“Christmas!” GET TO THE POINT™ Come Follow Me: Christmas

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"Christmas"
3 Births
I. Intro
i. You're looking good today and it feels good to be with you.
ii. Patter
II. Theme: Christmas
III. This is Get to the Point
i. I try to do things quickly
ii. Plus, Christmas, December is the most aggravating time of the year
1. Home/friends
2. Work party
3. Ward Party
4. Stake party
5. Church Broadcast
6. Civic and cultural events
7. OVERLOAD!
IV. Christmas: Insights from the Book of Mormon
i. First, differentiate among
1. Ancient prophesies, beginning in Garden of Eden
2. fulfillment
3. Traditions that developed during the Great Apostasy
a. Listening to Moody bible Network Protestant/Evangelical radio network, woman talking about "biblical Christmas."
b. No order of worship in the Bible, not in scriptures
c. Nothing in restoration
i. Journals
1. JS History
2. WW Journals
ii. Christmas Carol, stave 3
1. Christmas eve
2. Stores open in morning
3. Church (Midnight Mass)
ii. Traditions
1. Sol Invictus, yuletide, Solstice, natural New year
2. Santa Clause = Kris Kringle = St. Nicholas
3. Christmas = Christ mass, RC
iii. Other dates
1. Charlemagne AD 800 crowned
2. Hamlet mentions Christmas I.i
V. Two Insights (This is get to the point,not three)
i. Premortal Christ
1. Brother of Jared
2. 3 Nephi 1
ii. Virgin Birth
1. Nephi
2. King Benjamin
3. Christ Himself
a. "of the Father because of me, and of the Son because of my flesh." 3 Nephi 1:14
4. Abinadi
a. The Father, because he was conceived by the power of God; and the Son, because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son
VI. Christ Quotient
i. Christ quotient, atonement quotient--
ii. Umm, Merry Christmas, and that's the point
 
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