Isaiah 9:1-7 (p693)
Luke 2:1-20 (p1927)
Christmas for the
children?
A child for us
To us
To all the people
To the whole world
To you
To all who received him
The German Reformer,
Martin Luther, said this in his Christmas sermon of 1521:
Listen! the angel says:
"I bring you glad tidings of great joy", my Gospel speaks of great
joy.
Where is it?
Hear again: "For
there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the
Lord"...
How is it possible for man
to hear of greater joy than that Christ has given to him as his own?
He does not only say
Christ is born, but he makes his birth our own by saying, to you a Saviour.
Therefore the Gospel does
not only teach the history concerning Christ; but it enables all who believe it
to receive it as their own….
Of what benefit would it
be to me if Christ had been born a thousand times… if I were never to hear that
he was born for me and was to be my very own?
Not just a Saviour, but my
Saviour
To be received personally
by faith
Holy Communion
Christ offered to us
“Given for you”
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