Christmas is about reflecting on Jesus coming
Isaiah 7:14
Luke 2:8 - 20
Matthew 2:1 - 12
The Story of Christmas - Jesus is Born
Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18 - 19
The Pinnacle of reconciliation in the Bible.
Isaiah 7:14
Immanuel God with us.
God in us.
He is with us. In us.
Forest Gump - rejected by everyone on the bus, except Jenny.
Elvis: 'I'll be blue at Christmas without you."
Loneliness
Dawkins: "The universe offers nothing, just pitiless existence."
Dawkins is wrong
Genesis 2:18
God with us mentioned hundreds of times in the Old Testament.
Jesus with us in human form.
The Holy Spirit with us.
Acts 4:13
They noted that Jesus had been with them.
A triumph for the theif on the cross.
Freedom for people who are addicted.
Loneliness means we are made for God.
Loneliness increasing.
3/4 Americans report loneliness.
Minister of Loneliness in the U.K.
Immanuel - a picture of God and sinners reconciled.
The message of Christmas is Immanuel. God with us. God and sinners reconciled. You and I moving closer to God.
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