Good New For All The People

In our advent series we’ve looked at how our eternal God took on humanity so that humanity could be with God eternally through faith in Jesus (John 1:1-5). This message continues our series by looking at the manner in which Jesus came into the word. The story of Jesus’ birth is filled with shock and surprise; he did not come into the world with great triumph or celebration. In fact what we see in the story is great humility and simplicity, with a birth more like that of a peasant than a king. In Luke’s account of the events we see God actually comes as an outsider to the establishment. This should give us great encouragement in our faith and worship of Jesus! God becomes an outsider to redeem outsiders, which means that God is not looking for the spiritually elite or insiders into the establishment to be his people. God is looking for folks who see their need for the mercy and salvation he offers in Christ which means that the gospel is good news of great joy for all the people.