Sermon Notes 12/14/2025
Sunday, December 14th 2025
Why Christmas?
Matthew 1:21
I. Why the Prophecies?
A. The situation of the nation of ________________
1. The Jews called Him the ___________________
2. Messiah
a. Means ____________________________ in the OT Hebrew
b. Means ____________ in the NT Greek
3. The Jews wanted a __________________ to overthrow
their enemies
4. We first see the coming Christ
5. 400 years between the _______________________ and the _______________________- time of silence from God
6. Do you see why in Acts 1:6 the disciples asked, “Lord, wilt
thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?”
B. Specific prophecies: there are over ________
1. Born of a _____________ (Isaiah 7:14)
2. Born in the town of ______________________ (Micah 5:2)
3. Born to ___________________________ (Isaiah 53:4, 5)
4. ____________________ of the Gentiles (Isaiah 49:6)
C. Why the prophecies?
1. God works His purpose out to the smallest _____________
2. God can be _________________
3. God will fulfill every ___________________
II. Why Did God Become a Man?
A. We must start at the ______________ of time (Gen. 1:1; John 1:1-3)
1. God wanted more than worlds, so He created ___________
2. God wanted more than life, He wanted ____________________
B. The __________________________ (Gen. 3)
1. Where man ________________ against God
2. Everything __________________
3. Man possessed a ______________________ (Rom. 5:12)
C. First order of business was to ___________________ the children to
their Father
1. God Himself took a _________________ to the earth
(Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7)
2. God took upon Himself ___________ and ____________
D. Why did He become a man?
1. Romans 5:14-21; Hebrews 2:14-18
2. The ______________ of God would be clear to all (John 1:14)
III. Why Did Jesus Come?
A. On 13 occasions in the Gospels, He used the phrase, “____________ _________________________________”
1. To call ____________________
2. In His _____________________________
3. To do the ___________ of God
4. As a _______________ to shine in the dark world
5. To ____________ and ______________ the lost
B. Why did He come?
1. Because of man’s _______________________
2. Because of God’s great ________________
3. Because He __________________
4. Because He gave His life as a ________________
Conclusion: Matthew 20:28
Ransom- _________________________