{"id":3527,"date":"2017-12-24T17:40:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T21:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2017-12-24T17:40:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T21:40:30","slug":"the-evangelists-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3527","title":{"rendered":"THE EVANGELISTS OF JESUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>\u201cCHRISTMAS THEMES OF JESUS\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sermon Series by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Part 3: The Evangelists of Jesus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Luke 2: 8-20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/rec1224-111900.mp3\">rec1224-111900<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ind\"><strong>Luke 2:8-20 (ESV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the angel said to them, \u201cFear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.\u201d<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u201cGlory to God in the highest, <span class=\"poetry2\">and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, \u201cLet us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.\u201d<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Corinthians 1:26-29 (ESV)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">26 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">27 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">28 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">29 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCHRISTMAS THEMES OF JESUS\u201d Sermon Series by Rev. Richard Jones Part 3: The Evangelists of Jesus Luke 2: 8-20 &nbsp; rec1224-111900 &nbsp; Luke 2:8-20 (ESV) 8 \u00a0And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3527\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,24,25,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-messages","category-sermon-series","category-sermons-by-rev-jones","category-story-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3529,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions\/3529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}