A 5 Week Series from Luke 1 & 2

   •   5 Weeks of Christmas Truths

   •   5 Weeks of Christmas Roots

   •   5 Weeks of Christmas Births

I. The First Miraculous Birth (JB)

   1.   The Eyewitness Writer - Luke 1:1-4

   •   A Gentile; A Physician; A Missionary with Paul

   •   Luke’s first account in the gospel book named after him follows Jesus from birth to Calvary

   •   Luke’s second account in the Book of Acts follows Peter at Pentecost then Paul from Damascus to Rome

   •   Mentioned in Col 4; II Tim 4; Philemon 1:24

   2.   The Eyewitness Forerunner - 1:5-25 (The birth foretold)

   3.   The Uniqueness of this birth - 1:15-16 (His unique birth isn’t in every gospel book, but his unique role is in every book)

       a. He will be great in the sight of

             the Lord

       b. He will take a Nazarite Vow

       c. He will be filled with the Holy

             Spirit even from the womb

       d. He will turn many of the children

             of Israel back to the Lord their

             God

       e. He will go in the spirit and power

             of Elijah - Matthew 3:1-3; Mark

             1:1-5; Luke 3:1-6; John 1:19-23

   •   TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO THE CHILDREN

   •   THE DISOBEDIENT TO THE WISDOM OF THE JUST

   •   TO MAKE READY FOR THE LORD A PEOPLE PREPARED - Isaiah 40:3-5; Malachi 3:1-4; Malachi 4:5-6

   4.   John was the forerunner; Elijah to come; The one who prepared people; The one who introduced Jesus (John 1:29); The Best Man (John 3:22-31)