The Fulfillment of Christmas

1. The Fulfillmentof Christmas Galatians 4:4-5

2. Genesis 15:13 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.

3. Genesis 15:14 But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.

4. Romans 5:12 …just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned…

5. Galatians 3:21-23 …if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.

6. Galatians 4:3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.

7. Outline • The Preparation • The Presentation • The Parents • The Position

8. Big Idea The Fulfillment of Christmas is the revelation of God in the flesh, arriving to free His people from bondage.

9. Preparation

10. Presentation

11. John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

12. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

13. Philippians 2:6 …he was in the form of God,

14. Hebrews 1:3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.

15. Genesis 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

16. Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.

17. 2 Samuel 7:12-14 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.

18. Matthew 3:17 “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

19. Matthew 17:5 …a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

20. Parents

21. Philippians 2:7-8 …by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form,

22. Hebrews 2:14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things,

23. Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

24. Position

25. Galatians 3:24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

26. Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

27. Hebrews 2:14-15 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

28. …the Fulfillment of Christmas is the revelation of God in the flesh, arriving to free His people from bondage.