Outline for sermon preached on December 4, 2016 entitled “Immanuel.”

INTRODUCTION

  1. A Christmas Story.
  2. I am glad there is God.
  3. I need more than a God.
  4. TEXT: Matthew 1:18-25.
  5. I need “God with us.”
  6. Proverbs 27:10.
  7. The significance is in the nearness.
  8. The greatest present you can give is presence.

OUTLINE

  1. Emmanuel means God loves me.
    1. Jesus left His place to come to our place so He could take our place and then take us back to His place.
  2. Emmanuel means God understands.
    1. God most high and God most nigh.
  3. Emmanuel means you can always reach God.
    1. Acts 17:27-28.
    2. Short prayers work when you are close to God.
  4. Emmanuel means you will never be alone.
    1. Psalm 139:7-10.
    2. Before you get there, God is already there.
    3. Experiences mean little when we are alone.
  5. Emmanuel means God is with all of us.
    1. God did not come just for the good boys and girls.
    2. The world needs to know God is among us.

CONCLUSION

  1. We need to know God is in us.
  2. PRAYER.
On December 8, 2016   /   Sermons