The Great Day

The Great Day
Luke 2:11

Sermon by Jack Nazary
Ebenezer Baptist - 2003

A Saviour! Everything in this announcement of the angels gathers around that precious word!

Seven features are supplied:
1. Who He is - Christ the Lord
2. How He came - unto you is born a saviour
3. Where He was born - in city of David
4. When He was born - this day
5. Why He was born - a savior - sin, death, hell
6. Unto whom He came - unto you
7. What feeling - should be ours in reaction to the joyous tidings - Luke 2:10 "For" refers to verse 10; "fear not"; "fullness of joy"

Who it was who came? "Christ the Lord"
Long predicted Messiah
Long expected Messiah
God appointed, God anointed one "the Lord" Jehovah
That word "the Lord" would startle the shepherds beyond measure and it should in like manner effect you and me!

See how He came - "unto you is born...a savior"
How this sanctifies human motherhood!
How it honors motherhood! In contrast to non-christian religious and present day tendencies.
What dignity it confers on our race! For it links God Himself with it!
How it proves the real manhood of Christ!
If He was born then He is truly human as will as divine - think of it God the Son was humanly born - O' the mystery of it!

See where He was born - "the city of David"
what historical connections - Bethlehem had for those shepherds. It was there that Jacob's beloved Rachel died; where gentle Ruth became the wife of Boaz. It was the city of the mighty warrior Joab. But above all it was David's city, born there, there learned to sling his stones, play his harp, sing his psalms. and it was David's messiah, successor for whom all were waiting.

Remember when He was born "this day" - what joy to the shepherds, How condemning it is to us. This day was 2000 years ago, yet there are millions who have never heard.

We see why He was born - "unto you is born a saviour"
Would they have come with the same excitement to announce the birth of a ...philosopher, a statesman, a warrior, a reformer????
No, nothing could have brought such joy and gladness except the saviour from Sin, Death, and Hell!

Observe "unto whom He came" - "unto you"
Unto you - shepherds
Unto you - people of Israel
Unto you - human beings as distinct from angles

What feelings should be ours in reaction to the joyous tidings? "Fear not" - "Great Joy"