This document discusses Jesus from his birth as a baby to his roles as creator, savior, empowering lord, and final judge. It notes that though Jesus lived and died as a man, he was fully God, the Word made flesh. As a baby, Jesus was dependent and helpless like any other, but he was also the creator of all things. While he came to save humanity from sin, he will also one day return to judge the living and the dead, offering salvation to those who believe in him.

1. Who is this baby called
Jesus?
We speak of Jesus and the life He lived and of the
example He left for us. We speak of His doctrine, His
diety and the sacrifice He made on the cross of
calvary. However do we ever consider the baby
Jesus? I believe there is much to learn when we stop
to meditate on Jesus as an infant. There are five
elements to this lesson we will look at this morning.
Let us consider:

2. Jesus as Baby
• Luke 2:1-7
– And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree
from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed, (And
this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,
into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;
(because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed
with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it
was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished
that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her
firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid
him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the
inn.

3. • Vs 7
– “She gave birth.”
– Mary, a young girl, a virgin, a woman who had
never had sexual relations with a man, gave birth.
– The conception was a miracle
– the normal process of labor. Heb 4:15
– Jesus, came into this world just as you and I
• The point of all this?
– Jesus was a baby – a normal baby, born in the
normal way. Jesus was really human.
– Jesus was a baby who soiled himself
– spit up, cried when He was hungry;

4. • He was completely dependent upon his
parents for meeting His every need
• He could do nothing for himself.
• With His little hands, he grasped fingers held
out to Him.
• He couldn’t communicate at first except by
crying.
• He took months to learn to crawl, and more
months to learn to walk, and to speak.
• Jesus was a normal, human baby

5. • Jesus was born with the appearance of
illegitimacy
– John 8:39
• Assumed she became that way through the
normal process.
• Such was the baby Jesus. Fully human. A
humble baby from a poor family. In most eyes,
illegitimate

6. Jesus as Creator
• This baby born naturally who grew into an adult
had a body which contained the Creator!
• John 1:1
– In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God
– John here purposefully echoes the first words in the
Bible
• John 1:1 actually takes us back before Genesis
1:1, before creation – telling us that the Word
already was,
• What does John mean by this expression?

7. • John 1:14
– And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among
us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only
begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• That little baby, that child unable to take care
of Himself, entrusted to man of whom He was
sent to save, was God Himself.
• Yet there is more
– John tells us that this same Jesus, this same one
clothed with humanity, is the creator of
everything! “Apart from Him, nothing came into
being,”

8. Jesus as Dying Savior
• Luke 2: 8-12
– The angel tells them not to fear
– He has come to bring good news
– Today . . . there has been born for
you a Savior, the Messiah, the Lord!”
– Now, at long last, that Messiah has been born!
• This newborn baby will save us
• 1Peter 2:24
– [Christ] Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross,
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by
His wounds you were healed

9. • So you see that baby in the manger did not
grow to be a man who simply went around
doing good deeds
• He did not grow to be a man who simply
healed a few hundred people from physical
diseases
• That baby did not grow to be only a great
teacher
– That very person lived a perfect life, and then died
terribly, cruelly, painfully
• The Babe in the Manger, the Creator of the
World is the Dying Savior, dying that we might
live.

10. Jesus as Empowering Lord
• Gal 2:20
– Jesus not only saves us from our sins, but He
enables us to become His beloved people
– Jesus not only died on the cross; he rose from the
dead. Mark 16: 14-16
– If the One who created the Sun and the Moon,
and knows the number of stars in the universe
and the number of hairs on my head -- if this One
lives in me – why should I worry

11. • He allows us to be radically devoted
to Him, and to live lives different
from the world around us
• So far:
–The Baby in the Manger
–The Creator of the World
–The Dying Savior, and
– The Empowering Lord

12. Jesus as Final Judge and Returning
King
• Rev 19:11-16
– And I saw heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and He
who sat upon it is called Faithful and True; and in righteousness
He judges and wages war. And His eyes are a flame of fire, and
upon His head are many diadems; and He has a name written
upon Him which no one knows except Himself. And He is clothed
with a robe dipped in blood; and His name is called The Word of
God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen,
white and clean, were following Him on white horses. And from
His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may smite the
nations; and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads
the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And
on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."

13. • Who is the author talking about?
– verse 13: “The Word of God.”
– Same word we read about in John, Jesus Himself.
• He is glorious, and almighty, and all-powerful –
more powerful than anyone ever has been or will
be
• He comes judging and waging war.
– The same eyes that looked with love at Mary, the
same eyes that wept over Jerusalem
– those eyes now flame with fire as He comes in power
and might to smite the nations, exhibiting the fierce
wrath of God on all unrighteousness

14. Why is He coming in wrath?
• Rev 21:2-8
– Everyone will not be saved Matt 7:21
– So it is, everything depends upon your being
among the people in verses 3-7
– It is absolutely vital for us to know how we end up
with God wiping our tears away versus throwing
us into the lake of fire
– What is the difference between these two
categories of people?

15. Look again at verse 8:
• Who are these people whom God
punishes?
–The author gives us a long list of sins
–but foremost among them is the sin of
unbelief!
• The unbelieving! The unbelieving are
thrown into the lake of fire.

16. Conclusion
• So who is this Jesus
– He is the Baby in the manger: a real, human baby
– He is the Creator of the world: God Himself
become Man
– He is the Dying Savior, taking all the sins of His
people upon Himself, so that the penalty is paid
for all those sins.
– He is the Empowering Lord, living in the hearts of
His people John 1:12
– He is the Final Judge 2 Cor 5:10

17. • There are only two categories of people:
– 1) Those who see Jesus as most precious above all
else, the only source for satisfying their deep
thirst
– 2) and those who don’t
• Jesus offers you the greatest opportunity
possible, to have your sins washed away in
baptism.
• All this from the birth of a baby, the Son of
God.
• Want you become a Christian today?