Main Point: How can Christmas teach me how God brings peace to the earth?I. God’s peace will be born when He is born in Bethlehem. 2-5aII. God’s peace will be opposed by many. 5b-6III. God’s peace will be IN his people like dew from heaven. 7ff

Main Point (v14-18) at the incarnation, God becomes what we are: fleshy, dirty, familiar, and ordinary so we can receive what he is: glory, the fullness of grace and truth- or grace upon grace. Bottom line: Jesus, the Word, Reveals God to Hearers so that Hearers May See His Glory Hearers May Receive His Grace…