What the Women Saw

Over the last four Sundays, we have been looking at the various women who were part of the Nativity of Jesus Christ: his mother Mary, his mom’s cousin, Elizabeth, Anna in the Temple, and Mary Magdalene, who was not there at his birth but who represents the culmination of his life and ministry and the reason for the Nativity. In our four Christmas Eve services, I’ll do a quick survey through all four women to emphasize and highlight the grace, hope, salvation, and Saviour that we all need to see. My hope and desire, of course, is that there will be many in those services who have not yet become believers. The heart of this message is to point them to Jesus in the hope that they, too, will see him as the women saw him. The whole service is a bit of a throwback to previous years with congregational songs, a children’s story, and readings. Series: What the Women Saw Message: 5 – What the Women Saw Text: Various Scriptures Todd Dugard Harvest Bible Chapel December 23-24, 2025 When I see… …what Mary saw, grace overwhelms me (Luke 1:28, 46-48) …what Elizabeth saw, hope sustains me (Luke 1:24-25) Hope is a confident expectation and desire for good things in the future. - John Piper …what Anna saw, salvation redeems me (Luke 2:38) …what Mary Magdalene saw, Jesus transforms me (Luke 8:1-3) John 20:18