Sermon - 2023-12-24 - Christmas Eve
Scripture LUKE 2: 1-7 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. 5 He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Sermon Tonight we gather together with much fanfare and celebration. We join in chorus much like the angels that sang for Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds. Yet I am reminded that the first Christmas, most people had no idea what was going on or what it means for th...