Christmas Service -12-25-2024

Those man joy to the world.

The Lord has come. Some folks don't want to accept it,

you know. Some people say they're still looking for him.

Some people still looking for the Christ. He has come.

Make room. Let earth make him room. Amen. Amen.

So good to be in the Lord's house on Christmas Day.

Amen.

I love this. I told my wife. Ever since I

heard about us doing this today, I've been so happy

and excited. It's good to celebrate Christmas in Chirk with you.

I told my wife.

I said, I'll celebrate his birth by bringing my presence

to his house.

Amen. I'll bring my presence to his house. Amen.

So good to be in the Lord's house on this Wednesday,

on Christmas morning, Christmas Day, Christmas afternoon.

Amen.

Let's look in the Book of lout quickly here this

morning here today, Book of Luke, chapter number one. I

want to read a little bit of scripture here. Thank

him for this opportunity to speak something he had on

Jesus's birthday. I know I've gotten some people at work

day that is not actually his birthday. We don't know

when his birthday is was actually, but this is whenever.

We celebrate it, and this is the time that we.

Set aside to acknowledge the birth of Jesus.

Amen, Amen, I tell him you're right. You're right. We

don't know when it was, but it's just as likely

on this day as any other day. Amen. You got

a one in three hundred and sixty five chance. Hey,

maybe this is it.

I don't know, but somebody decided this was a good

time of year to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

And I agree with him.

Amen, I agree, it's a good day to celebrate it,

all right, Luke, Chapter number one, birth number twenty eight.

Let's look at it. The Angel came in.

Unto her and said, Hell, thou art highly favored. The

Lord is with thee blessed, art thou among women. And

when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying,

and cast in her mind what manner of.

Salutation this should be.

And the Angel said up to her, fear not Mary,

for thou hast found favor with God. And behold, thou

shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth the sun,

and shalt call his name Jesus. Annie shall be great.

Annie shall be called the son of the Highest, and

the Lord God shall give up to him the throng

of his father, David Annie shall reign over the house of.

Jacob forever and of his kingdom. There shall be no end. Amen.

You believe that this morning. You believe that he's the

final king. Amen, He's the final king. He's the final

authority of his kingdom.

There shall be no end. Amen.

Look at verse number thirty eight stip a few verses.

Mary said, behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it

unto me according to thy word, and the Angel departed

from her. Mary was no doubt a great young woman.

She was somebody that had kept herself holy. She had

someone that had kept herself pure. She was a good

young woman. I believe that she feared God, that she

was looking for his arrival.

Amen. I believe that she expected him to come. Now.

I don't know that she had her expected that it

would be her, But I believe that she was living

in such a.

Way that it could be her. Amen. If she wasn't

living that way, and she wasn't expecting him, then.

God would have never chosen her when God looked down

upon the world, when he had she choose one person

to carry the Son of God, when they had to

choose one person out of all the people that were

in the world across that time.

He chose Mary. Amen. She was a great woman.

She was chosen by God to carry Jesus throughout her

daily life.

Amen. The title of a child is about nine months,

So for about.

Nine months, Mary carries the gospel. For about nine months,

Mary carries the Son of God pouring into this.

World in her room. Everywhere she went, she carried Jesus. Amen.

She was a willing heart.

She had a.

Divine assignment to carry Christ with her everywhere she went. Amen.

She was divinely assigned er.

Divinely assigned to carry the word of God's in pardonate

Jesus Christ in the flesh.

Amen. She was a willing heart.

For in verse thirty eight we read that she accepted

the task, and Mary said, behold to the behold the

handmaid of the Lord. Be it unto me according to

thy words. She accepted the challenge. Whatever God gave her

the opportunity, she accepted and said, yes.

Lord, be it unto me, even as bell will. Amen,

that's up to that was up to her, That was

up to Mary. She was chosen, but she had to

accept the task. Amen.

All right, we see, we see the the after effect

and the aftermath of her accepting the challenge. Amen, we

see the benefits and we and we reaped the benefits

of Mary's decision to carry the christ Child.

Amen. We see that even though the challenges that.

She may face, despite what others may assume, may have

assumed about her, although they knew, I feel like she

was like Member Ruth whenever she came to to Beth

maham Boy, I said, all the.

People they see you, and they and they know that

you're a virtuous woman. They know that you're a good girl.

I know that there was some people down Now, I

know Mary better than that. I know Mary better than

to be on some foolishness.

Amen.

She was chosen by God because she was thoughtless man.

So despite what others would say, despite what others would assume,

despite what others would act like and what they would

spread on her, she chose to carry the Gospel.

Amen.

She chose to carry Jesus everywhere she went. Every Christian

in this place and.

In this entire world has been chosen to carry the Gospel.

God demituded to carry the Gospel into all the world,

to go into all the world and preach the Gospel.

Mary had an opportunity before her.

Mary had chanced to say, O, Lord, I'm not gonna

take that require fability. You have the chance here today

and say all take down responsibility.

But what if Mary would have did that?

What if Mary would have said that, Amen, mark chapter

number sixteen to back it up. Amen, I'm almost done here,

Mark chapter number sixteen.

We're gonna back it up with scripture.

And he said up to them, go ye into all

the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.

Amen.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but

he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs

shall follow them that belief in my name. They shall

cast out devils, They shall speak.

With new cuns.

They shall take up serpents, and if they drink any dead,

they thing and shall not hurt them. They shall lay

hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then,

after the Lord has spoken unto them, he was received

up into heaven.

And sat on the right hand God.

And they went for and preached everywhere, the Lord working

with them and confirming.

The word with signs following Amen.

The last commandment that Mark ever recorded, Jesus saying the

last commandment that Jesus Mark ever felt like, Yeah, that's

was Jesus's final words to me. That was God's final words. Right,

go ye into all the world. The last command by

Mark was to each and every one of us. It

was an assignment to everyone in this house today, on

this Christmas morning, and it was an assignment to everyone throughout.

The world to go into the world.

We must carry the good news of the Gospel everywhere. Amen,

despite what others say, Mary carried and despite what others

would say, despite what others do, we must carry the

gospel Mary cared in despite what others did.

Amen. It's our duty to carry the gospel. Amen.

We must carry the good news in the Gospel everywhere

in the town. Amen, into the courthouse, Amen, into the job, Amen.

Into the hotel, into the end of the hospital, and

where we go. Let's be as married and carry the

blessed Gospel. Hey Amen. Amen, Let's tarry Jesus with us.

Let's tarry Jesus with the same.

Where is God?

Where's your God?

Right Loujah? Amen? Ain't you thankful for God this morning?

Hey man, there's an old song that says you've gotta

take the Lord with you everywhere you go.

Amen. Truly, you gotta take him with you. Amen. Where

is God?

This morning?

The Lord had Laida just to smoke one on my heart.

And I want to, amen, try to get it out

the best I can here. Amen, I want to look

over at Ephesians, chapter number four and verse numbers.

Will start at around verse number six and read down

through verse number eight.

There he said, one God and one Father of all,

who is above all and through all, and in you all,

but on every one of us, has given grace according

to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Wherefore he said, as when he is.

Sending up on high, he'll let captivinedy captive, and gave

gifts unto men.

Amen.

Now truly this morning, Amen, probably we've all opened some presents.

We've already got some gifts and received some things.

Amen.

You know a gift is a gift, whether received or rejected.

Amen. That meaning of the word gift means something given

willingly to someone.

Without payment of present.

Amen.

And here this morning we all experience the wonders and

then of the gift.

And here in Ephesians they would begin to write here

and say that there is a gift of Christ.

Amen, And that God would give unto men Amen, gifts. Amen.

So as we see a man in loose gospel, we.

Know Amen, we began to experience the gift of Christ,

and then the gift of.

Christ to us Amen, and to the world. And then

his brother Jesse said, we've got to spread of gifts.

Amen.

Now.

And then, while we were yet sinners, the Bible said

Christ died for us. And then now in all knowing

God could look into the future, Amen, and see the

pain he would endure. And then and all knowing God

to look into the future and know how many strikes

a man would be laid on his back, on all

knowing God would see, Amen, the amount of blood he

would lose. Amen.

From the time he was being and been to go,

Gods wrow ain't not yet from the foundations of the world.

Amen, of God.

A man that had never sin, that never done anyone

any wrong, a man would look Amen through the future. Amen,

from the very foundation he didn't began to form You

and I they meant him say I will save to him,

they mean despite their sin. And then we see Amen,

he didn't back out of it. Lauren Luke's Gospel ain't

been the one to move.

They'd been recording. Hopefully we all read this morning.

They made a howl that special day and meant God

began to fulfill now that he had set out to do.

He came on a mission to be the gift of

God and man.

Now the un scripture we're all familiar winsen for God

sow up the world.

But what's that word.

Game?

He game? The eyes shunner that that day ain't whether

received or rejected, he gave me.

Whether you despise him, spit all him out, esteem him lightly,

and then you may not find you him.

Awaken me too.

But on Christmas Day this morning, I just want to

take a second and say I'm thankful for the gift.

It's better and nothing.

Oh, I received the game forever will and a the

gift of God and man, which is a kind of life.

Who Christ Jesus our Lord. And then, whether received or rejected, he.

Gave the greatest gift, and truly friendly, it is a

gift that keeps on giving.

I looked in my life while I knelt down, and

then threw my minds on.

And then as we were praying after reading, and then

the one the boy men splending the can they men

as Luke Wilming.

And then then I begin to see the gifts didn't

stop giving. And then all those times I mean I

needed healing it the gift Brother would had already made

preparation all those times we needed a miracle.

The gift gave. He ain't stopped giving.

Hey any what he never will shun to heaven hot

whether you received the gift or rejected out a dozen.

Chains of babu on me had accountable that, hey, gay

under you, he can't gires son the man. They can't

the gift after humanity, and I love it this morning point,

I thank you this morning point. And then without him,

where would I be on Christmas Day? The day we

have set aside to celebrate and mean, I thank you, Oh.

I thank you?

And then there are many things, Amen.

We don't have kneeled down, but we still take time

and then to make sure we and then get a

man that the proper.

Amen alloted time.

Amen, right, a man like brother Jesse said, I may

not know amen for certain, this is his birthday and man,

but just because I don't know for certain to days birthday.

Why would I go and then all year without at.

Least stopping at some point to say happy birthday, Jesus.

I mean, I thank you for what you've done for me.

And then you realize that baby the late in that

Maine and knew where he was going.

Right shore, that he they hot, And then we got

babies here this morning, and they're oblivious to all they

will suffer. He lived his life knowing where he was headed.

He lived Amen, thirty three years knowing what he must suffer.

We're going high and I'm so I want to be

careful this morning to say that I love my Lord,

I love my Jesus, I love my church.

Amen, I love my pastor. Amen. In a happy birthday.

Amen to the one that changed my life. Amen to

the greatest sixteenth. Amen, it has ever been changed. Oh

will amen. I thank God this morning, Amen, that he

came and he gave. Amen. He gave more than just

himself on that day a man. He also gave himself

on Calvary, and he continues to give to me. Amen.

I thank the Lord for being there this morning. I

thank God for the opportunity of man. I love Jesus

this morning. Man, Could you raise your hands and thank

God for Jesus. Want to give Damen what to give. Oh,

thank you, thank you God.

Thank you Goluliah, thank you Jesus.

Thankful God, God, Jesus.

The Lord God.

Don't you appreciate Brother Jesua and Brother Nathaniel. I'm telling

you what they gave to us just now was heaven sent.

I felt it in my soul. I appreciate them so much.

I appreciate you all being here in the House of

the Lord on Christmas Day. We're so thankful for you

being willing to come this morning to.

The House of God.

I feel like it's very important that people acknowledge the

time of his birth, that people acknowledge his birthday. It

is true we cannot exactly pinpoint the very day of

his birth, but nevertheless we believe in the virgin birth.

We know that he can.

And that's occasion enough to celebrate. You will remember the

prophet spoke to the King of Israel, namely the King

of Israel named Saul, and the words were said to him,

do as occasion doth serve thee. Pretty much, the prophet

was saying, when the opportunity arises, when the occasion service thee,

do as the occasion service. So here we are doing

as the occasion has served us. We want to celebrate

his birthday.

Have your Bible.

We turn with me to Matthew Chapion number two. I

do not plan to keep you very long. I want

to say thank you so much for breaking away from

all of the things that you have going on today

in order to set aside about an hour and a

half to be in the house of the Lord. We

have come to worship him. Take time to worship him.

Praise the Lord. Matthew, Chapter number two, reading verses number

one through twelve. Mary Christmas, beautiful Bethel, Mary Christmas.

It's so good to see if the.

Bible says now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea,

in the days of Herod the King, Behold, there came

wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, where is

he that is born King of the Jews? For we

have seen his star in the east and are come

to worship him. When Herod the King had heard these things,

he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

And when he had gathered all.

The chief priests and scribes of the people together, he

demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they

sent it to him in Bethlehem of Judea. For thus

it is written by the Prophet, and now Bethlahem in

the land of Judah. Or not thou least among the

princes of Judah. For out of these shall one come

a governor that shall rule my people in Israel. Then Herod,

when he had probably calls the wise men, inquired of

them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent

them to Bethlehem, and said, go and searched diligently.

For the young child.

And when ye have found him, bring me word again

that I may come and worship him. Also, when they

had heard the king, they departed, and lo, the star,

which they saw in the east, went before them, and

it came and stood over where.

The young child was.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

And when they were coming to the house, they saw

the young child would mary his mother, and fell down

and worshiped him. And when they had opened their treasures,

they presented unto him gifts gold and frankincense of mird. And,

being warned of God in a dream that they should

not return to Herod, they departed into their own country

another way. May we pray heavenly Father, Lord, I'm glad

to be numbered among those that have made it a

priority to come.

To your house and to worship you.

People of light, precious faith, people that share a common

denominator that's Jesus Christ. So love the truth.

You desire that in our inward parts. Lord, you desire

truth in the inward parts.

I pray that you would have know what this Thy

servant set of guard at my mouth and helped me

to say the thing that you would have me to say,

nothing more or less than on the ears of this

thy people, that they might hear what the Spirit of God.

Said unto a church blessed this Christmas day, God, in

Jesus' name, we prayed, and the church said Amen, looking

closely at verse number two, saying where is.

He that is born King of the Jews?

For we have seen his star in the east and

are come to worship him. Notice that keyword worship. Go

down to verse number eleven. And when they were coming

to the house, they saw the young child with Mary

his mother, and fell down and worshiped him. And when

they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts

gold and frankinsense, and merr looks to me like they

gave gifts and celebrated. Somebody opened gifts. Look at that

verse number eleven, and when they had opened their treasures,

they presented unto him gifts gold and frankincense and myrr.

Okay, So I want to talk to you just briefly

this morning.

The purpose of us being here on Christmas Day is

that we might worship Him. I don't understand how it

is that so many are so busy that they fail

to set aside time to worship him. Early this morning,

the Lord put a thought upon my heart, and it's

been burning within my bosom as a fire ever since

he did. Most of you are familiar with this expression

concerning Christmas. It's the most wonderful time of the year.

It depends on how things are going for you, whether

or not you wholeheartedly concur with that lyric. And so

as I was seeking the Lord early this morning, tulsing

and turning, God dealing with my heart, pouring something into

my heart, it seemed like the Holy Ghost spoke this

phrase and expression into my heart. The most wonderful moment

in time, the most wonderful moment in time, was the

time of Christ's birth. His birth should not be subject

to argument. And what I mean by that they should

not be arguing over whether or not the virgin birth.

Took place.

They should not be arguing whether or not it took

place on December twenty fifth.

They're missing the main theme of Christmas.

They're overlooking the main theme of Christmas, and that is

we celebrate the virgin birth of Jesus, and in our

celebration we should be worshiping him. The subjects and characters

before us this morning are these oriental wise men that

came from the east looking for an opportunity to worship him. Now,

I believe that these men were very busy. I told

Sister Howell, as her loving husband, and as also the

pastor of this church this morning, I said, you have

been so busy over the last couple of days.

Don't forget that our purpose.

Is to set aside time and worship him. I said,

I had to pastor this people, and I can sense

the stress and the anxiety, and I can sense just

the pressure that's upon you and.

That affects me.

I can sense it because of you being unsettled exactly

where you're at concerning families about to come over. That

has put an unsettled spirit inside of me. That's made

me a bit anxious. It's made me feel a little

bit unsettled and uneasy. And if that can happen to

your pastor and your first lady, mile, mile.

My, what's going on in the world today. It's the

spirit of Martha.

Jesus did tastise and wear.

Out that spirit.

It doesn't matter if it's the first lady or a

deaconess or an elder or a deacon or a lay preacher,

or an evangelist or a missionary, a governor, a police officer,

or whoever it is, if they've got that spirit about

them where they're so cumbered about doing this and doing

that that they failed to set aside time to worship him.

Jesus can scold you and correct you.

And if you're above chastisement, that means you're above receiving

the love of the Lord. Because the Bible said, for

as many as he loves, he chastens and rebukes me zealous,

therefore and repent. There is no doubt that Jesus loved Martha.

He loved Mary, he loved the Lazarus. There's no doubt

he loved the meals and Martha prepared. I don't feel

like he was casting a shadow upon the work ethic

of Martha. I don't believe he could say that the

taste of Martha's food was second to someone else's or

some par There's no doubt there was a reason why

Jesus grew aboitated towards the house of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.

The Bible spoke concerning Christ's love for Lazarus and for

his two sisters, Martha and Mary. But what was that

drawing factor that kept him coming by the house of

those three siblings. It was the way Mary worshiped him.

The Bible said, God is a spirit, and they that

worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

And I want you to know there's a lot of

Christian people, both Pentecostal and holiness, and even those are

the nominal churches this morning that will have reasonings a

mile long if they were to be listed of why

they could not set aside time today or one day

this week, or conduct and have and participate in a

midweek service, There'll be many, many, many, many many reasons.

And for the wayfair and man and the traveler. There

should be a house of worship somewhere that they could

drop into. What the problem is in this generation, no

one has.

The light on in the room. No one has the

light on in the end.

It should be that a pastor Howell, it's just the

how it needs to travel to Tennessee for family Christmas.

It should be that we could have a consolation in

our heart and spirit that's somewhere in that vicinity. A

house of truth, a house of worship, a house of prayer,

would have the doors unlocked, the doors widely open, and

then it would be permissible to worship in there.

But unfortunately, we're.

Living in a generation and it's got so busy they

don't have time.

To worship him.

And I can really preach this, but I'm gonna try

to hold back here just a little bit. I think

we should take some time to worship him. When we

were seeing joy to the world a little while ago,

you could tell this church family was worshiping him. So

what was the magnetism of the House of Martha? So

she would call it, Oh, there's no doubt the aroma

that was in that house was splendid. There's no doubt

she was a great cook. If she was to live

in our day, what would the aroma of that place

be like? It be tremendous, with the smell of cinnamon

be in the air. Would the smell of a freshly

make apple pie be in the air? Pumpkin pie? There's

no doubt that Martha would be like sister Howe, will

get up early seven o'clock and work hard all the

way until ten thirty. There's no doubt she'd be just

as busy as it be as expression goes. But there

was a traveler coming her way, and she would be

too busy to worship him, too busy to worship him

and Jesus at some point must have had a red

streak going up the side of his neck. Sister Tracy

does when she gets embarrassed. Brother Jesse said that Sister

Hannah and her daughter inherited that. He said, I can

tell when my wife Hannah's flustered. I know she's either

embarrassed or angry. Yes, sweet modus meat, Sister Hannah, there's

a telltale sign she's flustered. She's upset about something, Brother

Thomas steric. Brother Jesse talked about that on wide red

streak that comes up. It's like a billboard to Jesse

saying back off, bubba.

Huh.

So at some point in the middle of this wonderful dinner,

in this time of excellent service, five.

Star service, you talk about hospitality.

Hospitality supreme.

But in the middle of that, Jesus said, Mary, I

need to tell you something. I mean, Martha, I need

to tell you something. I appreciate everything you're doing. I'm paraphrasing.

And surely everything Martha had done was needful and required

from the basin of water that had been offered to

wash their feet.

But he said, Mary has chosen to do that one thing.

It's very needful, that most important part, and that is

to worship me.

And I know that our brothers and sisters in Christ

have been off on this trend of canceling service.

And I'm not there, judge, but I wonder what Jesus

would say.

If Jesus was alive today, he would probably say to us,

it is true that you do.

Not know the exact day of the moment in time

of my birth. You know my birth year. That's reason

enough to celebrate. It is true. It is true that

you don't know all things because you're not God. But

somebody should have been careful when.

The corporate giants began to commercialize Christmas.

And got you all so busy working, some busy going

from point A to point B, an empty in your

purses and pocket books and bank accounts.

They got you so busy that you forgot and failed

to worship Me.

And I wonder how.

Many people will just say the name Jesus, read the

Christmas story in the second chapter of the Beloved Position's Gospel,

and say, we've done our duty this Christmas.

That's called being religious.

But I want to ask us this question, have we

worshiped him today? These wise men, they endeavored to seek

him out, and they saw opportunity to worship him. And

that's what we're doing here today. It's not to be

the church that had Christmas service.

Only it's not to be the church that refuses to

come and celebrate on the day that we celebrate his birthday.

Only that we're the church, as the spirit of Martha

would demand, that we want to do him service and

pay respect back unto him and do our best to

be hospitable. But we want to come in here and

worship him in the spirit of Marry. So God is

a spirit, and they that worship him must worship.

Him in spirit and in truth.

So Christmas is the time of year when we and

other Christians celebrate the very foundation of our religion, the

virgin birth of Jesus. Are we celebrating? Are we celebrating?

But the Jesse he testified along them lines about a

week ago, it blessed my soul.

I want to celebrate Christmas.

And the best way to celebrate Christmas is not by

offering a freshly baked apple pie to my neighbor.

That is a good way. That is a way to

do it in the spirit of Martha.

But the the best way is to set them presents down,

walk away from that Christmas tree.

Tell friends and family just give me a little while.

I'll be back in an hour and a half.

But I have to go to church in my casual

a tower because I've been celebrating and I've been dousy.

You know what Jesus was looking for. He was looking

for Mary to come in there and worship him, And

then when he realized it was only her in there,

he'd begin to ask the question, where is Mary? You

know what he was looking for for that washboard mama

to come in there with that apron on that was

saturated with oil and flower and do and spices, cinnamon, swilling,

apron right and worship hill.

Worship pill. Worship pill.

That's the word that I've had on my heart today,

worship pill meaning, don't get so busy that you've failed

a worship pill, Martha. Don't get so busy that you

create an atmosphere that is not condcent for worship. That's

what's happening. That is what's happening in our world today.

Corporate giants within America and worldwide have figured out kind

of get people so busy and so occupied doing this

or that. It is true that Christmas can be full

of culture. Christmas is full of culture for most Americans

and for most people world wide. They have their traditions.

Brother Tyler could say, I would like to implement in

my family tradition that of eating roasted duck. Several years ago,

sister Howell implemented into our family tradition of having prime rib.

That's what had her uptight today. She got everything done,

but got the prime rib in the oven. Everything but

got the prime rib in the oven. And so she said,

I wonder if.

They will be willing to wait. I know they're gonna

be hungry. I wonder if they'll be okay with that.

And that's your first lady. She is to be respected.

Nor am I tearing down your respect.

For her, or no am I trying to make you

think less of her. But if she gets in the spirit,

she worshiped God, and her children get in the spirit

and they worship God.

The metha hole in the church.

Family getting the spirit, worship God and get in connection

with God, they ain't gonna be anybody and to build

worried about prime rib. There won't be anybody in the

building asking the question did you preheat the oven the

five hundred they just sliding in there for an hour

to get the eighth of an inch thick crust on it,

or do you have it in the second phase where

it's doing the last hour cooking.

There won't be anybody thinking about prime rib. In fact,

when you really get in.

The spirit of God in such a way that you

get blessed and He gets blessed, you forget about your

traditions of roasted dunk and prime rib, apple pie, oh,

come on now, and pumpkin pie. I thank God that

Christmas is a time full of culture, but it also

should be a time of worship, a time of celebration,

praise the load.

Christmas can be a time of community.

I preach recently of the community surrounding Christmas, concerning Mary

and Elizabeth and how they came together and how.

They drew confirmation and assurance from one another. And there's

a lot of you. You've been busy.

Already today with friends and family, and you're gonna be busy.

That's why you're in the building in your casual attire.

That's why I'm in the building in my casual attire.

Christmas is a time of community. I thank God for

people coming together, Mary, Martha and last Risk.

They came together by the water buttonrth.

Do you know what? They didn't come together to eat

only that was one of the reasons. But that was

not the primary reason and the primary reason we gather

together today. It's not primarrib It is the worship hill

the primary You see, we can all get very busy,

and we can all face the temptation up.

Wouldn't it be better to not have Christmas service because

we have so much going on.

I don't think playing a few Christmas carols at Christmas

is enough. I don't think that equates to us worshiping

him and my scholar and sister how well this morning.

Absolutely not. I'm trying to tell you how easy it

is for each and every one of us to get

too busy. And Jesus told Martha, he said, you're cumbered

about so much doing.

He didn't condemn what she was doing.

You can't find in the Word of God where there

was any condemnation in the activities of the day. You

cannot find where Jesus cited any failure in her preparation

or in her product. But what you can find is

where Jesus found fault with her stopping in the midst

of her busyness to worship him. Jesus, though this seems

our FITSI to some and it's got that special tradition.

I don't need to be in church. I need to

finish putting the glazon on my fruitcake.

I don't need to be in church. I need to

put the whipped cream on that cherry pie. I don't

need to be in church. I need to put the

bones on my grandchildren's plansy. I don't need to be

in church on Christmas I'm too busy. Jesus didn't find.

Fault with community. Jesus didn't find fault with culture. But

what he did find fault was the lack of consecration,

the commitment and crowning. And that's what the Lord put

on my heart this morning. Christians should take time to

crown him king of kings and lord and lords.

And I want to tell you these.

Kings from the Orient, there is no doubt they were busy.

And sometimes you have to put the ladle down, sister.

Sometimes you have to set the crowns aside. Wise men,

sometimes you have to turn the timperature down on that smoker.

Men of God.

Oh come on now.

I want to preach, but I'm gonna try to keep

it short because I know you got to get back

to family. Christmas should be a time of consecration, commitment,

and crowning.

There is no doubt Martha was committed to community, she

was committed to culture, but she was not committed to crowning.

And I know that the Eastern culture is quite the culture,

and I know that the Eastern community is quite the community.

But these men stopped whatever it was they were doing

in order to follow His star and their purpose was

clear to Herod or Joseph and Mary. Their purpose was

Verse number two said Herod, we come to worship him.

We've come to worship him, And then into the eleventh

verse they did worship him. It's one thing to say,

I love my God so much.

I read the Christmas story before we open presents. I

played a few Christmas carols by charismatic worship leaders.

I thought about Jesus for about five minutes. I've got a.

Major problem with men and women canceling church on Sunday period.

It's Jesus' birthday. Why would somebody not show up to

the birthday party? What's celebrating Jesus' birthday? Why would someone

not want to show up to the birthday party? These

wise men were committed to crowning him key, and I

want us to stand. We'll be dismissed here momentarily. Forget

about that car that needs to be assembled, forget about

the batteries in the little cars that need to be charged,

forget about the pies that need to be sliced and.

The cats that need to be cut. And I want

us to worship him.

And it's an indictment to our brothers and sisters in

these blessed United States that they got so busy that

they could set aside an hour.

Or an hour and a half this midweek.

And consecrations in commitment and in crowning.

Him, kid and kids and Lord of lords.

Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.

The cause to celebrate it works the most wonderful moment

in time.

Not everybody feels like it's the most wonderful time of

the year, because some have lost revels, some aren't able

to buy the gifts.

That they wanted to buy, some have unexpected They found

it to be a time of great loss and a

great sorrows. For the birth of the Messiah is truly

the most wonderful moment in time. And I got to say,

craze be the Jesus, thank God for the Brds and birth.

Every Christmas.

He about us very Christmas, forrey you is born this

day in the city have day and a.

Savior which is Christ alone, which is Christ.

Lord.

Hell of.

A hone, Yes that you, yes for you.

Will you take some time alosity him always asking boys

an hour for an hour and a half hot about

Christmas celebration.

He is the sinner piece of Christmas. He is the

sexual theme of Christmas.

Let me too busy to praise he. That's it, brother,

that's it. That's I just can up here on the

court for a moment and worship him. Now, God, he

is a spirit, and they.

Even worship him. Must worship him, his spirit and their truth.

Praise God.

I'm thankful for the blessed babies. Or listen, I'm also

thank you for the crust of bad class, the houses.

I thankful for the old acusive sacrifice that he paid

as put.

In the family set this morning. He knew what he

was facing. Yeah, for the joy of the sycophomium.

He idused the cross despas and the same. Do you

think you could set us out some town to worship

him