12.11.11 - Home for Christmas

“Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

 

What would Christmas at God’s House look like? Christmas is a time for the Lord to speak strongly not only to His children but to ALL who will hear. Lets look today at the very first Christmas and all the people involved.

Joseph - young man of integrity, honor & righteousness

Mary - young lady with a heart of obedience to God and an unswerving belief that nothing is impossible with God

Zechariah - faithful preist who had seen too much

Elizabeth - the barren wife that the Lord remembered

Innkeeper - made room for a desperate family

Shepherds - working men who testified of a miracle

Simeon - prayer warrior moved by the Holy Spirit

Anna - prophetess, worshipper, and intercessor

Herod - driven by lust for power and fear

Wisemen - foreign kings seeking the one true King

All these people had something in common: the Holy Spirit was speaking mightily to them - even Herod who rejected the truth becasue of his heart controlled by self

LUKE 14 - A picture of God’s Christmas Banquet

Who has the right to be there? John 1:12

Who was invited? Who did the master send to invite them? How did they respond? 

What is the Lord teaching you this season about your home? What excuses go through your why you’re not able to participate in the Kingdom? As a servant do you understand the urgency to compel others to respond to the Master’s invitation? 

12.11.11 - Home for Christmas