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Dec 25, 2016

An Improbable Birth Place

Passage: Micah 5:2

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: God's Christmas Cards

Category: Micah

Summary:

Main Text - Micah 5:2; OT Reading - Micah 5:1-6; NT Reading - Matthew 2:1-12

Detail:

God’s Christmas Cards

“An Improbable Birth Place” 

 Micah 5:2   But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.  

 

  1. The Place of Christ’s Birth Was Improbable Because of Where He Came From -

 

               ”whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days”

 

     Before Bethlehem – His Divinity

 

                John 1:1

 

               The Pre-existence of Christ

                                              

                              John  17:5

                              Rom 8:3

                              1 Cor 10:4

                              2 Cor 8;9

                              Col 1:16-17

 

  1. The Place of Christ’s Birth Was Improbable Because of Where He Came To –

 

   “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,”

 

     At Bethlehem –   His Humanity

 

               God chose insignificant and improbable  

 

                               Phil 2:5-8

                

  1. The Place of Christ’s Birth Was Improbable Because of Where He Is Now

 

                “from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel,”

 

     After Bethlehem - His Lordship

                               

               – Acts 2:30-36

 

                – Gal 3:29, 6:16 –  

 

     This Babe is now…

 

     Is Christ Your Lord?