Glory

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Yiddish Glossary

• A mensch is an upright man.• Meshugge is crazy• Schlep is a verb that means to haul

something around.• A pisher is a nobody or an inexperienced

person.• A nudnik is a pain in the neck person.

Seinfeld Glossary

• Close-talker

• Low-talker

• High-talker

• Yada…yada…yada

• Double-dipper

• Man-hands

• In the vault

• Jimmy Legs

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Series Outline

December 7: Glory: Luke 2:13-17

December 14: Wonder: Luke 2:18-21

December 21: Hope: Luke 2:22-38

December 24: Joy: Luke 2:1-12

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Luke 2

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

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Luke 215 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.

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Luke 2

17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.

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John 1

2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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Jesus’ Self-awareness

•John 8:23: “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.”

•John 8:58: “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

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Hebrews 1:3

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at

the right hand of the Majesty on high

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“She touches the face of the infant-God. How

long was your journey!”

Max Lucado on Jesus’ Birth

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Leon Morris

“As a class shepherds had a bad reputation…More regrettable was

their habit of confusing ‘mine’ with ‘thine’ as they moved about

the country.

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Leon Morris

They were considered unreliable and were not allowed to give testimony in the law courts.”

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1 Corinthians 1 (NLT)

26Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you.

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1 Corinthians 1 (NLT)

27Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.

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1 Corinthians 1 (NLT)

28God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 29As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

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“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”

C. S. Lewis on Glory

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“God will use whatever He wants to display His glory.

Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and

problems.”

Max Lucado on Glory

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Philippians 2 (NLT)

6Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.

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John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I

had with you before the world existed.

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Euripides “Hippolytus”

Of all those of them who respect my power, I, respect them, also. But those of them who treat me with disrespect, them, I crush and destroy! It’s part of being a god. We, gods, all of us, enjoy being revered by the mortals. (Aphrodite)

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John 17:22

The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be

one even as we are one,

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2 Corinthians 3:18

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For

this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

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Galatians 6:14 (RSV)

But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.