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Date: February 25, 2024 Title: The Angelic Announcement to the Shepherds Passage: Luke 2:1-21 Speaker: Bob Corbin Sermon Note Sheet (PDF) Download Audio Watch it on

* This is the seventh message in our series on the book of Luke. Up until this point, we have been considering what many would consider preliminary information, but that which Luke determined to be integral to the redemptive purpose of Christ. The ministry of John - preparing the way of YHWH - was one of the chief validations of the Messianic claim of Jesus of the Nazareth (cf. Matthew 21:23-27) * Last week, we considered the numerous prophecies declaring how Christ would come - born of a virgin; born of the lineage of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, and David; born in Bethlehem; taken to Egypt; and raised in Nazareth. We considered how He would be preceded by a forerunner and that He would proclaim liberty to captives and heal the blind. We considered as well how it was prophesied that He would be crucified - that His hands and feet would be pierced, that His side would be pierced and that His bones would not be broken. We saw that it was prophesied that He would be betrayed by a friend and that it would be for 30 pieces of silver! * Today, we consider the primary event of His birth ... the angelic announcement of His birth to a group of shepherds who were watching their sheep in the fields on the outskirts of Bethlehem. In this great moment, God reveals again His desire to use ordinary people to do extraordinary things on behalf of His kingdom.