“The Emotions of Christmas: Fear and Awe” Sunday Service (9:30 AM in the GYM and 9:45 AM Live Stream)

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December 11, 2021

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Title: Emotions of Christmas: Fear and Awe

Theme: Revere, honor & serve the Lord with all your heart. For consider what great things He has done for you.

Reference: Luke 2:8-20

  1. Christ’s birth is a Divine _____________________.
    1. Any unexpected supernatural visitor rattles those he visits. V. 9.
    2. THE Divine visitation of all time: God’s Son becomes human.
  2. Christ’s birth is a Divine _______________________.
    1. Our meditation shifts to Matthew 2, King Herod’s representative reaction
    2. When God’s Word invades earth in His people’s witness, more, when He invades earth in the Person of His Son, the kingdom of self feels threatened.
  3. Christ’s birth is also a Divine ___________________.
    1. What the angel/angels told the shepherds is no less true today.
    2. A brief application to believers.

Questions for Study:

  • What are some good forms of fear? Bad forms? What thing or things make the difference between the two?
  • We find the word “fear” or “fear not” eight times in Luke’s first two chapters, chapters associated with events connected with Christ’s birth. Some forms of fear are implied. Besides the shepherds’ terror at the angelic visit, what other form/forms of fear do they display in the rest of the account, vv. 15-20?
  • Have people, have we, lost our sense of awe at God, His character and mighty works (such as the sending of His Son into this world)? Why? How do we cooperate with the Lord that He may help us recover our sense of awe at Him?