A Body Given - Audio

It is Christmas, and that means we focus on Christmas passages that give us the Christmas story. These passages tell us what is going on AROUND Jesus at His birth. Around Him there were angels praising and delivering messages. Around Him was a virgin birth. Around Him was a mom and dad traveling to Bethlehem. Around Him was a star and shepherds. And we love what was going on around Him. Our Christmas decorations are made up of what was going on around Jesus: a manger scene in the yard, maybe as a centerpiece on the table, a star on top of the tree. Christmas programs: shepherds, angels, stars, and mangers. We build Christmas on what is going on around Jesus. But there is no command to do that, and that is oaky, but there is a command to build Christmas on what was going on in Jesus. Let’s look at that Christmas passage that tells us what was going on IN Jesus, and the command that goes with it. Look with me at Philippians 2:5-8.