instantly there was beside this single messenger from heaven, this angel, the entire heavenly

host, there was with the angel a multitude of that army of angels that inhabit heaven

and surround the presence of our eternal God. And now it's not Zecharias who's singing.

It's not Mary who's singing. It's the angels who bring a chorus from heaven.

And it's that chorus, that song of the angels that R.C. Sproll will consider on this Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and in preparation for Christmas Day, today

you'll hear Luke's account of the birth of Jesus,

and that incredible moment as this heavenly host sings praise to God.

Don't forget that this sermon is part of a much larger series through Luke's Gospel,

and those sermons eventually became Dr. Sproul's commentary on Luke.

So if you'd like a copy of that commentary, we'll send it to you as our way of saying thank you for your year-end donation

in support of renewing your mind at renewingermind.org. But be quick as this offer ends tonight.

Well, here's R.C. Sprole in Luke, Chapter 2.

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus,

that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.

So all went to be registered everyone to his own city.

Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea to the city of David,

which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.

So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid

him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.

Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch

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