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  HE BECAME POOR THAT WE MIGHT BECOME RICH
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: The birth of Christ declares God's love and establishes a
lasting sense of well-being.

Topics: "Humility of Christ", "Joy of Salvation"
Scripture References: Luke 2:10

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the profound significance of Christ's birth, which
brought joy to a world filled with grief and pain. He explains that the
joy announced by the angels was not fleeting but a deep, lasting
gladness stemming from the arrival of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Tozer
highlights the humility of Christ, who was born of a woman and chose to
make Himself of no reputation, ultimately sacrificing Himself on the
cross. This act of love and humility declares a powerful message to the
world about God's grace and the richness available to humanity through
Christ. The sermon invites listeners to reflect on the transformative
impact of Christ's birth and the joy it brings.

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The announcement of the birth of Christ came as a sunburst of joy to a
world where grief and pain are known to all and joy comes rarely and
never tarries long.

The joy the angel brought to the awe-struck shepherds was not to be a
disembodied wisp of religious emotion, swelling and ebbing like the
sound of an aeolian harp in the rising and falling of the wind. Rather
it was and is a state of lasting gladness resulting from tidings that
there was born in the city of David a Savior which is Christ the Lord.
It was an overflowing sense of well-being that had every right to be
there.

The birth of Christ told the world something. That He should come to be
born of a woman, to make Himself of no reputation and, being found in
fashion as a man, to humble Himself even to death on a cross--this is a
fact so meaningful, so eloquent as to elude even the power of a David or
an Isaiah fully to celebrate. His coming, I repeat, told the world
something; it declared something, established something. What was it?

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