It is true that Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem.

But it is also true that the Son of God, who came into the world in human form, did not begin at Bethlehem.

Yes, there was a birth and a beginning of the God man, but the second member of the Trinity was around before Bethlehem.

He just took on human form.

Welcome to Grace to You featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil

Johnson. Some cows and sheep, some shepherds, Mary and Joseph,

probably an angel, and a baby resting in a manger. The traditional nativity scene, at the very

least, it gives an idea of what was going on the night Jesus came to earth. Question is,

have you ever gone beyond the circumstances of Jesus' birth to really consider

the person of Jesus himself and the response you should have to the mysterious Jesus, the

miraculous Jesus, the majestic Jesus who came to earth and will reign forever?

Today, John MacArthur helps prepare you for a

Christmas of genuine worship. He'll be approaching Christmas truth from some angles you might not

expect. So stay here as he continues his timely look at the Jesus of Christmas. And now here's

John with today's lesson.

I want you to turn in your Bibles to a text which may not on the surface seem to relate to Christmas, but it does.

John chapter 8.

John chapter 8.

And I want to read to you a fascinating account of Jesus and the Jewish leaders.

In John chapter 8, beginning at verse 51, Jesus said, truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he shall never see death.

The Jews said to him, now we know that you have a demon.

Abraham died, and the prophets also.

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