A Christmas Sermon

This is the sermon which is divided into three parts.

Christmas Eve Sermon

Luke 2:1-7

"The Decision"

There once was a boy named Tommy. Tommy was like most boys of the age 5, he like to run and play. He liked to get himself all dirty, especially in mud puddles after a nice rain. Tommy had two little dimples on his cheeks and when he smiled, they made him look just like an angel. But Tommy didn't smile as much as he could for you see Tommy was lonely. Tommy lived in an orphanage because Tommy's parents had been killed.

The people in the orphanage like having Tommy around. They liked to see his dark hair flopping in the breeze as Tommy ran around the furniture and all over the house. These people loved Tommy very much, but Tommy knew that it wasn't like having real parents of his very own. Tommy wanted parents that would love only him.

One day while Tommy was playing dodge ball, and Tommy was pretty good at that, he was usually the last one out, in the court house down the street from the orphanage, court was in session. This session of the court was very important to Tommy even though Tommy knew nothing of what was taking place. Judge Johnson was holding court that day. Now Judge Johnson liked to make people happy if he could. He was a jolly man who was always smiling and finding good in people. In today's court, the Judge was deciding if some people who saw Tommy at the orphanage could adopt him as there very own child. The judge was making a decision that would affect Tommy's whole like from that moment on, and Tommy didn't even know what was happening.

Judge Johnson after hearing all the testimony decided that Tommy could have these people, this couple, as his parents. The Judge decided that these people had a lot of love in their hearts and they would share that love with Tommy. He felt they would be good parents

Can you imagine how excited Tommy will be when these people come to the home and they tell him they are going to be Tommy's new parents. Tommy will no longer have to be lonely, he will have parents to take care of him, to love him, and to be loved by Tommy. The judge made a decision that would affect Tommy forever.

God made a decision that affects our whole lives in the same kind of way that Judge Johnson made his decision. It is that decision that we celebrate tonight and tomorrow. It is that decision that all the

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