What Jesus Gave for Christmas | Pastor Rob

Luke 2:1-7 | part 1 |

Background

Caesar Augustus…Gaius Octavius [Octavian]
Battle of Actium in 31 BC…“the final war of the Roman Republic”, defeated Antony & Cleopatra
“Augustus”…holy, revered, exalted one
Rome’s first Emperor…called “savior of the world”, brought the Pax Romana [200 yrs of peace]
Micah 5.2

Point
Jesus Gave us…His Person
Incarnation…the act of God the Son whereby he took to himself a human nature.
John 14.7; Colossians 1.19, 2.9; Hebrews 1.3
The Nicene Creed…a statement of the Christian faith which arose out of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.
1 Kings 8.27; 2 Chronicles 2.6; Isaiah 66.1