2. Jesus was just an ordinary

3. Jesus was just an ordinary
Jesus was a prophet and miracle man

4. Jesus was just an ordinary
Jesus was a prophet and miracle man
Jesus really is the son of God

5. Lee Strobel:
The Case for Christmas

6. Three ‘Es’
Eyewitnesses Testimony

7. Three ‘Es’
Eyewitnesses Testimony
Early Accounts

8. Three ‘Es’
Eyewitnesses Testimony
Early Accounts
Earmarks of Authenticity

9. Luke 2:1-3 (NIV)
1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

10. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

11. Matthew 1:22-23(NIV)
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

12. Matthew 2:1(NIV)
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem

13. Micah 5:2(NIV)
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

14. Matthew 2:14-15(NIV)
4 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,

15. 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod
15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

16. Luke 4:14-20 (NIV)
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through the whole countryside.

17. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised Him.
16 He went to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day He went into the synagogue, as was His custom.

18. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it is written:

19. 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor.

20. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

21. 20 Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on Him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

22. Jesus came to give us:
Freedom from the past
Power in the present
Hope for the future

23. Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
His mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness.

24. Ephesians 2:8 (NIV)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God

25. Matthew 16:24-26 (NIV)
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

26. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

27. Jesus loves me this I know
For the bible tells me so
Little ones to Him belong
They are weak but He is strong

28. Yes Jesus loves me
The bible tells me so