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THE LORDS BIRTH THE LORDS DEATH
1. Commemoration not authorized or command- ed by
Christ - "of men"
1. Commemoration Au- thorizedcommanded by Christ
(Matt. 26 26-29)
2. We are not told how to observe it -- of men
2. We are told how to observe it (Matt. 2626-28)
3. We are not told when to observe it -- of men
3. We are shown when to observe it (Acts 207)
4. We are not told where to observe it -- of men
4. We are told where to observe it (Acts 207 1
Cor. 1120-25)
5. Observed by no Christian in apostolic age -
originated in later apostasy (Matt. 159)
5. Observed by all Christians in apostolic age
(Acts 242 207 1 Cor. 1123)
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"There is no evidence of the existence of a Feast
of the Nativity before the 4th century."
(Encyclopedia Of Religion Ethics, III601, via
Joe Price, Oh come all ye faithful) "There is
no historical evidence that our Lord's birthday
was celebrated during the apostolic or early
post-apostolic times." (Schaff-Herzog
Encyclopedia, III47.) "According to authentic
records, no church festival was held in
celebration of Christ's birth, until the first
half of the fourth century." (The Encyclopedia of
Religion, by Fern, via David J. Riggs,
Christmas) Christmas was not among the
earliest festivals of the Church. (The Catholic
Encyclopedia, http//www.newadvent.org/cathen/0372
4b.htm)
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SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELDS (Lk. 28-20) "...the
Jews sent out their flocks into mountainous and
desert regions during the summer months, and took
them up in the latter part of October or the
first part of November, when the cold weather
commenced." (Albert Barnes, Barnes' Notes on the
New Testament, Vol. 1, p. 189)
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WHY WAS JESUS BORN?
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WHY WAS JESUS BORN?
Matt. 517-18 Think not that I came to destroy
the law or the prophets I came not to destroy,
but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all
things be accomplished.
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WHY WAS JESUS BORN?
I. SO THAT DIETY COULD TABERNACLE IN THE FLESH,
Isa. 22 42 111, 10 Rom. 1512 Isa. 714
96 Matt. 123 Jno. 11-3, 14 852-53 Phil.
25-7 Gal. 44
II. HE CAME TO BEAR WITNESS OF TRUTH, Jno. 18
37 Isa. 611-2 Lk. 418-19, 21 Matt. 112-6
Isa. 355-6 Isa. 495-6 Acts 1347 Isa. 5311
Matt. 121 417 Lk. 133 2447 Rom. 323
Jno. 316 146 1837 Mk. 1616 Heb. 59 1
Pet. 122-23 2 Thes. 17-8
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WHY WAS JESUS BORN?
I. SO THAT DIETY COULD TABERNACLE IN THE
FLESH II. HE CAME TO BEAR WITNESS OF TRUTH III.
HE CAME TO BE KING OVER A PROPHESIED KINGDOM,
Dan. 244 Acts 230 2 Sam. 713-14 Ps. 13211
Isa. 111 96-7 Jer. 235-6 Matt. 417 Mk.
91 Matt. 1618-18 Jno. 1833, 36-37 Acts 2
30-36 Col. 113 Heb. 1228
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WHY WAS JESUS BORN?
I. SO THAT DIETY COULD TABERNACLE IN THE
FLESH II. HE CAME TO BEAR WITNESS OF TRUTH III.
HE CAME TO BE KING OVER A PROPHESIED KINGDOM IV.
JESUS CAME TO SAVE SINNERS! Rom. 323 Isa.
531-12 Matt. 2028 Lk. 532 1910 129
Acts 832-34 (Isa. 53) Mk. 1615 Rom. 116
Acts 412 Mk. 1616 Rom. 109-10 Acts 238
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Prophecy of Isaiah
N.T. Record of Fulfillment
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WHY WAS JESUS BORN?
I. SO THAT DIETY COULD TABERNACLE IN THE
FLESH II. HE CAME TO BEAR WITNESS OF TRUTH III.
HE CAME TO BE KING OVER A PROPHESIED KINGDOM IV.
JESUS CAME TO SAVE SINNERS! Rom. 323 Isa.
531-12 Matt. 2028 Lk. 532 1910 129
Acts 832-34 (Isa. 53) Mk. 1615 Rom. 116
Acts 412 Mk. 1616 Rom. 109-10 Acts 238