Sermons About Shepherds
Shepherds and Fish
Your feeling of inadequacy and being ordinary is another way God assures you that He is present in your life. God uses the ordinary in order to connect with the human race and accomplish His purposes. He takes you just as you are and turns you into an extraordinary participant in proclaiming the Good News just like He did with the shepherds in Luke 2:8-20. Their initial reaction of fear turned into joy and expediency. God also used an ordinary feeding trough and a little town called Bethlehem as the Divine was introduced among men. The Bible also uses the theme of fish several times to illustrate God’s obsession with the ordinary when relating to people, as in the feeding of the five thousand in Luke 9. Little becomes much when placed in the Master’s hand.
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A Light for the Nations
Title: "Light for the Nations" | Text: Luke 1-2 | Series: Anticipation | Date: December 23, 2007 | Speaker: Stephen Kroeker
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Generations of Prayer Usher in the Greatest Movements in History
“HOW TO PRAY” ADVENT SERIES Generations of Prayer Usher in the Greatest Movements in History Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 The World Setting: (verses 1-3) Caesar Augustus ruled the Roman Empire for 45 years. (30 BC – 14 AD) He was a brilliant, gifted, remarkable leader. He was worshipped as a god. He ordered a census to be taken of the entire Roman Empire. Everyone has to register in their ancestral town. The National Setting: (verses 4,5) Joseph and Mary went from their home town, Nazareth, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, to register. Micah’s Prophecy: (Micah 5:2) Was spoken 700 years before Jesus is born. A ruler will be born in Bethlehem who has been alive forever. He will shepherd my people Israel. The Personal Setting: This very pregnant 13-15 year old girl is leaving home with her teenage husband to take a 3 day trip to Bethlehem. She is going to give birth with no mother present, no family, just a teenaged husband. The place of birth was a manger (feeding trough). There was no room in the inn. She wrapped him in cloths (swaddling). The importance of the night witnesses: shepherds and angels What is God’s personal word to us? Generations of prayer come together for God’s greatest movements to happen. God can and will do it again! The way of Jesus to change the world is very different. He came all the way down to bring about change. Look in the mirror of power. How do you see yourself?
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Unexpected Event
In the 3rd week of CityView's 2007 Advent series, we celebrate the event of Jesus' birth in music. During the short sermon, we take a look at the unexpected event of Jesus' birth and why--when contrasted with John's birth--many people missed this holy occasion.
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The Reality of Rejoicing
On this Third Sunday of Advent we pay particular attention to the shepherds whom God Himself chose to be the first to hear of the birth of the Promised King. It was to these, whose job it was to raise and guard the Temple lambs, that the invitation first came to worship the Lamb of God. They were the first to experience the reality that the promise of a Savior had been fulfilled.
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The Local Church: Led by Elders, Served by Deacons (Part I)
The word “elder” is used over 20 times to refer to an office in the local church. In this sense, we could define elders as follows: The elders are a group of men, called by God and conformed to the Gospel in sound living and sound doctrine, who are set apart by the congregation to oversee and pastor the local church by teaching, ruling, caring for and equipping the saints, as loving and humble examples of Jesus Christ.
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When the ordinary becomes extraordinary
Strange and unexpected blessings are offered to us by our God who is born for us.
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Celebrating Christmas Like Shepherds
In this Christmas season, we are trying to learn how a follow of Jesus Christ is to celebrate his birth. Last week we checked out the Magi, and we learned that a follow of Christ responds to Jesus by joyfully, worshipping Jesus, by giving to him and sacrificing for him, through which we demonstrate his greatness and glory. This morning we’re going to examine how the shepherds responded to Jesus, and we too need to respond to Jesus as we encounter him this Christmas season.
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