{"id":10120,"date":"2021-11-21T14:30:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T19:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=10120"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:44:13","slug":"anunexpectedbirth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/11\/anunexpectedbirth\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unexpected Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Series: Expect the Unexpected<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE: An Unexpected Birth<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture: Luke 1:22-35, 46-55<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>I. WHAT CAME BEFORE HIS BIRTH<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When we study the Christmas story we normally (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>come in too late<\/strong><\/span>). When we come in late, we forget that Jesus had to leave (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>where He was<\/strong><\/span>) to come to (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>where we are<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Words of the OT:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Isaiah 7:14<br \/>\n2. Isaiah 9<br \/>\n3. Gen.22:18<br \/>\n4. Hosea 11:1<br \/>\n5. Jeremiah 31:15<br \/>\n6. Micah 5:2<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II. WHAT CAME AFTER HIS BIRTH<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Why did God choose the \u201cVirgin Birth way?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1) It highlights the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>supernatural<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2) It shows humanity needs (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>saving<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n3) It shows God\u2019s display of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>initiative<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n4) It lays the groundwork for the belief that God is (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>fully human and fully divine<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What did Mary say yes to?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Being an (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>outcast for life<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2. Raising the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Son of God<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n3. Lifetime of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>roller coaster emotions<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n4. Finding her (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>salvation<\/strong><\/span>) the same way we all do.<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: Series: Expect the Unexpected<br \/>\nPastor Ryan preaching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge Series: Expect the Unexpected TITLE: An Unexpected Birth Scripture: Luke 1:22-35, 46-55 \u00a0 I. WHAT CAME BEFORE HIS BIRTH When we study the Christmas story we normally (come in too late). When we come in late, we forget that Jesus had to leave (where He was) to come to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/11\/anunexpectedbirth\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10124,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10120\/revisions\/10124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}