Sermon 2858 - Why Christ Came to Bethlehem to a Manager - 2nd Message.....(Wed pm 12/16/2009)

WHY CHRIST CAME TO BETHLEHEM TO A MANGER — 2ND MESSAGE.....(WED PM 12/16/2009)

This message shows how the ten circles of experiences that brought the shepherds to the Christ Child in the manger fit with the Ten Commandments. In teaching this message, Reverend Hicks worked from the inner circle of experience to the outer circle.

The first circle shows Christ the Saviour, the LORD, Adoni, with His Navel Blood. This fits with the First Commandment: “I am the LORD thy God.” Jesus Christ said, “[B]efore Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58). Jesus Christ is the Begotten “I Am.” The Heavenly Father is the Unbegotten “I Am.” The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the Beginning and the End. He is the Beginning and End of the Father’s Master Plan and Purposive Will.

The second circle of experience shows the swaddling bands, and these swaddling bans fit with the second Commandment: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

The third circle of experience shows the manger, which fits with the third Commandment: “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain.