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The Joy of Christmas (Luke 2:10-20)
Then the angels said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. (Luke 2:10)
4 comings
1 – Jesus coming in the manger
2 – Jesus coming into the hearts of the believers
3 – Jesus coming at the rapture to catch up His church
4 – Jesus coming to the Earth
While we look forward to Jesus’ 2nd coming, Mary was looking forward to His 1st coming.
Luke 1:26-56
Mary did not lift herself up but gave glory to the Lord. She was blessed just to have a part.
Illustration – power outage.
Power – the Greek word for Power is the word where we get our words – dynamite, dynamo, dynamic
We have access to the power of God through faith in Jesus
Through fellowship (Koinonia) with Jesus our joy is full – 1 John 1:1-4
Our joy comes from the position of our heart relationship, and is not variable like happiness, it should be constant. It does not depend upon our circumstances.
When we experience sorrow, sadness and confusion, we still have Joy.
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