We associate Christmas season with so many things like present/gifts, decorations,

Christmas trees, lights, angels, parties, shopping

But what is the true meaning of Christmas? What do we celebrate on this season?

Hark! the herald angels sing

Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled!
Joyful, all ye nations, rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King!

Main Idea: Christmas celebrates the birthday of the King of Kings. But what is the nature of
this King, and why did He come?

I. The KING Has Arrived

A. By the angelic HOSTS announcing a royal birth: Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the
new-born King

1. Hark is old English for “Listen” or “Pay Attention.”

2. Herald angels means proclaiming angels

B. The King’s Gift: Peace with God through the RECONCILIATION He provides.

Romans 5:10, “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his
Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.”

• When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia with his family, he feared his brother Esau, for he
had horribly wronged Esau. But when he returned, Esau came out to greet him; the brothers
were reconciled. Same thing with Joseph and his brothers.

C. The citizens of heaven and EARTH will unite in praise.

Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With angelic hosts proclaim,

“Christ is born in Bethlehem.”

The song calls for all to proclaim the good news.

II. WHO is this King?

A. Worthy to be WORSHIPED by the angels.

Christ, the highest heav’n adored,

Hebrew 1: 6 Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says,
      “Let all the angels of God worship him.”
Only God is to be worshiped; it is wrong to worship anybody or anything besides God.

Revelation 22:8, I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard
and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he
said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the
prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.

B. He is the everlasting LORD.

Christ, the everlasting Lord:

Isaiah 40:28Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is
unsearchable.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people
say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD." Psalm 106:48

C. He came at the right TIME.

Hebrews 9:26, “But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away
sin by the sacrifice of himself.”

Christ’s first coming began the Messianic era, but it reaches it complete fulfillment in the
Millennium.

Galatians 4:4-5, “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of
woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might
receive adoption as sons.”

D. He came in the right MANNER.

Offspring of a virgin’s womb.

Isaiah 7:14, Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive
and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Luke 1 28 When the angel entered her home, he greeted her and said, “You are
favored by the Lord! The Lord is with you.” 29 She was startled by what the angel said
and tried to figure out what this greeting meant.

30 
The angel told her,“Don’t be afraid, Mary. You have found favor   with God.
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31 
You will become pregnant, give birth to a son,
and name him Jesus.
32 
He will be a great man
and will be called the Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him
the throne of his ancestor David.
 Your son will be king of Jacob’s people forever,
33 

and his kingdom will never end.”

E. He is God incarnate, veiled in human FLESH.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God...And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as
of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matthew 17:2, And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his
clothes became white as light.

John 18:4-5, Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to
them, “Whom do you seek?” They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I
am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When Jesus said to them, “I am
he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

F. He freely chose to become “God with US.”

Philippians 2:5-11, Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who,
though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but
emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And
being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the
name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in
heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

So the true meaning of Christmas?

Christmas is a time of spiritual reflection on the important foundations of the Christian faith.
It’s also a celebration. It’s when Christians celebrate God’s love for the world through the
birth of the Christ child: Jesus.