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December 25th has been designated the day to commemorate the day when Jesus of Nazareth was supposedly born in Bethlehem. That date may be an official holiday on our calendars, but it is not the actual birth date of the Savior of the world.
In the Gleanings from the Nativity series, we will attempt to focus our attention on all the key players who surround the birth of the Christ Child. Some characters offer examples of true biblical submission to the will and Word of God; others demonstrate steadfast perseverance under trying circumstances, while still others show the consequences of doubting the Word of God.
If our Saviour had not been born, lived a sinless life, and been crucified to atone for our sins, we would not have any means by which we could be saved. The events and persons surrounding our Lord’s birth, all have important lessons to teach us both positively and negatively.
In the Gleanings from the Nativity series, we will attempt to focus our attention on all the key players who surround the birth of the Christ Child. Some characters offer examples of true biblical submission to the will and Word of God; others demonstrate steadfast perseverance under trying circumstances, while still others show the consequences of doubting the Word of God.
If our Saviour had not been born, lived a sinless life, and been crucified to atone for our sins, we would not have any means by which we could be saved. The events and persons surrounding our Lord’s birth, all have important lessons to teach us both positively and negatively.
We must remember that Jesus Christ was not just a man, but He was totally God and totally man. Jesus Christ was God in the flesh Who ministered to the needs of humanity, by bringing many to faith in Himself as their Savior and Lord.
This series has become an annual tradition in our church. During the month of December each year, we add another element to the drama.
--Pastor Bob Spagnuolo
Code Sermon Title (Scripture Text)
2006 sermons
2007 sermons
NV06 What Child is This? [1] Only God and Creator (Luke 2:5-7)
NV07 What Child is This? [2] Only Mediator (Job 9:32-35)
NV08 What Child is This? [3] Only Suitable Sacrifice (Heb. 9:11-15)
NV09 What Child is This? [4] Only Suitable Judge (John 5:19-24)
2008 sermons
NV10 Simeon - An Example of Perseverance [1] (Luke 2:21-35)
NV11 Simeon - An Example of Perseverance [2] (Prov. 3:5-6)
NV12 Simeon - An Example of Perseverance [3] (Rom. 8:18-25)
NV13 Simeon - An Example of Perseverance [4] (Josh. 21:43-45)
NV14 Simeon - An Example of Perseverance [5] (Luke 2:25-27)
NV15 Simeon - An Example of Perseverance [6] (Rom. 8:1-17)
NV16 Simeon - An Example of Perseverance [7] (Rom. 8:22-25)
NV17 Simeon - An Example of Perseverance [8] (Heb. 12:1-17)
2009 sermons
NV18 Simeon - His Message and Its Evangelical Applications (Luke 2:21-35)
NV19 Simeon - Mine Eyes Have Seen Thy Salvation [1] (Luke 2:25-30)
NV20 Simeon - Mine Eyes Have Seen Thy Salvation [2] (Luke 2:25-30)
NV21 Simeon - Salvation Prepared (Luke 2:31; Titus 1:1-4)
2010 sermons
NV22 Simeon - Universal Scope of Salvation [1] (Luke 2:30-32)
NV23 Simeon - Universal Scope of Salvation [2] (I Peter 1:9-12)
NV24 Simeon - The Glory of Thy People Israel [1] (Luke 2:35)
NV25 Simeon - The Glory of Thy People Israel [2] (I Thess. 2:10-20)
NV26 Simeon - Messiah’s Coming (Luke 2:25-35)
NV27 Simeon - This Child is Set (Luke 2:34)
NV28 Simeon - Impending Judgment (Luke 2:34-35)
NV29 Simeon - The Rising Again (Luke 2:34-35)
NV30 Simeon - A Sign Spoken Against (Luke 2:34-35)
2011 sermons
NV31 Anna, Song of Redemption--1 “A Gracious Woman” (Luke 2:25-40)
NV32 Anna, Song of Redemption--2 “The Aged Prophetess” (Luke 2:36-38)
NV33 Anna, Song of Redemption--3 “A Perfect Servant” (Luke 2:36-40, Matt. 25:34-40)
NV34 Anna, Song of Redemption--4 “Prayers and Fastings” (Luke 2:36-40, Mark 2:18-22)
NV35 Anna, Song of Redemption--5 “What is Redemption?” (Luke 2:36-38, Ps. 49:6-9)
NV36 Anna, Song of Redemption--6 Jesus Christ, the Sinner’s “Goel” [1] (Job 19:1-2, 21-27)
NV37 Anna, Song of Redemption--6 Jesus Christ, the Sinner’s “Goel” [2] (Ruth 3:1-13)
2012 sermons
NV38 John the Baptist--Forerunner of Christ--1 Isaiah the Great Messianic Prophet (Is. 1:1, 21:1, 40:1-5)
NV39 John the Baptist--Forerunner of Christ--2 His Message (Mark 1:1-8)
NV40 John the Baptist--Forerunner of Christ--3 His Message--2 (Prov. 28:13)
NV41 John the Baptist--Forerunner of Christ--4 His Confessions (Matt. 3:5-12)
NV42 John the Baptist--Forerunner of Christ--5 John’s Radical Call for Fruit (Luke 3:1-14)
NV43 John the Baptist--Forerunner of Christ--6 John’s Lasting Legacy (Acts 13:22-25)
2014 sermons
NV44 Old Testament Prophets–Their Prophecies and the Christ–1 (Rom. 1:1-4)
NV45 Old Testament Prophets–Their Prophecies and the Christ–2 (I Peter 1:8-12)
NV46 Old Testament Prophets–Their Prophecies and the Christ–3 (Psalm 58:1-5, 10)
NV47 Old Testament Prophets–Their Prophecies and the Christ–4 (Heb. 2:14-18)
NV48 Old Testament Prophets–Their Prophecies and the Christ–5 (Luke 24:21-27)
NV49 Why the Son of Man Came (Christmas message) (Isa. 9:6-7)
NV50 Old Testament Prophets–Their Prophecies and the Christ–6 (John 2:13-22)
NV51 Old Testament Prophets–Their Prophecies and the Christ–7 (Acts 10:34-43)
NV52 Old Testament Prophets–Their Prophecies and the Christ–8 (Acts 13:27-37)
2015 sermons
NV53 Gospel in the Carols–1 The Prophets Expectations (I Peter 1:8-12)
NV54 Gospel in the Carols–2 Come Thou Long Expected Jesus–1 (Gal. 4:1-7)
(Click here for chart mentioned in sermon on “Adam to Noah”–gospel in the names)
“The Scarlet Thread” (print out of verses referenced on an Answers in Genesis poster)
NV55 Gospel in the Carols–3 Come Thou Long Expected Jesus–2
NV56 Gospel in the Carols–4 O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Gal. 3:6-9, 26-29; 6:14-18)
NV57 Gospel in the Carols–5 O Come, O Come Emmanuel–2 (II Tim. 2:23-26)
NV58 Gospel in the Carols–6 O Come, O Come Emmanuel–3 (Matt. 10:16-18, Mark 10:43-45)
NV59 Gospel in the Carols–7 O Come, All Ye Faithful (Luke 19:16-26)
2016 sermons
NV60 Great King Herod–Daniel’s Critical Prophetic Timepiece (Daniel 9:24-27)
NV61 Great King Herod–the Persians, the Greeks and the Pleasant Land (Dan. 12:4-13)
NV62 Great King Herod–Prelude to King Herod–1 (Dan. 10:1, 10-14)
NV63 Great King Herod–Prelude to King Herod–2 (Dan. 11:36-45)
NV64 Great King Herod–Daniel’s Willful King–1 (Daniel 11:36-37)
NV65 Great King Herod–Daniel’s Willful King–2 (Matt. 2:1-2, Luke 1:5)
NV66 Great King Herod–Daniel’s Willful King–3 (Dan. 11:36-45)
2017 sermons
NV67 Angels on High–God’s Obedient Servants–1 (Luke 2:1-18)
NV68 Angels on High–God’s Obedient Servants–2 (Luke 1:5-17)
NV69 Angels on High–God’s Obedient Servants–3 (Luke 1:26-38)
NV70 Angels on High–God’s Obedient Servants–4 (Matt. 1:18-25)
NV71 Angels on High–Angels on Assignment (Luke 2:8-20)
2018 sermons
NV72 The Agent of the Incarnation–1 Personhood of the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:26-35, Gen. 1:1-2)
NV73 The Agent of the Incarnation–2 Divinity and Divine Attributes (Ezek. 37:1-14)
NV74 The Agent of the Incarnation–3 Ministry in Old Testament (Luke 24:49-53, John 20: 19-23)
NV75 The Agent of the Incarnation–4 From Christ to the Early Church (I Tim. 3:16, Isa. 42:1-4)
NV76 The Agent of the Incarnation–5 Emblems of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 26:26-30, Hebrews 9:1-10)
NV77 The Agent of the Incarnation–6 The Holy Spirit’s Role in Our Salvation (John 2:18-22; 14:15-17)
2019 sermons
NV78 The Witness of the Prophets–1 Introduction (Rom. 1:1-4, Luke 24:44-47)
NV79 The Witness of the Prophets–2 Virgin Birth (Gen. 3:15, Matt. 1:20-23)
NV80 The Witness of the Prophets–3 Forerunner & Birth Place (Is. 40:1-5, Micah 5:2)
NV81 The Witness of the Prophets–4 The Messenger of the Covenant–1 (Deut. 18:15-19)
NV82 The Witness of the Prophets–5 The Messenger of the Covenant–2 (Prov. 25:13)
NV83 The Witness of the Prophets–6 A Light Unto the Gentiles–1 (Matthew 12:14-21)
NV84 The Witness of the Prophets–7 A Light Unto the Gentiles–2 (I Peter 1:8-12)
NV85 The Witness of the Prophets–8 A Light Unto the Gentiles–3 (Eph. 2:19–3:7)
NV86 The Witness of the Prophets–9 A Light Unto the Gentiles–4 (Gal. 3:1-9, 25-29)
NV87 The Witness of the Prophets–10 A Light Unto the Gentiles–5 (Luke 2:21-35)
NV88 The Witness of the Prophets–11 A Light Unto the Gentiles–6 (Luke 2:21-35)
2020 sermons
NV89 Incarnation–1 Introduction (Heb. 5:12-14, I John 5:19-21)
NV90 Incarnation–2 Creeds and Confessions (I John 4:1-3)
NV91 Incarnation–3 The Trinity Examined (I John 5:7)
NV92 Incarnation–4 Implications & Consequences (Heb. 2:14-16)
NV93 Incarnation–5 Suffering Servant of the Lord (Isaiah 53:6-12)
NV94 Incarnation–6 Humiliation Explained (Heb. 10:4-10)
NV95 Incarnation–7 Two Sides to One Doctrinal Coin (I John 4:1-4)
NV96 Incarnation–8 Answers to Difficult Scriptures (Hebrews 2:9-18)
2021 sermons
NV097 The Divine Plan Could Not Be Thwarted–1 The Serpent in the Garden (Romans 12:1-11)
NV098 The Divine Plan Could Not Be Thwarted–2 The Serpent’s Head Crushed (Genesis 3:15)
NV099 The Divine Plan Could Not Be Thwarted–3 The First Human Murder (Gen. 4:1-3, Heb. 12:15-17)
NV100 The Divine Plan Could Not Be Thwarted–4 All But Eight Perished (I Peter 3:17-22, Matt. 24:36-41)
NV101 The Divine Plan Could Not Be Thwarted–5 Tamar’s Plan (Lev. 18:6-20, Deut. 23:17-18)
NV102 The Divine Plan Could Not Be Thwarted–6 Only One Link Left (II Chron. 21:16-20)
NV103 The Divine Plan Could Not Be Thwarted–7 Pharaoh Orders Infanticide (Ex. 1:8-22, II Cor. 2:4-11)
NV104 The Divine Plan Could Not Be Thwarted–8 Why Do the Heathen Rage? (Psalm 2; Luke 22:1-6)