
CHRISTMAS HARVEST
Text: Gal 4:4, Lk 2:7
Gal 4:4
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Lk 2:7
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
1. The First Christmas Harvest (Lk. 2:1-20)
1) Prophecy
1] Son of Mary (Lk 2:7; cf. Gal. 4:4; Gen. 3:15; Isa. 7:14)
- Jesus is the
- As the Son of Mary, Jesus was fully human, but He was not the son of any man.
2] Son of God (Lk 2:11; cf. Gal. 4:4; Gen. 3:15; Isa. 9:6; Phil. 2:6-7)
- Jesus is the Son of God (deity) given for the sin of mankind.
2) Praise
1] Angelic (Lk 2:13-14)
- For the 1st time ever, angels worshipped
- The angels praised God for the plan of redemption (peace on earth, good will toward men).
2] Shepherds’ (Lk 2:16, 20)
3) Proclamation (Lk 2:10-11, 17)
- On that first Christmas night the proclamation went forth – a Savior was born.
- The angels proclaimed the Savior’s birth.
The shepherds proclaimed what had been made known unto them.
The first Christmas is what we know as the Christmas story – the birth of the Savior, Jesus, the son of Mary, the Son of God.
Christmas is a part of the first advent of Christ (i.e. His first coming), but the first advent is not only about the birth of Jesus. It is also about the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
No one is saved because they put faith in the
2. The Fulfillment Of Christmas Harvest (Gal. 4:4-7)
1) Redemption (v. 5)
- Gal. 3:13 – Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law.
What is the curse? If you don’t keep everything under the law, you break all the law and are punishable by the penalty of death.
Redeemed – to
- We have been set free from the curse of the law (the penalty of death).
2) Reception (v. 5)
- Reception of what? Adoption
- Adoption – to be placed as a
3) Regeneration (cf. Rom. 8:17, John 3:3, 5, 7)
- Not only are we placed into the family of God, but we are also
- Regeneration is what Jesus meant when He told Nicodemus “You must be born again.”
- With regeneration comes the indwelling of the Spirit. God’s Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
4) Reservation (Gal. 4:7; cf. Rom. 8:17; 1 Pet.1:5-6)
- We have an
Bottom line: The Christmas harvest is the
that comes forth from the death of the
of the woman.
- The Christmas harvest are the souls that are saved because that tiny babe, the seed of the woman, the son of God, went to the cross, died, was buried, and raised to life again.