Why is it not Xmas?

1. Why Not Xmas?

2. Emmanuel
Emmanuel, Emmanuel,
His name is called Emmanuel
God with us, revealed in us
His name is called Emmanuel
We love Him so, we love Him
so,
His name is called Emmanuel

3. Emmanuel Has Come
Christmas is about His glory
Christmas is about His grace
Christmas is a gift of love
Our father gave us
More than just another story
About a special time and place
Christmas is a time to lift
A song of praise
For God with us
And we celebrate
The glory of His presence
Christ has come
To fill our hearts with love
He came to save us
King of kings and Lord of lords
His Name is Jesus
God with us
Emmanuel has come
Angels fill the night with singing
God is reaching out to man
Bringing us a gift of hope
In Christ the Saviour
More than just a time of giving
This is God’s eternal plan
And Christmas is the reason
We can sing again

4. What do you like about Christmas?
What’s your favourite memory
about Christmas?

5. Do You Know Who I Am?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXRZcJI9yx8

6. A Message 6 days in the making…
• Thinking about baby names…
• Quiet Time from Our Daily Bread 4 Dec (Called by
Name) http://odb.org/2014/12/04/called-by-name/
• Realization of the power of names in work and
Volunteer Development and Partnerships
• Reminder about Xmas vs Christmas
• Sunday Sermon on Prodigal Son and Significance
of Self in God’s Eyes

7. What does your name mean?
Use each letter of your name to describe
yourself and you can draw too.

8. But yet, there’s a name for this season…
it is the name that makes Christmas Christmas
(vs Xmas)

9. Emmanuel
And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will
save his people from their sins.” All of this occurred to fulfill the
Lord’s message through his prophet: “Look! The virgin will conceive
a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him
Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” Matthew 1:21-23 (NLT)
他将要生一个儿子， 你要给他起名叫耶稣，
因他要将自己的百姓从罪恶里救出来。这
一切的事成就是要应验主藉先知所说的话，
说： 必有童女怀孕生子； 人要称他的名为
以马内利。（ 以马内利翻出来就是神与我
们同在。）馬太福音1:21-23 (CUVS)

10. Emmanuel
Jesus = Saviour (Name)
Emmanuel = God with Us (Nature)
“For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will
rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 (NLT)
因有一婴孩为我们而生； 有一子赐给我们。政权必
担在他的肩头上； 他名称为奇妙策士、全能的神、
永在的父、和平的君。以賽亞書9:6 (CUVS)

11. The Reason for the Season

12. Name Above All Names Jesus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=865HKtIB8to&feature=youtu.be

13. The Name that divided point of Human His-Story;
Before Christ (B.C.) & Latin phrase Anno Domini (A.D.), which
means “in the year of our Lord”.

14. The Cleaning Lady
Joanne C. Jones
During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz.
I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I
read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the
school?" Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman
several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I
know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count
toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers you
will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and
care, even if all you do is smile and say 'Hello'."
I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.

15. We Are Significant in God’s Eyes
• Abram ("high father")  Abraham "father of a multitude"
(Genesis 17:5)
• His wife’s name: Sarai (“my princess”)  Sarah (“mother of
nations”) (Genesis 17:15)
• Jacob ("supplanter")  Israel (“having power with God”)
(Genesis 32:28)
• Simon ("God has heard" in Hebrew)  Peter ("rock") (John
1:42).
• Levi ("attached" in Hebrew)Matthew (“the gift of
Jehovah” in Hebrew)
• Saul ("asked for" or "prayed for" in Hebrew)Paul ("small"
or "humble" in Latin)

16. You are significant in God’s eyes.
You are the reason for the reason for the season.

17. We are the reason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMr36QNLmOk

18. And so, we can sing…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMCchG2SJVU

19. Take-away Message:
• There's a reason for the season: God with Us.
• Christmas is Christmas with Christ

20. Blessed Christmas!