“The Birth of Jesus” – Luke 2:1-7 | December 19, 2021 | Guest Speaker Tony Perez
The Christmas story narrative can be quite puzzling. What motivated Caesar Augustus to mandate a census be taken? What was the significance of the manger? What are swaddling cloths? Why were the shepherds chosen to be the first to know about the savior’s birth? As much as those details seem strange or insignificant, God worked through every circumstance and each detail to unfold His plan to bring the savior into the world. We serve a God that perfectly fulfills His promises in His perfect timing! Tony Perez walks us through Luke 2:1-7, the account of Jesus’s birth. We’ll wonder at God’s love shown to us through His son coming to earth.
Luke 2:1-7 ESV
The Birth of Jesus Christ
2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 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.
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