BIG IDEA | No News Spreads Like the Good News of Jesus
Luke 2:16, 17 ESV – And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
Despite Opposition
Matthew 2:16 ESV – Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
Luke 21:33 ESV – Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Matthew 16:18 ESV – And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
It Changes Everything
Luke 1:47, 48 ESV – My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed.
Matthew 4:17 ESV – From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:19 ESV – He said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
The Good News Doesn’t Equal the American Dream
Preach the Gospel to yourself everyday
It is Irresistible
Mark 1:43-45 ESV – And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
Mark 7:36 ESV – And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
Matthew 9:30, 31 ESV – And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about it.” But they went away and spread his family through all the district.
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