Jesus was born!

What did Pharisees, Sadducees, and religious leaders think of Christ?

a)       They called him son of Joseph and Mary

o   John 6:42ܝܘܚܢܢ ܘ:42

b)      They called him a carpenter

o   Matthew 13:55 ܡܬܝ ܝܓ:55

c)       They called him a gluttonous man and a friend of sinners

o   Matthew 11:19ܡܬܝ ܝܐ:19

d)      They called him a madman and a son of the devil

o   Mark 3:21-22ܡܪܩܘܣ ܓ:21 – 22

e)       Angels called him “Jesus” and “Emmanuel” and “Saviour”

o   Matthew 1:20-23ܡܬܝ ܐ:20 – 23

o   Luke 2:11ܠܘܩܐ ܒ:11

f)        Peter called him “Christ, the Son of the living God.”

o   Matthew 16:13-17ܡܬܝ ܝܘ:13 – 17

1)      Jesus was born in Bethlehem (vs. 1)ܦܸܫܠܹܐ ܝܠܝܼܕܵܐ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬܠܚܸܡ (ܓ̰ܪ. 1)

-          How do we explain His Glory to others? What is God’s greatest Glory?

o   Creation? Psalm 8:3 , Psalm 19:1ܡܙܡܘܖ̈ܐ ܚ:3 ،ܝܛ:1

o   Grace & Mercy – Exodus 33:18-19ܡܦܩܢܐ ܠܓ:18 – 19 

-          God became manܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܚܲܝܠܬܵܢܵܐ ܗ݉ܘܝܼܠܹܐ ܒܲܪܐ݉ܢܵܫܵܐ         

o   John 1:1-2, 14ܝܘܚܢܢ ܐ: 1 – 2 ،14               

-          Who is with us?

o   Matthew 1:19-23ܡܬܝ ܐ:19 – 23          

o   Galatians 4:4-5ܓܠܝܢܐ ܕ:4 – 5             

-          God became a man!

o   I Timothy 3:16ܐ. ܛܝܡܬܐܘܣ ܓ:16             

-          God manifest in the flesh is essential to salvation

o   Jude 1:6 ܝܗܘܕܐ ܐ:6

o   Romans 5:12 ܖ̈ܗܘܡܝܐ ܗ:12

o   Hebrews 2:16-17ܥܒܼܖ̈ܝܐ ܒ:1 – 17

-          Christ had to become man because of unchanging holiness and law of God

o   Luke 10:25-28

o   Psalm 130:1-4ܡܙܡܘܖ̈ܐ ܩܠ:1 – 4