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… as they're announcing his birth to shepherds. Luke 2.13 says, suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly hosts praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest and on earth. Drop the mic. Peace among those with whom he has placed. Same word. He came to bring peace. Shalom. So how? How do we receive this? how do we count it among those who experience this peace and the answer the Bible gives is beautiful so people read this among those with whom he is pleased and start thinking okay that means we have to work hard to clean ourselves up fix ourselves like Gabby was saying in that story she was telling earlier like what good works do I need to perform in order to please God what boxes do I need to check off but that is not what God says God says that peace with him is possible one way, follow this it's possible simply by trusting in who Jesus is and what he came to do for you let me show you this, Romans 5, 1 therefore, since we have been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, do you see this? …
… the just humbleness of it. And then the angel of the Lord goes out to find somebody. You know, the messenger says, somebody's gotta come see this. The Messiah, the Lord has been born and he goes out and he finds the night shift shepherds. Remember the shepherds were the lowest rung in society among Jewish people in the first century, and the knights of shepherds were the lowest of the low. And the messenger says, behold, I bring you good news of great joy for all people, not just some, but for all people. For unto you this day in the city of David is born a savior who is Christ the Lord. Savior was a term that was used both of God and of kings and warriors. It meant deliverer, rescuer. And the emperor took on that title himself. He was the savior of the world, he thought, when the Romans said. And then there's the title Christ. Christ is the Greek version of the Hebrew Messiah, which means anointed one, one in a sort of shorthand usually for king. …
… It's amazing. Behold, I bring you good news of great joy for all the people. All the people. For unto you this day in the city of David is born a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign to you, he says. you'll find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. In a manger? Our Savior, the Christ, the Lord? By the way, those three titles are really important. Savior is a term that's used of God and also of other earthly kings and warriors. It means deliverer, rescuer. The Emperor Augustus, who ordered the census, he took on the title of Savior of the world. And Christ is a word, it's not Jesus' last name. It means in Hebrew, Messiah is the, Mashiach is the Hebrew, means anointed one. It typically was shorthand for king. So he is the savior, he is the king. And then he's the Lord. And the Lord is the highest authority in a given realm. …
… heaven started singing. Luke chapter two, verse 13 tells us this. Suddenly, a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God in heaven and saying, glory to God in the highest heaven. And on earth, what's the next word? Say it with me, all of our churches. And on earth, peace to those whom his favor rests. An angel appears and says, there is one who's coming to deliver peace on earth. And Jesus came, the Prince of Peace, which raises the question, how in this world, in this moment, in this crazy time, does Jesus, the guy born 2,000 years ago, actually give us peace on earth? And what I wanna do today is I wanna show you three scriptural truths that no matter what you are facing today, I pray God would use to speak directly to your heart. How does Jesus give us peace today? The first thing I want you to notice, and it's really good news, we call it the gospels, why Jesus came, and Jesus came to give us peace with God. …
… You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. So it was when the angels had gone away from them into heaven that the shepherds said to one another, let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us. Can you believe we got to hear about this? and they came, underline this next adjective, with haste. How'd they come? They came with haste. This is exciting. This is worth running for. And they found Mary and Joseph and the babe lying in a manger. Now, when they had seen him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this child. and all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. I know I'm gonna get a text message from my editor later. …
… I love verse 13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly hosts praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest. On earth, peace. Peace, not worry. peace and goodwill toward men. Isn't that beautiful? That never gets old. One day closer to a miracle. The Bible said in Proverbs 27 in verse 1, boast not yourself of tomorrow for you do not know what a day may bring forth. sometimes the greatest accomplishment for a child of God is just weathering the day getting through the day making it through 24 hours of one of the worst days of your life it's not the years that are the great accomplishments it's not the days that everything is beautiful and miracles are happening it's not even the decades or the lifetime It's the days that we complete. I made it through that day. I won that awful day when that report came, that news came, that situation came. I made it. I won the day. …
… You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly hosts appeared with the angel praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest heaven and on earth, peace to those on whom his favor rests. When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about. So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child. And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherd said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. During this series of A Few Good Men, I've not used any subtitles for the sermons, but today I want to, as the Spirit will give guidance, as we examine and walk with these shepherds, today I want to talk to you about the dangers of darkness. …