Jesus is Joy to the World!

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

1. There is joy in the coming King!

Jesus isn’t just any King – He is the greatest King ever!

2. There is joy in who this King is and in the results of His coming.

Zechariah 9:9-10 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, Odaughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

A. Jesus is a righteous King! Righteous – This word means just, innocent, in the right. How many kings or other leaders has the world known that were just? Perhaps a few. How many of them were innocent?
C. Jesus is a humble King! The One who created everything in the world entered into it with nothing…
D. Jesus is a peaceful King! (Shalom) which is the best kind of peace – it’s all encompassing…
E. Jesus the King brings Salvation! 
F. Israel thought that salvation was political – but it was so much more!

3. This joy is for everyone!

A. This King is the greatest King and WILL rule the entire earth.
B. Every biblical prophecy about this coming King has played out in perfection.

• Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
• Isaiah 53:5-7 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. all we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
• Revelation 19:6-9 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

We can have confidence that what God says will happen, will happen!

We can be filled with joy because God sent His Son on that first Christmas morning.

Joy best experienced is joy that is shared with others.