1. Do You Know? The origin of the words “Merry Christmas”
Christemasse or Christ’s Mass honoring the incarnation
Through Mary we receive the Incarnation of the Lord, therefore, Mary Christ Mass.
Eventually, it became Merry Christmas.
The origin and meaning of Xmas
Dates back to mid 16th Century
Greek for Christ is Xristos
Greek often uses the first letter as an abbreviation.

2. Do You Know? The origin of the words “Happy Holidays”
Used as a non-offensive term but …
Webster’s first definition of holiday is holy day.

3. Why Jesus Became a Man Jesus Became a Man to:
Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Show Us the Father
Save Us From Our Sins
Sympathize With Our Weaknesses
Secure Our Hope of Heaven

4. Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Why Jesus Became a Man
Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Everything said about Jesus in the Old Testament had to be fulfilled in His coming – Luke 24:44.

5. Luke 24:44 (NASB)
44  Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

6. Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Why Jesus Became a Man
Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Everything said about Jesus in the Old Testament had to be fulfilled in His coming – Luke 24:44.
There are over 300 specific prophecies.
Isaiah 7:14 – born of a virgin

7. Isaiah 7:14 (NASB)
14  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.

8. Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Why Jesus Became a Man
Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Everything said about Jesus in the Old Testament had to be fulfilled in His coming – Luke 24:44.
There are over 300 specific prophecies.
Isaiah 7:14 – born of a virgin
Micah 5:2 – born in Bethlehem

9. Micah 5:2 (NASB)
2  “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.”

10. Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Why Jesus Became a Man
Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Everything said about Jesus in the Old Testament had to be fulfilled in His coming – Luke 24:44.
There are over 300 specific prophecies.
Isaiah 7:14 – born of a virgin
Micah 5:2 – born in Bethlehem
Jeremiah 31:15 – a massacre of infants

11. Jeremiah 31:15 (NASB)
15  Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.

12. Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Why Jesus Became a Man
Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Everything said about Jesus in the Old Testament had to be fulfilled in His coming – Luke 24:44.
There are over 300 specific prophecies.
Isaiah 7:14 – born of a virgin
Micah 5:2 – born in Bethlehem
Jeremiah 31:15 – a massacre of infants
Isaiah 9:6 – even His name and function

13. Isaiah 9:6 (NASB)
6  For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

14. Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Why Jesus Became a Man
Satisfy the Prophecies of the OT
Everything said about Jesus in the Old Testament had to be fulfilled in His coming – Luke 24:44.
There are over 300 specific prophecies.
Isaiah 7:14 – born of a virgin
Micah 5:2 – born in Bethlehem
Jeremiah 31:15 – a massacre of infants
Isaiah 9:6 – even His name and function
Probability – 83 billion to 1

15. Why Jesus Became a Man Show Us the Father
Jesus came to reveal His Father to us – John 14:8-9.

16. John 14:8-9 (NASB)
8  Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
9  Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”

17. Why Jesus Became a Man Show Us the Father
Jesus came to reveal His Father to us – John 14:8-9.
Jesus is God in a body!
If you want to know God, then you need to know Jesus.
Therefore, the only way to God is through His only Son, Jesus.

18. Why Jesus Became a Man Save Us From Our Sins
There had to be a God-Man in order to save us from our sins.
Jesus left heaven to take on flesh and blood so we could be reconciled to the Father – 1 Timothy 1:15.

19. 1 Timothy 1:15 (NASB)
15  It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.

20. Why Jesus Became a Man Save Us From Our Sins
There had to be a God-Man in order to save us from our sins.
Jesus left heaven to take on flesh and blood so we could be reconciled to the Father – 1 Timothy 1:15.
God shut down the cycle of sin in sending His own Son as the substitute for us and our forgiveness.

21. Sympathize With Our Weaknesses
Why Jesus Became a Man
Sympathize With Our Weaknesses
Jesus became a man so we could know that He understands us – Heb. 4:15-16.

22. Hebrews 4: (NASB)
15  For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
16  Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

23. Sympathize With Our Weaknesses
Why Jesus Became a Man
Sympathize With Our Weaknesses
Jesus became a man so we could know that He understands us – Heb. 4:15-16.
Jesus not only hears us, but He understands our needs, heartaches, and troubles.
Jesus also has experienced our temptations and yet has triumphed so that we can triumph also.

24. Secure Our Hope of Heaven
Why Jesus Became a Man
Secure Our Hope of Heaven
Jesus came to earth so we could go to heaven – Colossians 1:25-27!

25. Colossians 1: (NASB)
25  Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
26  that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints,
 27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

26. Secure Our Hope of Heaven
Why Jesus Became a Man
Secure Our Hope of Heaven
Jesus came to earth so we could go to heaven – Colossians 1:25-27!
The only way we can live in heaven is by having Christ in us – the hope of glory – John 14:6.

27. John 14:6 (NASB)
6  Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”

28. Secure Our Hope of Heaven
Why Jesus Became a Man
Secure Our Hope of Heaven
Jesus came to earth so we could go to heaven – Colossians 1:25-27!
The only way we can live in heaven is by having Christ in us – the hope of glory – John 14:6.
Jesus came for a specific purpose – Luke 19:10.

29. Luke 19:10 (NASB)
10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”