Intro: The account of Christmas has been rightfully called, "the Greatest Story Ever Told". In America at least, it is also one of the most familar stories ever told. Just about everyone knows what happened that "Silent Night" in Bethlehem...but the Bible also tells us what happened months before the night Jesus was born. That's what we want to see today...

• The Humiliating Discovery - v. 18



• The Heart-Breaking Deliberation - v. 19



• The Heavenly Disclosure - v. 20



• The Historic Declaration - v. 21



• Revealed His Incarnation - v. 21a



• Revealed His Identity - v. 21b



• Revealed His Intervention - v. 21c

Conclusion - Someone has said, "Everything outside of Hell is the grace of God". We are all sinners that deserve eternal death/separation from God (Romans 6:23), but God graciously intervened by sending us a Savior and that is what Christmas is all about. Have you recieved Him by faith? Is He the Lord of you life and family? Are you sharing the light of the Gospel with others?