WHAT DOES CHRISTMAS MEAN?

                                               GALATIANS 4                                                     Pastor Rick Jackson

 

That night when in the Judean skies

The mystic star dispensed its light,

A blind man moved in his sleep-

And dreamed that he had sight!

 

That night when shepherds heard the song

Of hosts angelic choiring near,

A deaf man stirred in slumber’s spell-

And dreamed that he could hear!

 

That night when in the cattle stall

Slept child and mother cheek by jowl,

A cripple turned his twisted limbs-

And dreamed that he was whole!

 

That night when o’er the newborn babe

The tender Mary rose to lean,

A loathsome leper smiled in sleep-

And dreamed that he was clean!

 

That night when to the mother’s breast

The little King was held secure,

A harlot slept a happy sleep-

And dreamed that she was pure!

 

That night when in the manger lay

The sanctified who came to save,

A man moved in the sleep of death-

And dreamed there was no grave!

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I. CHRISTMAS MEANS GOD GAVE

 

1. God Saw [4:3]

 

2. God Sent [4:4]

 

3. God Satisfied [4:4-5]

 

II. CHRISTMAS MEANS CHRIST CAME

 

1. Christ Came to Justify (dikaioo) to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent [2:16-17, 3:8, 11, 24, 5:4]

 

2. Christ Came to Redeem (exagorazo) to buy up, i.e. ransom [3:13, 4:5]

 

3. Christ Came to Adopt (huiothesia) the placing as a son, i.e. adoption [4:5]

 

III. CHRISTMAS MEANS PRESENTS

 

1. The Present of the Indwelling Spirit [3:1-5, 13-14]

 

2. The Present of the Blessings of Abraham [3:6-14]

 

3. The Present of the Adoptions of Sons [4:5-7]