Windows To Christmas: Shepherds

An episode of the Radiant Church Weekend Sermon podcast, hosted by Lee Cummings, titled "Windows To Christmas: Shepherds" was published on December 12, 2021 and runs 44 minutes.

December 12, 2021 ·44m · Radiant Church Weekend Sermon

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Summary

Unpack the greatest story ever told in our Windows to Christmas series that offers four unique views into the Christmas story. This week, Lee Cummings teaches out of Luke 2 and shares the Christmas story from the perspective of the shepherds.Sermon HighlightsLUKE 2:8-21 (ESV)“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”God often begins His redemptive work out of the margins, with those you’d least expectWhat the world is really looking for is not found in the halls of empires, but in the manger in Bethlehem.Jesus Is Savior, Messiah, and King.To the Shepherds God makes an earth shattering announcementTo the Shepherds God offers miraculous mercy and preposterous peace In the Shepherds God stirred a desire

Episode Description

Unpack the greatest story ever told in our Windows to Christmas series that offers four unique views into the Christmas story. This week, Lee Cummings teaches out of Luke 2 and shares the Christmas story from the perspective of the shepherds.

Sermon Highlights

LUKE 2:8-21 (ESV)
“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”

God often begins His redemptive work out of the margins, with those you’d least expect

What the world is really looking for is not found in the halls of empires, but in the manger in Bethlehem.

Jesus Is Savior, Messiah, and King.

To the Shepherds God makes an earth shattering announcement

To the Shepherds God offers miraculous mercy and preposterous peace

In the Shepherds God stirred a desire