Luke 2:6-11Luke 2:6-11 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:6-11Luke 2:6-11 8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Luke 2:6-11Luke 2:6-1110But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.”

10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.”

ASavior

IsBorn

“One Solitary Life”

What Would Our World Be Like Without Jesus?

What Would “Your World”

Be Like Without Jesus

If He Hadn’t Come…

1. I would not UNDERSTAND God.(Ephesians 3:16-19)

16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power

through His Spirit in the inner man

17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and

grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what

is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled

up to all the fullness of God.

If He Hadn’t Come…2. I would not know how God

FEELS ABOUT ME.4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation

of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according

to the kind intention of His will.(Ephesians 1:4-5)

If He Hadn’t Come…3. I would not know MY INHERITANCE.

(Ephesians 1:11-14)11also we have obtained an inheritance, having

been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,

12to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.

13In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation – having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the

Holy Spirit of promise, 14who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the

redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

If He Hadn’t Come…4. I would be

WITHOUT HOPE.

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

(Ephesians 2:1)

If He Hadn’t Come…4. I would be

WITHOUT HOPE.

remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise,

having no hope and without God in the world.(Ephesians 2:12)

If He Hadn’t Come…5. We would not be

TOGETHER.

(Ephesians 2:19-22) 19So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the

saints, and are of God’s household

20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself

being the corner stone, 21in whom the whole building, being fitted together,

is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, 22in whom you also are being built

together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

If He Hadn’t Come…6. I would not be able to

APPROACH GOD.

in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

(Ephesians 3:12)

NO WONDER

The excitement about His coming!

Who Was Excited?Mary

AngelsHeavenly Host

ShepherdsSimeon

Anna

AreYOU EXCITED

That God came?

What If He HadNot Come?

How would your life be different?