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Week 3 - Miracle of the Manger

What God did at Christmas he does in our lives every day. We may miss it because it looks so ‘ordinary.’ We quickly discount the miraculous and like the Pharisees demand signs in our day. So that it brings us to a crisis of faith. Is Jesus who he claims to be? If he is then can I really live my life on my own terms?

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1901 Timber Creek Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75028, USA

Sunday 10:30 AM

Saturday 12:30 PM

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Flower Mound First Baptist has been making much of Jesus in the Timber Creek area for over 30 years. Every week we gather to magnify Christ in word & deed, mature as Christ-followers, and multiply and make disciples for Christ. Our garden is a living parable of the Good Gardener's work in and through us.

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SONG LYRIC - What Child Is This

What Child is this who laid to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping This this is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste haste to bring Him laud The Babe the Son of Mary Why lies He in such mean estate Where ox and ass are feeding Good Christian fear for sinners here The silent Word is pleading Nails spear shall pierce Him through The cross be borne for me for you Hail hail the Word made flesh The Babe the Son of Mary So bring Him incense gold and myrrh Come peasant king to own Him The King of kings salvation brings Let loving hearts enthrone Him Raise raise the song on high The Virgin sings her lullaby Joy joy for Christ is born The Babe the Son of Mary CCLI Song # 30983 CCLI License # 117583

SONG LYRIC - Child In The Manger

Child in the manger infant of Mary Outcast and stranger Lord of all Child who inherits all our transgressions All our demerits on Him fall Once the most holy child of salvation Gently and lowly lived below Now as our glorious mighty Redeemer See Him victorious over each foe Prophets foretold Him infant of wonder Angels behold Him on His throne Worthy our Saviour of all their praises Happy for ever are His own CCLI Song # 6319113 CCLI License # 117583

Song Lyric - Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me

What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer There is no more for heaven now to give He is my joy my righteousness and freedom My steadfast love my deep and boundless peace To this I hold my hope is only Jesus For my life is wholly bound to his Oh how strange and divine I can sing all is mine Yet not I but through Christ in me The night is dark but I am not forsaken For by my side the Saviour he will stay I labour on in weakness and rejoicing For in my need his power is displayed To this I hold my Shepherd will defend me Through the deepest valley he will lead Oh the night has been won and I shall overcome Yet not I but through Christ in me No fate I dread I know I am forgiven The future sure the price it has been paid For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon And he was raised to overthrow the grave To this I hold my sin has been defeated Jesus now and ever is my plea Oh the chains are released I can sing I am free Yet not I but through Christ in me With every breath I long to follow Jesus For he has said that he will bring me home And day by day I know he will renew me Until I stand with joy before the throne To this I hold my hope is only Jesus All the glory evermore to him When the race is complete still my lips shall repeat Yet not I but through Christ in me When the race is complete still my lips shall repeat Yet not I but through Christ in me Yet not I but through Christ in me CCLI Song # 7121852 CCLI License # 117583

Luke 2:1-20

Luke 2:7
7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Luke 2:12
12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Luke 2:16
16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.

1 The Birth in the Manger

Luke 2:7 (ESV)
7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

What God says and does supersedes any decree or deed of a man.

2 The Sign of the Manger

Luke 2:12 (ESV)
12And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Isaiah 1:3

Dumb animals know where to eat but Israel wanders hungry and afraid.

Jeremiah 14:8-9

Now God comes near not as a stranger passing through but as one of his own to live among them.

Signs of his birth pointed to signs of his death.

3 The Visitors to the Manger

Luke 2:16 (ESV)
16And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.

God has come to give us peace.

The child is the long awaited Messiah.

Fear is cast out by grace.

God gave the world a sign his only Son.

4 The Child in the Manger

What did the angel say about the child to Mary?

Luke 1:31–33, 35
31And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”35And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

To Joseph?

Matthew 1:20–23 (ESV)
20But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

To the Shepherds?

Luke 2:11 (ESV)
11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

5 The Decision at the Manger

Luke 2:17–20 (ESV)
17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

What are the responses to the Good News?

We might tremble to approach a throne, but we cannot fear to approach a manger

'I wonder as I wander.'

BIG IDEA // Wonder leads to worship.

Matthew 13:15

SONG LYRIC - O Come All Ye Faithful

O come all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant O come ye O come ye to Bethlehem Come and behold Him Born the King of angels O come let us adore Him O come let us adore Him O come let us adore Him Christ the Lord Sing choirs of angels Sing in exultation O sing all ye bright Hosts of heav'n above Glory to God all Glory in the highest Yea Lord we greet Thee Born this happy morning Jesus to Thee be all glory giv'n Word of the Father Now in flesh appearing CCLI Song # 31054 CCLI License # 117583

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