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Countdown to Christmas II
Luke 2: 1-7
This week’s message will point out that we are not fair to the Bethlehem innkeeper who was out of rooms to rent when Mary and Joseph came. If the innkeeper had known that Mary and Joseph were coming, if they’d made a reservation, he would have saved a room. But, the truth…
Isaiah 9:6 KJV For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem, “I Heard the Bells”. As He writes…
It is “normal” for people to believe what they WANT to believe, but it is “spiritual” for us to listen to God with open hearts and minds. Many people missed the birth of the Messiah because they didn’t pay attention to the prophecies of scripture, but instead awaited their own desires. The Roman Empire dominated…