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CHRISTMAS HEROTHE ANCIENT FORESHADOWING OF JESUS’ BIRTHJonathan Akin

A 5-PART SERMON OUTLINE

2 C H R I S T M A S H ERO

© 2016 LifeWay Christian Resources

Jonathan Akin is the pastor of Fairview Church in Lebanon, Tennessee. He is a founding member of a young leader movement called Baptist21 and an adjunct professor at a few Bible colleges and seminaries. Jonathan holds a Ph.D in Old Testament from the Southern Baptist

Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and is the author of Preaching Christ from Proverbs and Exalting Jesus in Ecclesiastes. He and his wife Ashley have three children.

HCSB—All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, copyright 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by

Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.


THE PROMISED HERO GENE SI S 3

Introduction

• Tell a funny, attention-grabbing, or tragic story about hiding (yourself or an object). • Hiding is a big part of our lives and leads to not really knowing others or being known.

• As kids, hide-and-seek is one of the first games we learn to play.• Though as we grow older, we learn to hide things about ourselves: something “nerdy” you like from your

classmates, an inappropriate magazine from your parents, websites from your wife, character flaws from your boyfriend, medical diagnoses, dependency problems, pregnancies, etc.

• The problems with hiding things is that no one really knows you and you’re always afraid you’ll be found out, but the even bigger problem is that we try to hide from our Creator.

• In Genesis 3, we see the first instance of hiding, and the answer to the problem!

Background

In Genesis 1, God created the world as a good home for the apex of his creation – humanity (seven times he calls it “good”). In Genesis 2, God placed the man He created, Adam, in Eden’s garden to cultivate it. God had provided for Adam many trees with much fruit to eat, but He prohibited mankind from eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil on penalty of death. Finally, after saying seven times that the creation was “good,” God now says that something is “not good.” It is not good for man to be alone, so God created woman (Eve) out of man (Adam) for the purpose of a complementary marriage relationship. But, all of that is about to change, because something leads the human couple to hide from each other and from God.

Exegetical Outline

1. Sin makes us hide from God and each other (Gen. 3:1-24). • The harmony of Genesis 1-2 where mankind enjoys intimate relationship with God, each other, and the world around

them is about to change due to a rebellion. • The crafty serpent enters the garden. • Who is he? Revelation 12:9 identifies him as the Devil or Satan who led an angelic rebellion against

God (cf. Rev. 12:4). • The Serpent tempts Eve by questioning God’s goodness to humanity, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from

any tree in the garden?’” (Gen. 3:1) • Eve replies that they can eat from all the trees except one, on penalty of death.• Satan responds by saying that God is lying to them and withholding from them because if they eat the fruit,

then they will become like God (Gen. 3:5). • Eve takes the bait, eats the fruit, and so does her husband who has apparently been by her side this whole

time—not watching over the garden as commanded (Gen. 2:15)! • The fallout of their sin is catastrophic—intimate relationships are broken and hiding begins.

• They hide from each other by covering themselves (Gen. 3:7). This suggests that their unashamed union with each other is gone.

• They also try to hide from God, which reveals their intimacy with Him is gone (Gen. 3:8). • God calls the man to account (Gen. 3:9), but instead of confessing his sin and getting it out in the open, Adam

shifts the blame to his wife (Gen. 3:12) and she blames Satan (Gen. 3:13). • The consequences of sin are tragic (Gen. 3:16-19):

• Women will have great pain in childbirth.


• Again, marriage will suffer: a wife will desire to switch her God-given role (want to lead rather than be led) and a husband will desire to be a dictator instead of a loving leader.

• Men will have difficulty providing for their families. • The final consequence will be death itself. Death will be both physical (decaying to dust; 3:19) and spiritual

(blocked from the Tree of Life by Cherubim, from eternal life, and from intimacy with God; 3:22-24).

2. A promised Hero will rescue mankind from sin and restore intimacy (Gen. 3:15, 20-24).• In the midst of this madness, God mercifully promises a Hero. God says to the serpent, “I will put hostility

between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel” (Gen. 3:15).

• Good news: the Savior will defeat Satan and reverse the curse of sin. • How? The Hero will suffer, but in the process deal the deathblow to the Enemy.• The Hero, Jesus, comes at Christmas and dies at Calvary (with a spike driven through his foot), but when He

rises on Easter, death, Satan and the curse are defeated once-and-for-all. • That is because Jesus takes sin and the curse on Himself in our place! • We not only get a glimpse of the Hero in the promise of Genesis 3:15, but we also see it God’s action in Genesis

3:21 where He slaughters an animal to cover Adam and Eve. • This is a preview of the sacrificial system and the cross where blood atones for sin. • Not only does the Hero’s death forgive our sin, but it reconciles us to God • When Jesus breathes His last, the veil in the temple that has Cherubim woven on it (cf. Ex. 26:31) rips in two,

signaling that fellowship with God has been restored!

Application

Because of sin, our tendency is to hide from God and from each other.• We hide parts of our lives that we think we can’t let others know about. • We try to hide our sins, hoping no one else will find out and we won’t be ashamed. • We believe that if anyone truly knew us, they wouldn’t love us anymore. • We somehow think if our sins don’t become public, everything will be okay, as if God doesn’t know about them and

won’t hold us accountable for them.• So, we don’t confess our sins. We don’t get them into the light. We let them fester in the darkness where they grow

and keep us from intimacy with God and others. • But, there’s good news—because of the promised Hero, we don’t have to hide anymore! • The biblical solution is to get our sins out in the open (cf. John 3:19-21) • First John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from

all unrighteousness.” • Jesus took the punishment our sin deserves so that we could be forgiven. • Not only does Jesus reconcile us to God, but His death also reconciles us to each other (cf. Eph 2:14). • The Hero who came at Christmas and died at Calvary gives us the opportunity to confess our sins to God and to one

another (cf. James 5:16) so we can truly know Him and be known by Him!


THE HERO, JOSHUAJOSH UA 2 A N D 6

Introduction

Play a clip or mention a popular movie, story, or song about vengeance like The Count of Monte Cristo, or Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride.

• We love revenge stories because we know what it feels like to be wronged and to demand justice, accountability, or judgment. The desire for justice is a good desire.

• The problem is that the Bible says we are not the ones who are to execute the justice. Rather, we must trust the Lord for that.

• It is the Lord’s responsibility to judge and show mercy. We see that in this story, and we also see how we are to forgive those who have wronged us.

Background

When the Lord made a covenant with Abram, He promised Abram the land of Canaan as an inheritance, but the Lord also promised that Abraham’s descendants would be slaves in a foreign land for 400 years before returning to the promised land (Gen. 15:13-14). That was because “the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure” (Gen. 15:16). Abraham’s family did go down to Egypt where they were enslaved for centuries. Then, the Lord rescued the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and brought them out into the wilderness where Moses and the older generation would die for unfaithfulness (for example, only two of 12 spies in Numbers 13-14 thought the Israelites could take the promised land). Joshua, whose name means “The Lord saves,” became the new leader, and the book that bears his name begins with the Hebrews on the edge of the promised land. Learning from the failure of the 12 spies in Numbers, Joshua sends two spies into the land this time since only two gave a good report last time. They spy out the strategic city of Jericho, readying to pour out God’s wrath on the people in the land, whose iniquity is now complete.

Exegetical Outline:

1. Joshua judges the sin of the Canaanites. • The spies are sent out to scout the land, so that the Israelites can completely wipe out the Canaanites (cf. Josh. 6:17).

This raises an ethical question: Why does God tell them to do this?• Many people think this command seems bloodthirsty and inconsistent for a God of love. • The answer is: the Canaanites are sinners who deserve judgment. • In fact, God has been extremely patient with them. • He said centuries before this in Genesis 15:16 that the iniquity of the Amorites was not yet complete—He has

given them hundreds of years to continue to sin without accountability or judgment, but now He will pour out His judgment and keep His promise to Abraham of giving his descendants the land.

• God is holy and cannot allow sin to go unpunished. • If there were a judge in our community who was known for letting guilty people go unpunished, we would call

for his dismissal from the bench. • God will use Joshua and his army to bring about this judgment, so the spies enter the land to help

formulate a battle plan.

2. Joshua saves a believing Canaanite. • The spies enter Jericho and are given a safe haven by a prostitute named Rahab (Josh. 2:1).

• Rahab is a “madam” of sorts who basically runs an inn that doubles as a brothel. • She is a very disreputable woman.


• We see something of the character of Jericho when the King of Jericho says, “Bring out the men” (i.e. the spies; Josh. 2:3). This is a phrase that echoes the language of the men of Sodom (Gen. 19:5) and foreshadows that the city will be destroyed by fire.

• Rahab shows great faith (Heb. 11:31) by hiding the spies and deceiving the king’s men. • Rahab’s faith is not only revealed in her actions, but also her confession. • She says, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and

everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan. When we heard this, we lost heart, and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below. Now please swear to me by the LORD that you will also show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you.” (Josh. 2:9-12).

• Despite what people may think about God’s command toward the city of Jericho, this story makes it clear that anyone who sides with the one true God will be shown mercy and be rescued from the judgment to come. That is what happens for Rahab and her family.

• Rahab asks for a sign that they will save her family, and they give her a scarlet cord to put in the window (2:18) • The scarlet cord reminds us of the Passover, where blood was displayed on the door of the house so that

the death angel would pass by (It’s not a coincidence that Israel celebrates the Passover right before entering Jericho), and it points us forward to the cross of Jesus Christ where the blood of Christ rescues sinners from judgment.

• The spies return to camp with the good report, and chapter 6 details the strange battle instructions from the Lord.

• Joshua commands every living thing to be destroyed except for Rahab and her family (6:17). • Not only is Rahab saved by Joshua (whose name is the Old Testament version of Jesus!), but she also becomes an

ancestor in the line of the Messiah (Matt. 1:5). God is keeping His promise from Genesis 3 to bring a Hero to rescue the world, and that is what we celebrate at Christmas. Joshua foreshadows the ultimate Hero by judging God’s enemies and saving the repentant!

Application

Judgment and salvation belong to the Lord, not us. • We need to be aware of the fact that God’s command to wipe out Jericho was given at a specific time in history to a

specific Spirit-anointed leader (who foreshadowed Jesus). • We are not to apply the story by seeking vengeance.• Rather, when we are wronged, we are commanded to forgive our enemies (cf. Matt. 5:44). • How can we do that when we’ve been hurt badly? • Answer: Trust in the judgment and salvation of Jesus! • If the person who wronged you is not a believer, then Jesus will hold them accountable on judgment day.• If the person who wronged you is a believer, then the blood of Jesus has paid for their sin against you, so let it go. If

you refuse to forgive them, then you are implying that the blood of Christ is enough to forgive your sins against God but not enough to forgive others’ sins against you.

• The judgment and salvation of Jesus is the fuel for forgiveness!


THE HERO, DAVID1 S A M U EL 17

Introduction

Share a story or illustration of how our culture tends to assume that good people and those who do good works are believers.

• Many people labor under the false assumption that good people go to heaven.• On the one hand, that’s bad news because so many people think of themselves as “good” people rather than as

sinners. On the other hand, that’s really bad news for people who consider themselves “bad” people and therefore think that God could never love them.

• Deep down most people know they are sinners, and most of us have things in our lives that we hope no one else finds out about. There are things we’ve done or said or thought that make us feel ashamed and guilty.

• The Bible indicates that there is an Enemy—Satan—who accuses us day and night (Rev. 12:10). Satan reminds us of these sins and faults and tries to convince us that we are unlovely to God. Is there any hope? Is there any hero who can defeat our Enemy?

• First Samuel 17 gives us good news!

Background

God brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and into the promised land where, under Joshua’s leadership, they defeated the Canaanites living in the land. However, they didn’t complete the conquest and completely drive out the pagan peoples in the land, so during the period of the judges, the Israelites compromised their faith and were harassed by the pagan peoples still around them. In 1 Samuel, the Israelites ask for a king and are given Saul who starts out well, but ultimately rebels against the Lord. Once the Lord rejects Saul as king, Samuel goes to anoint the king-in-waiting—David. First Samuel 17 reveals that the future King, who has been anointed by the Spirit, is just the sort of Hero Israel needs to save her from her enemies like the Philistines. He is the answer to Hannah’s prayer from 1 Samuel 2 of a lowly King who will shame the strong!

Exegetical Outline

1. David saves the Israelites from their enemy.• The Philistine champion, Goliath, presents himself before the Israelite army for 40 days, and he has turned King Saul

and the Israelites into chickens.• First Samuel 17:11 states, “When Saul and all Israel heard these words from the Philistine, they lost their

courage and were terrified.”• So, the little shepherd boy, who has been anointed as the next king and empowered by the Holy Spirit (1

Sam.16:13), steps up as a candidate to be Israel’s champion. He agrees to fight Goliath.• Genesis 3:15 figures prominently in the background of the story.• First Samuel 17:5 indicates that Goliath is wearing “scale” armor that may look like a serpent, and David is the

champion who comes along to defeat Goliath. With God on his side, he uses his sling and stones to crush the giant’s head and then uses the giant’s sword to take the giant’s head.

• After David kills the Philistine champion, suddenly the Israelites are empowered to chase the rest of the army and win the victory.

• So often we approach this story by identifying with David and saying it is about “facing your giants,” but that’s not the point of the story. We aren’t David. Rather, we are the Israelites cowering in fear, needing a Hero to rescue us.

• Good news: David points to the ultimate Hero who comes at Christmas to rescue us!


2. Jesus saves us from our Enemy.• Like David, Jesus is anointed with the Holy Spirit (at his baptism) and immediately goes out into the wilderness for

40 days to do battle with the serpent (cf. Matt. 4:1-11).• Like David for the Israelites, Jesus does for us what we could not do for ourselves. He defeats our Enemy–Satan!• He defeats him by not giving in to the temptation to bypass the cross. It is through the cross (the bruising of

the offspring’s heel; Gen. 3:15) that the serpent’s head is crushed.• Hebrews 2:14-15 puts it like this, “Now since the children have flesh and blood in• common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of

death—that is, the Devil—and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.”• Revelation 12:11 says that the blood of the Lamb that conquers the accusation of Satan. So, David’s victory over

Goliath points forward to the Messiah’s victory over Satan and death!

Application

Most of us have done or thought things that we hope no one else will ever find out about. Those sins make us feel ashamed and guilty. Our Enemy, Satan, uses those pressure points to get us to doubt God’s love. It could be a porn addiction, cheating on an exam that got you into college, betraying a friend, lying to your spouse, etc.

• Because of those sins, you hide and you are afraid of exposure.• The good news is our champion, Christ, has silenced the Enemy’s accusation.• Romans 8:1 says, “Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus…”. No matter what you’ve done,

the blood of Christ is enough to defeat the Enemy and make you right with God!


THE HERO, ELIJAH1 K I NGS 18

Introduction

Think about the times in life when you need an “in” to get in somewhere.• Examples: When you need a recommendation from a friend or colleague for a job you really want and their clout

might help you get your foot in the door. Or maybe you need a connection to someone who has tickets to Saturday’s game. It also could be that you need a referral from a doctor to get you in to see that specialist.

• Many times in life we need a go-between to help us get into certain places. Without that go-between we would be left on the outside!

• The same thing is true about our relationship with God. Because of our sin, we are separated from God. We need a mediator to bring us into God’s presence so that He will hear us when we call to Him!

• First Kings 17 shows us a hero named Elijah who serves as the mediator between Israel and God. God proves that He is the only One who can act on behalf of His people by listening to the voice of the mediator. In the process, Elijah’s story points us to Jesus—the mediator between God and us.

Background

Because of the sins of the Davidic kings, the nation of Israel was divided into a southern kingdom (Judah) and a northern kingdom (Israel). The northern kingdom was characterized by godless idolatry. One of its kings, Ahab, married a foreign woman named Jezebel who was also a notorious idolater, so Baal worship became the official religion of Israel and Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of Yahweh. Yahweh pronounced his judgment on Ahab, Jezebel, and their gods by sending a drought. Baal was supposed to be the storm god who provided rain so crops would grow, but Elijah predicted a three-year drought. This was a poke in the eye because the storm god couldn’t make it rain! Yahweh told Elijah to go to Ahab and announce the end of the drought, and that led to the showdown in 1 Kings 18.

Exegetical Outline

1. You need a substitute.• Ahab and Elijah meet, and Elijah calls for a showdown at Mount Carmel.

• All of Israel, the prophets of Baal, and the prophets of Asherah were to be there.• Elijah indicts the people for their idolatry and wavering between Yahweh and the baals.• 1 Kings 18:21 says, “Then Elijah approached all the people and said, ‘How long will you hesitate between two

opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him. But if Baal, follow him.’ But the people didn’t answer him a word.”• Elijah calls for a contest to prove which God is the true God and which of the prophets is the true prophet.• The contest: two sacrificial bulls will be placed on two wooden altars, and the prophets will call on their god to

send fire on the sacrifice and whichever god answers is the true one.• Baal’s prophets go first (lightning should be easy for the storm god), but there is no answer. They danced, cut

themselves, and cried out to their god, but with no answer.• Elijah mocks them by suggesting they cry louder, saying maybe he is in the bathroom and can’t hear you.


• Elijah calls the people near, repairs the broken altar of Yahweh that had been torn down, and he takes 12 stones to represent the 12 tribes to build the altar.

• Israel deserves death for its idolatry, but instead a substitute sacrifice has been placed on the altar in Israel’s place.

• Elijah even put water on the sacrifice to show how powerful Yahweh is!• Judgment (symbolized by fire) will need to fall on the substitute to turn Israel’s hearts back to their God.• The sacrifice points forward to the ultimate Hero who comes at Christmas, Jesus Christ, the sacrifice who takes

away the sin of the world.

2. You need a mediator.• Elijah prays to the Lord and asks the Lord to answer him.

• In 1 Kings 18:37, Elijah says, “Answer me, Lord! Answer me so that this people will know that You, Yahweh, are God and that You have turned their hearts back.”

• The fire falls on the sacrifice at the request of the mediator and the people fall on their faces, confessing that Yahweh is the true God.

• The scene is breathtaking. God answers the voice of a man, and through the mediator, the people are brought back to God.

• Elijah points forward to our ultimate Hero—Jesus of Nazareth.• When Jesus prays in front of a crowd, He says, “I know that You always hear Me…” (John 11:42). When Jesus

calls to God, God listens to His voice and acts.• Jesus is the mediator between us and God (1 Tim. 2:5).• He is the one who can bring us into the presence of God.

Application

We have a mediator who gives us an “in” with God Almighty!• We need a mediator who can speak to God on our behalf and get us into His presence. We have such a mediator in

Jesus Christ (1 Tim. 2:5).• Hebrews 4:14-16 says, “Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—

Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.”

• Good News: through Jesus, we can boldly come to God and He will answer our prayers and act graciously to help us.

• Therefore, pray boldly because God listens to the voices of men.• Pray for the lost, pray for provision, pray for healing, pray for sinners to come to repentance, pray for unreached

peoples, and pray for the hurting.


THE HERO OF CHRISTMASM AT T HE W 2

Introduction

Tell a story about the best, funniest, or most thoughtful gift you’ve ever received. • It could be a Christmas gift, a birthday present, an anniversary date, etc.

• Talk about how you liked the gift so much that you told others about it. • When we get a really good gift, we love to share the story with others, “Hey, you’ll never believe what my wife

got me for my birthday…” “Can you believe my husband remembered this for our anniversary?!” • Christmas is the celebration of the greatest gift the world ever received—the ultimate Hero, Jesus Christ.• That gift and story is worth telling over and over and over again.

Background

Sin and death entered the world in Genesis 3, but God made a promise to send a Hero who would reverse the curse of sin and death (cf. Gen. 3:15). Matthew 1 traces the line of the Messianic hero from Abraham to Jesus, the fulfillment of the promise. He baby was given the name Jesus “because He will save His people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). This leads to the story of Matthew 2. The gift of the Hero is good news to some, but bad news to those who oppose Jesus.

Exegetical Outline

1. Everyone is invited to believe in the Hero (Matt. 2:1-12).• Wise men from the east followed a star to Jerusalem.

• These were well-educated, most likely wealthy pagans from a foreign eastern nation. • These were not likely men to figure prominently in the birth story of the Jewish King. They were probably

stargazers, sinners, foreigners, etc. • They ask, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to

worship Him” (Matt. 2:2). • Their question troubles (fake) King Herod (2:3). Herod is an illegitimate king. He is a ruthless, paranoid,

and violent man who seeks to flatter the Roman Empire. News of a true King would certainly disturb the illegitimate one.

• The Old Testament experts, looking at Micah 5, indicate that the ultimate King would be born in Bethlehem. Herod makes a deal with the wise men that, if they find the child, they should let Herod know so that he too can come to worship the new king.

• The wise men follow the star to the house of Mary, Joseph and Jesus. They fall down and worship Jesus, offering Him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

• They pay homage to the King by giving Him these gifts. • What is happening in this story is actually the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.

• There is a promise that the nations would stream to Israel at a great light. • For example, Isaiah 60:1-6 says, “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord shines over

you…Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your radiance…and the wealth of the nations will come to you. Caravans of camels will cover your land—young camels of Midian and Ephah—all of them will come from Sheba. They will carry gold and frankincense and proclaim the praises of the Lord.”

• In Genesis 12 God promised that all the nations would be blessed through Abram’s offspring. The prophets promised that the nations would come to Israel because they recognized God was with her, and the nations would be saved. We see a glimpse of that here with the wise men.


2. There are some who oppose the Hero (Matt. 2:12-23).• God warns the wise men in a dream not to go back to King Herod.

• An angel also warns Joseph, so that he takes his family to Egypt. • An enraged Herod kills all the male children under the age of two. • Herod’s massacre is part of a much bigger scheme behind the scenes. • Genesis 3 promised a war between the serpent and the woman’s offspring. Revelation 12 reveals that the

dragon waits to eat the child (12:4). Between Genesis and Revelation, we see how the serpent attempts to keep the Hero from coming to save the world.

• We see this with Pharaoh’s massacre of the Hebrew babies (Ex. 1:21), Athaliah’s murder of the sons of David (2 Chron. 22:10), and with Herod’s massacre in Matthew 2.

• But God preserves the line and keeps His promise to send a Hero to rescue the world. • Once Herod dies, Jesus returns to Israel with His family to do His work of salvation.

Application

Jesus is the greatest gift you have ever received, so tell others about Him! • Despite all of the opposition and hostility, God miraculously brought the Hero into the world to save the world

from sin and death. • This is the greatest gift the world has ever seen. • Just like you tell others when you get a really good gift, you need to tell others about Jesus! • This means reading the Christmas story to your children and family, urging them to believe. • This means sharing the gospel with your neighbors, co-workers, classmates, and family. • This means believing that everyone is welcome in your congregation, no matter their race or religion. • This means participating in Christmas missions offerings that help get the good news to places it

has never gone before.

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