Matthew 1:21

"WHY HE CAME"

Intro: What are you going to celebrate this week? The world this week is

celebrating the birth of a child some 1971 years ago. Many traditions and

customs have evolved around the celebration. Why was He born? His name

implies His mission.

I. HE CAME TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.

A. Sin is a universal malady that has inflicted every man.

1. "All have sinned."

2. "There is none righteous."

3. "If we say we have no sin, we deceive..."

B. The effect or result of sin is death.

1. The wages of sin is death."

2. This is spiritual death.

C. He came to save His people.

1. That baby lying in that manger was to become the Savior

of the world.

2. Those that gathered to celebrate His birth; how little

did they comprehend.

a. That little baby is the creator of the world.

1. "He was in the world, and the world

was..."

2. "In the beginning was the Word..."

D. How was He to save His people?

1. By taking the guilt of all their sins upon Himself and

dying in their place.

2. This beautiful innocent babe was destined for a cross.

a. "All we like sheep have gone astray."

b. "And God made Him to be sin for us..."

E. Who are His People?

II. HE CAME TO ESTABLISH A KINGDOM.

A. Pilate said, "Art thou a King? " Jesus answered to this end was

I born and for this cause came I into this world."

B. He went about declaring His Kingdom's blessings.

1. Based on right relationship to God. Perpendicular axis.

2. The effects: Love, joy, peace.

3. He demonstrated the conditions of His kingdom.

a. By healing the sick.

b. By raising the dead.

c. By forgiving sins.

C. How can you become a part of this kingdom?

1. By bowing before the king and submitting yourself to

His Lordship.

D. His kingdom is forever.

1. "Of the increase of His government and peace there

shall be no end..."

2. "King of Kings, and Lord of Lords..."

III. WHAT ARE YOU CELEBRATING THIS YEAR?

A. Jesus Christ is all I have said He is, or He is the greatest

fraud, and has perpetrated the cruelest hoax of any man who has

ever lived.

1. He is the Son of God or a mad man.

2. The greatest or the worse man in history.

B. You are about to acknowledge again His birth.

1. Every time you write the date.

C. Does it not seem rather ridiculous for us to celebrate His

birth if He is not the Son of God.

1. Don't you see that you are condemning yourself by

celebrating Christmas.

2. If you don't believe in Jesus Christ, why go through

the phony motions of celebrating?

D. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.

1. You will if you are one of His people.

2. You will if He is your king.

E. I am going to celebrate the coming of my King the Savior of all

who believe in Him.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE?