. He's God, He's fulfilling the
Scriptures. When we see Him being born of
a virgin, and it says there in chapter 1, it says that the angel
appeared to Joseph in verse 20, And he told him that this one
that is conceived in her womb is of the Holy Ghost. And it
says, "...she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. Now
all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
of the Lord by the prophet, by Isaiah." Over in chapter 7 verse
14, this was spoken by Isaiah. A thousand years before, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with a child, and shall bring forth
a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which being interpreted
is God with us. Then Christ fulfilled what was
spoken by the prophet Micah. Brother Greg just read it. And
God promised Christ would be born in Bethlehem. So he was. It says there in Matthew 2 and
verse 4, when Herod had gathered all the chief priests and scribes
of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be
born. And they said to him, in Bethlehem of Judea, for thus
it's written by the prophet. Here's what's written, what Brother
Greg just read, Thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah art not
the least among the princes of Judah, for out of thee shall
come a governor that shall rule my people Israel. Michael said
his goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Joseph
and Mary were not living in Bethlehem. That's not where they were living.
They were living in Galilee and Nazareth. So God sovereignly
moved everything to cause Augustus Caesar to want to tax everybody,
so they had to go to their hometown to pay their taxes. And that's
where Joseph was from, so he goes to Bethlehem. But why? That
the scripture might be fulfilled. The wise men who came from the
east. It says there in verse one, chapter
two, verse one, when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, behold, there
came wise men from the east to Jerusalem. These were probably,
Abraham had a bunch of sons by one of his concubines, gave them
a gift and sent them east. These are probably some of Abraham's
distant relatives. Kings, kings, rulers of the east. And it says, they came saying,
Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen
a star in the east and have come to worship him. The psalmist
said this in Psalm 72.10. It says, The kings of Tarshish
and of the Isles shall bring presents. The kings of Sheba
and Seba shall offer gifts. It says in Psalm 72, 15, He shall
live, and to Him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Prayer
also shall be made for Him continually, and daily shall He be praised. He shall be worshipped. They'll
bow down to Him. Look down at Matthew 2 and look
at verse 11. When they were coming to the
house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother and fell
down and worshipped him. That's just what the psalmist
said they would do. And when they had opened their treasures,
they presented unto him gifts of gold. They said they would
bring gold. They brought gold and frankincense
and myrrh. There was probably many more.
We get the number three from gold, frankincense and myrrh.
There was probably many of them that came. It never says there
were three wise men. And then through his prophet
Hosea, God promised that he would call his son out of Egypt. So
God moved Joseph to go down to Egypt. He said in verse 13, When
they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to
Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the young child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt. and be there until I bring thee
word, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When
he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, departed
into Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Out of Egypt have I called my son." See how all these things
are being done to fulfill the Scriptures. Herod's wickedness,
he wickedly sent and destroyed all the male children two years
old and under. But even that was under God's
sovereign power to fulfill the Scriptures. Look at verse 16.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men,
he was mad, he sent forth and slew all the children from two
years old and under. according to the time which he
had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled
that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Ramah
was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning.
Rachel, weeping for her children, would not be comforted, because
they are not." Then Joseph turned aside. He was warned of God,
but he turned aside into Galilee because he was afraid of Herod. But that too, even Joseph turning
aside, fulfilled the Scripture. Look at verse 22. When he heard
that Archelaus did reign in Judea, in the room of his father Herod,
he was afraid to go thither. Notwithstanding, being warned
of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city
called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophets, he shall be called a Nazarene. So, as you're
thinking about all the things going on and all the things that
are being said and you hear folks saying this time of year. I want
you to learn, I want you to take away some things about the fact
that everything here fulfilled the Scripture. This is the first
point that I want to show you. I just want to give you a few
things to take from this that He fulfilled all the Scripture.
Remember, everything written in the Old Testament Just like
everything in the New Testament is concerning the Lord Jesus
Christ. He's in every verse. If we don't
see Him, it's not because He's not there. It's just because
we don't see Him. He's in every verse. Some way it all leads
to Christ. Everything. Listen to what Paul
said in Romans 1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,
called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, which
he had promised before by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures
concerning his son Jesus Christ our Lord. Everything these Old
Testament Scriptures speak about, they spoke about Christ. Over
and over and over, we see that it might be fulfilled, which
was written by the prophets. Then secondly, remember this,
when you see all this being fulfilled exactly, and it goes on through
the Scriptures. Everything the Pharisees did
in going after our Lord, all the way up to crucifying Him,
all the way up to our Lord crying out, I thirst on the cross. That
was so they would give Him the vinegar so that the Scriptures
would be fulfilled. Everything was fulfilling of
the Scriptures. And by that we see, even after
He died, Adam, They cast lots for His garments to fulfill the
Scriptures. And you see these things going
on and you say, well, Christ wasn't in control of these things.
Of course He was! He's God! And what we see here
is He's absolutely sovereign to fulfill every word He promised
in His Scriptures. You're familiar with Isaiah 45.20.
This is a challenge. that God issues to idolaters
and all their idol gods. And when He says idolaters, we're
talking about folks sitting in first Baptist churches who worship
a God, they call Jesus, they can't do anything but what they
permit Him to do. That's an idol that they're worshiping. And listen to what the Lord issues
this challenge. Listen to what He said. Assemble
yourselves and come, draw near together, ye that are escaped
of the nations." They have no knowledge to set up the wood
of their graven image and pray unto a God that cannot save. Men will say, well, we don't
set up the wood of a graven image, but when you pray to a God that
you say cannot save you unless you by your will let Him, you're
praying to a God that cannot save. And this is what God says
to men that say that. Let them take counsel together.
Let all their idolaters and all their idol gods, let them take
counsel together, God said. Let them all get together and
come up with their greatest wisdom they can come up with. Who hath
declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from that time?
Have not I the Lord? He said, I've told, I've given
my word and my promise that I'm going to bring the past from
the beginning, from eternity. And there's no God else beside
me. a just God and a Savior. There's
none beside me. Look unto me and be you saved
all the ends of the earth. God's people aren't looking to
Christ to give Him permission to save us and decide, well,
we'll cast our vote for Jesus. We are looking to Him to do all
the saving. All the saving. But you see,
God's sovereign, brethren. If God promised it, it's coming
to pass. And that's another thing, by
God promising and then fulfilling everything He promised, reading,
and thus it is written, it was written that it might be fulfilled,
reading this over and over, know this, this Word should be believed. We should believe this Word,
because God promised. No other God. God separates Himself
from all man-made imagined gods by saying, I'm the only God,
He says, that will tell you what I'm going to do beforehand and
then bring it to pass exactly like I said I'd do it. That differentiates
Him from every other so-called God in this world. Listen to
Isaiah 45, 23. I have sworn by myself the words
gone out of my mouth in righteousness and shall not return that unto
me Every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear. Surely
shall one say, in the Lord have our righteousness and strength.
Even to him shall men come, and all that are incensed against
him shall be ashamed. You know what he's saying? He's
saying, I'm going to save every one of my people, and everybody
that rejects me are going to be ashamed. Now his word is sure. Every word shall come to pass. He said it will not return to
him void. And then by Christ fulfilling these prophets, we
learned that Christ has indeed done what He came to do. He came
to fulfill the Law and the Prophets. And just seeing Him fulfill these
right here, we know assuredly Christ did. He accomplished what
He came to do. He fulfilled the Law and the
Prophets. He said in Matthew 5.17, Think
not that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. Men will
read that, and men say, see there, the law is still in effect. You
still have to keep the law if you want to be saved. Okay, if
that's what that means, then you also have to fulfill the
prophets. Well, nobody would think we need
to fulfill the prophets. He had to fulfill the law too.
He came to fulfill the law and the prophets. Christ did. And
He said, I didn't come to destroy it, I came to fulfill it. He
said, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in
no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled. That's why
Christ come. Paul said, if righteousness come
by the law, Christ died in vain. That's a serious thing. If you have to add one work,
if we have to add one work to save ourselves, Christ died in
vain. That says the whole purpose for
which Christ came to do was to do all the work, A to Z, to save
His people from our sin. And that's what He accomplished.
Seeing Him fulfill these Scriptures, we know He accomplished what
He came to do. He fulfilled the Scriptures.
It's said there in Matthew 1.21, His name is Jesus, for He shall
save His people from their sin. That's what He did. That's what
he did. This world is telling you what
you need to do to accept Jesus, make your decision for Christ
and accept Jesus and what work you need to do and how you need
to make this choice and accept him. The gospel declares the
work Christ did, the work Christ finished so that God can accept
sinners. So that God can accept sinners. We will believe on Him. We must
believe on Him. Cast all your care on Him. But
I'm not going to stand here and preach to you what Free Will
Works religion preaches to you. I'll tell you, receive Christ,
accept the Lord Jesus, but how shall they hear unless He be
preached? How shall they call on Him of
whom they have not heard? He's got to be declared. We've
got to declare Him that if you call on Him, it's because He's
called you and drawn you. Now secondly, I want you to see
this. Here is why all this is so. This is why all these scriptures
were fulfilled by Christ. This is why Christ has accomplished
salvation. Here is why. Because He is the
King. He is the King. Look here in
Matthew 2 verse 2. They came asking, where is He
that is born King of the Jews? He was born that way. Now if
you are born the King, that means you were a King before you were
born. He was born the king of the Jews. Go with me to Isaiah
chapter 9. Isaiah 9 verse 6. Well, he's talking here, let
me give you some context, about how that every battle the warriors
with confused noise and garments rolled in blood, but this shall
be with burning and fuel of fire. This is going to be a work of
judgment like no other work that's ever been done. And who's going
to do it? Look here, verse 6. For unto
us a child is born, unto us a son is given. He is the Son of David. He is the child born, the Son
of David, all man. And He is the Son of God, the
Son given, the God-man, mediator. And the government shall be upon
His shoulder. He's the King. And His name shall
be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace. Hold your place right there.
The government has been on Christ's shoulder from eternity. The government
has been on His shoulder. He has always been the King.
He is the eternal Son of God. His name has always been Wonderful,
Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince
of Peace. The Son of God came and took
flesh and the Son of David. He came as the Son of David,
God and man, to redeem His sinful people from our sins, to satisfy
God's holy law and justify His people. And because the government
of His church and His kingdom is on His shoulder, it's always
been on His shoulder. God never did put it on our shoulder. It's always been on His shoulder.
It's on His shoulder means it's His responsibility. He's the
true King who David typified. When he made Adam, he said, let
us make man after our image. When he made the tabernacle,
he brought Moses up and said, let me show you the pattern,
Moses. Well, when he made Israel and made that kingdom and made
David the king and put David on an earthly throne and an earthly
government over an earthly nation, where do you think the pattern,
where do you think that they got the pattern for that? God
already set that up. Christ is the King. His elect
make up the Kingdom. And He's been the King. David
typified Christ the King. Israel typified Christ's Kingdom,
His Church that He saved. Isaiah 145 13 said thy kingdom
is an everlasting kingdom That doesn't mean it starts today,
and it goes on and never ends Everlasting means it has no beginning
and it has no ending It's always been Thy kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom. Thy dominion endureth throughout
all generations. Since Christ came into this earth
and He fulfilled all the law and the prophets as a man under
the law, since He fulfilled all the righteousness of God for
His people, He shall not lose one of His people. Every single
citizen that makes up this heavenly kingdom shall be called into
this kingdom. The only way to get into this
kingdom is to be born again. And that's to be born from above.
We can't make ourselves enter this kingdom. We have to be born
into this kingdom. Just like He was born into this
nation right here. And that's of God. We have to
be born of God. And He shall call each one into
His kingdom and His government shall never cease. Look here
in verse 7, Isaiah 9 verse 7. of the increase of His government
and peace, there shall be no end. Upon the throne of David
and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment
and with justice henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord
of hosts will perform this." You see there he says, The increase
of His government and a peace there shall be no end. He's going
to sit upon the throne of David, upon His kingdom to order it
and to establish it with judgment and justice from henceforth even
forever. When He entered into covenant
with God the Father to fulfill all the everlasting covenant
promises, He ordered that covenant. It was ordered in all things
and sure from eternity. Every bit of it. When He came
into this earth and laid down His life and shed His precious
blood, He fulfilled what He already promised in eternity. It was
established from eternity by His covenant promise. The blood
shedding was Him making it known and going forth and accomplishing
that which He promised He would accomplish. He established it.
And it's established with judgment and justice. He came forth and
He answered to the justice of God for His people. You remember,
I'm going to get into my next message if I say this, but how
is it that God takes vengeance on wicked sinners in this world,
and yet His people sin, but God will never take vengeance on
you? You know what vengeance is? Vengeance is just God giving
the just recompense that sinners earn by our sin. Why would God
not give you that, who believe? Because when Christ laid down
His life on the cross, it was called the day of vengeance,
the day of vengeance of our God. He gave to Christ, our substitute,
the vengeance that you and I deserved, His people. And Christ bore that
and satisfied the judgment of God for His people. And that's
why God didn't destroy you and me when we were born and while
we hated God and walked with our Hearts turned completely,
totally against Him all our days. How could He have mercy on you
then? The same way He can have mercy on you when you sin now. Because Christ satisfied justice. The Prince of Peace brought in
everlasting peace between God and His people. He didn't come
to create peace on earth. Now He does in the hearts of
His people. But he said, I didn't come to
send peace, but a sword. A man's enemies will be they
of his own household. If he saves one and don't save
the other, there's not going to be peace. But listen to this,
brethren. He came to save his people from
our sins, and when he cried out, it is finished, that's what he
was declaring. It's finished. I've done it.
I've done it. So now the glorified God-man
is risen to His throne. God said, sit here at my right
hand till I make your enemies your what? Your footstool. What's a footstool? A throne
had a footstool. And Christ is sit down on the
throne because the work is finished and He's going to sit there till
all His enemies are made His footstool. And everyone shout,
those that are His elect, that are enemies in our minds by wicked
works, we're going to be brought down to kiss His feet. And those
that pass through this life rejecting him and meet him in the day of
judgment, they're gonna bow and kiss his feet too. But all his
enemies are gonna be made his footstool. He said, ìAll power
is given unto Me in heaven and on earth.î That means Heís ordering
the universe because Heís the King of kings and Heís the Lord
of lords. Heís the head of His church.
He fills all in all in His church. He is the pastor who is God,
whoís able to send the gospel, shepherd His sheep, bring them
into the fold, quicken them, make them see theyíve been redeemed,
keep them, correct them, lead them, guide them. Bring Him all
the way to glory. That's who He is. All power in
heaven and earth is His. All we're sent to do is declare
His name. And whatever takes place on this
earth that's against Him, He's ruling that too. Because the
King's heart is in the hand of the Lord. The kings of this earth. Their heart is in the hand of
the King of kings. As the rivers of water, He turns
it whether so ever He will. That's why they came saying,
where is He that's born King of the Jews? Now, let me ask
you this question, and we'll be done. They came saying, where's
he that's born King of the Jews? Who are these Jews? Who are these
Jews he's King of? Who are these wise men? Why are
they wise? Well, wise men are the Jews of
whom Christ is the King. And the Jews of whom Christ is
the King are made wise men. Some were among the natural Jews.
Not all of them, not all of Israel are of Israel. But the children
of promise were the Jews. Some are among the Gentiles.
These wise men that came, some people think they were Jews.
I don't think they were Jews at all. They came from the East. And right there, right off the
bat, the Lord is saying, I got a people that's Gentiles too.
But they're Jews, they're true Jews, and they're true wise men
because they're made so by God. They were chosen by God by His
free grace before the world was made. Christ came and laid down
His life for them. His name is Jesus, for He shall
save who? His people from their sin. And
they're going to be quickened and regenerated and given a new
heart that comes and bows to Christ and feeds on Christ the
bread forever and ever. Because those that are true Jews,
they never get tired of the bread. Those that are not true Jews
eventually will say, we've heard all that. Preach something else
to us. Tell us what we can do. And they
go back to Egypt. These that are true Jews feed
on the bread. He's not a Jew which is one outwardly.
Neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh.
He's a Jew which is one inwardly. Circumcision is that of the heart
and the spirit, not in the letter, whose praise is not of men but
of God. Aren't you glad that Joseph was
a true Jew? Aren't you glad? I'll tell you
why I'm glad he was. Because if he wouldn't have been,
The Lord wouldn't have spoken into his heart and he would have
judged by the outward appearance that Mary had become pregnant
by another man and he would have put her away. And he'd have been wrong, wouldn't
he? But God spoke to his heart and reminded him, she's mine
and you're mine. And that one that's in her, he's
the son of God. He's the son of God. Well, are
you a true Jew? True Jews are like these wise
men. They come to Christ, confessing
Him King, confessing Him Savior, casting all their care on Him
to save. And they never stop doing it.
They never stop doing it. Herod was not a wise man. He
was not a true Jew. When Herod the King, verse 3,
heard these things, he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him. And
he sought to kill Christ. Why? He was dead in sins. He was dead in trespasses and
in sins. He had an office of a king, but
he was put there by the Romans and he was just doing what they
told him to do. But it alarms all unregenerate men because
every sinner in this world, especially if he's religious, thinks he's
the king. And he thinks he must call the
shots. And he will not have Christ reign
over him. He will not bow to Christ, bow to his providence,
bow to his gospel, bow to his word, bow to his way, he will
not bow to Christ. He shouts, unfair that he saved
some and not others, unfair that my works can't have a part in
it, unfair! He will not have Christ's reign
over him, so he persecutes, he can't get to Christ, so he's
gonna persecute Christ's preacher and his people and try to destroy
the gospel from out in their midst. But he can't win, because
here's why. Revelation 17 verse 4 says, These
shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them.
These shall make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb shall overcome
them. For He is Lord of lords and King
of kings, and they that are with Him are called and chosen and
faithful. So He will not succeed. But true
Jews, made wise by Christ, by Christ our wisdom, what do they
do? They come to Christ. These wise
men came from the east. They came from the east. When
Adam sinned in the garden, he was cast out east of Eden. He
was cast out into the east. And it's a picture of them sinners
coming to Christ. Those that have been cast out,
they're sinners, they come to Christ. When God cast him out,
at the east of Eden, at the east of the garden, He put cherubims
and a flaming sword to keep the way of the tree of life. What
is all that picture? They came to Jerusalem first,
but there was no gospel in Jerusalem. The gospel had been in Jerusalem
for 400 years. The Lord hadn't spoke to anybody
in Jerusalem by the Holy Spirit. The Ark hadn't been in the Holy
of Holies for 400 years. They were just going through
the motions. But they come there, and the
star led them from there to Bethlehem, to the house of bread. Christ's
wise men are going to leave religion. They're going to leave religion
where there is no Christ, and He's going to lead them to the
house of bread. That's where He's going to lead
them. And they're guided by the star, by the light. Numbers 24,
17 says, There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall
rise out of Israel. Here's the king, here's the scepter,
and there's the star that's risen out of Jacob. That's Christ.
And Christ Jesus, the day star, He's leading these men to the
tree of life. How's He doing it? He's using
the star. The cherubims at the east of Eden and the star, Christ's
preachers are called stars in His hand. Why? Not because they
have any light, because they get their light from Christ,
because they preach Christ the light. And they lead sinners,
they're called angels, cherubims. And they lead sinners by preaching
the sword, by preaching the sword. There was cherubims and there
was a sword to keep the way of the tree of life. There's no
coming in here to this tree of life. except by the star, by
the preaching of the gospel through one of his ministers, by the
sword of the gospel, killing and making alive, and by him
bringing you to Christ the tree of life, to Christ the bread.
And that's what's pictured here, what these wise men coming from
the east and coming to Christ. And what do they do when they
get to Christ? What do wise men, what do true Jews do when they
come to Christ? They came to Christ and they
bowed down and they worshiped Him. They bowed down and they
worshiped Him. They brought gifts. The psalmist
said, they'll praise the Lord. And that's what true wise men,
true Jews, they're led by the Spirit of God, they're led by
the Word of the Gospel, and they come and they bow down to Christ,
and they worship Christ, and they praise Christ, and they
offer up the calves of their lamb. And they never stop doing
so. Because we never have reason
to stop praising Him and giving Him all the glory. Brethren,
the Scriptures must be fulfilled. Everything that our Lord promised,
He's doing. Everything He promised. There's
nothing that's coming to pass for us that He didn't tell us
exactly will come to pass. He said, you're not going to
have peace in this world. He said, My peace I give you.
Not as the world gives. Men are going to be singing,
about peace, you know, but the peace is Christ. Christ is our
peace. He's the Prince of Peace. He
doesn't give peace like the world gives it. This is how He gives
it, right here. And all these scriptures are
going to be fulfilled. He said in this world, you're going to
have tribulation. Was He true? Yes, He's true. We're going to
have it. Why do we have to have tribulation? So that we know,
and don't ever forget, we're not saving ourselves. He's doing
the saving. He's doing the saving. You made
it through the day for one reason. He's doing the saving. That's
it. And when I say made it through
the day, I don't just mean you made it alive through the day.
I mean you continue to believe in Him today. That's what I'm
saying. And His people are going to keep believing in Him right
up until the day He takes this earthly body away from us and
He is going to bring us into glory. Because these scriptures
must be fulfilled. And this scripture says His name
is Jesus, Savior, for He shall save His people from their sin. So when you are hearing about
the cute little baby Jesus, remember He is King of Kings and Lord
of Lords. He was born for one reason, to die and save his people
and glorify God. And not now, that same one. You know, when he was up nursing
his mother, if he would have revealed his glory to her while
he was nursing at her breath, if he'd have revealed his glory
to her, she'd have fell back just like them fellas did that
came to arrest him. She'd have fell backwards. He's
always been the King of Kings. He's God in human flesh. That's
who He is. And He accomplished the work.
He saved His people. I pray we can sing those carols
when we hear them. I pray we hear and think about
Him and worship Him and know He's not some little helpless
infant in a manger. He's the King of Kings. He's
the King of Kings. It was all to fulfill His Word.
Amen.