Sermon Summary: Luke 2:1-20
In this chapter contains an amazing paradox: one of the greatest Leaders, of the one of the greatest empires of all time, Octavius, who sits high in marble palaces, and upon thrones, who calls himself the anointed “son of a god,” who holds the Roman peace with a sword, is only a footnote in Jesus’ story. Jesus comes, the true anointed One, in a lowly setting, in poverty, and there’s no room for him. There’s no room, because every human heart has a throne that we’ve placed ourselves, or something else on, where Jesus belongs. The only room we had for Jesus was the cross, and He came and allowed us to place Him there. And in another great paradox: Jesus uses the cross as a vessel to forgive us, to save us, to show His great love, which our hearts constantly disbelieve but long for: That God loves and is pleased. Through Jesus, the true Caesar, who was poor and homeless, and His death and resurrection, He unseated us all, the sad, little selfish caesars, and now invites us to be crowned by Him and His love! In light of this we are all called to share the news like the shepherds, and store and treasure this up in our hearts and minds!
How are you experiencing God’s paradoxical heavenly kingdom, in spite of our worldly one?
How are you sharing what God has done in your life?
Who are you treasuring and storing this up in your heart and mind?
Supplemental studies:
The Bible Project: ‘How to Read the Bible Videos’ – ‘How to Read Biblical Narrative’