DECEMBER 16, 2018

CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GRINCH--PART III
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

SERMON TITLE: SOME PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND CHRISTMAS
SERMON THEME: SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND
SERMON TEXT: LUKE 2:8-20

INTRODUCTION: CHRISTMAS IS TIME YOU SEEK UNDERSTANDING OUT OF MISUNDERSTANDING.
LUKE 2:8-17, II TIMOTHY 3:16

 I) TO FIND UNDERSTANDING YOU NEED TO BE AMAZED WITH GOD
LUKE 2:18, ISAIAH 7:14, ISAIAH 25:1  

• BECAUSE JESUS BECAME LIKE ME, I CAN NOW BECOME LIKE JESUS.

 II) TO FIND UNDERSTANDING YOU NEED TO BE ALONE WITH GOD
LUKE 2:19, ROMANS 12:2, MATTHEW 1:22-23 

•  NOT ONLY DID JESUS COME TO LIVE WITH US; HE HAS COME TO LIVE IN US.

III) TO FIND UNDERSTANDING YOU NEED TO BE PRAISING GOD
LUKE 2:20, PSALM 100:1-5                  

• WORSHIP IS THE NATURAL RESPONSE TO FINDING THE LIVING LORD JESUS.