The Birth of a King

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The Birth of a King

• Luke 1-2

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The Birth of a King

• The unique circumstances surrounding Christs
  birth demonstrate the He is the Son of God.

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The Birth of a King

• Jesus was
• I. Announced by an Angel (126).
• II. Descended from David (127).

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The Birth of a King

• When your days are complete and you lie down
  with your fathers, I will raise up your
  descendant after you, who will come forth from
  you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall
  build a house for My name, and I will establish
  the throne of his kingdom forever.
• 2 Sam 712-13

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• For a child will be born to us, a son will be
  given to us And the government will rest on His
  shoulders And His name will be called Wonderful
  Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of
  Peace.

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The Birth of a King

• There will be no end to the increase of His
  government or of peace, On the throne of David
  and over his kingdom, To establish it and to
  uphold it with justice and righteousness From
  then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of
  hosts will accomplish this.
• Isaiah 96-7

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The Birth of a King

• Jesus was
• I. Announced by an Angel (126).
• II. Descended from David (127).
• III. Born of a virgin (128-38).

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The Birth of a King

• Christmas art depicts Jesus family as icons
  stamped in gold foil, with a calm Mary receiving
  the tidings of the Annunciation as a kind of
  benediction. But that is not at all how Luke
  tells the story. Mary was greatly troubled and
  afraid at the angels appearance, and when the
  angel pronounced the sublime words about the Son
  of the Most High whose kingdom will never end,
  Mary had something far more mundane on her mind
  But Im a virgin!...

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• In the modern United States, where each year a
  million teenage girls get pregnant out of
  wedlock, Marys predicament has undoubtedly lost
  some of its force, but in a closely knit Jewish
  community in the first century, the news an angel
  brought could not have been entirely welcome.
  The law regarded a betrothed woman who became
  pregnant as an adulteress, subject to death by
  stoning.
• Philip Yancey

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The Birth of a King

• Jesus was
• I. Announced by an Angel (126).
• II. Descended from David (127).
• III. Born of a virgin (128-38).
• IV. Born in Bethlehem (21-6).

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The Birth of a King

• Everything that can be invented has been
  invented.
• Charles H. Duell,
• Director of U.S. Patent Office, 1899

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The Birth of a King

• Heavier-than-air flying machines are
  impossible.
• Lord Kelvin
• President Royal Society

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The Birth of a King

• I think there is a world market for about five
  computers.
• Thomas J. Watson, 1943 Chairman of the
  Board of IBM

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The Birth of a King

• We dont think the Beatles will do anything in
  their market. Guitar groups are on their way
  out.
• Dick Rowe
• Decca Records AR Chief, 1962

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• But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little
  to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will
  go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings
  forth are from long ago, From the days of
  eternity.
• Micah 52

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The Birth of a King

• Jesus was
• I. Announced by an Angel (126).
• II. Descended from David (127).
• III. Born of a virgin (128-38).
• IV. Born in Bethlehem (21-6).
• V. Born in Humble Surroundings (27).