The Christ Child as Savior
Luke 2:1-14
For there is born to you this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (v. 11)
Main Thing to Know:
You can’t have Christmas without
[The cross of Christ] sets him apart from the founder of every other major religion. Their purpose was to live and be an example; Jesus’s purpose was to die and be a sacrifice.
—Timothy Keller, Kings Cross
1. Savior
In the story of Jesus we see divine majesty clothed in human frailty.
—Michael Bird, What Christians Ought to Believe
2. Savior
Three surprises at the birth of Christ:
3. Savior
Only in Christianity is God alone the Redeemer. Other religions are man trying to seek God; only in Christianity has God come to seek man.
—Erwin Lutzer, The Church in Babylon
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)