COME  SEE  WHAT  THE  LORD  HAS  MADE  KNOWN  TO  US  HE  SITS  HIGH,  BUT  HE  LOOKS  LOW  

 

WE  COME  TODAY  TO  CELEBRATE  THE  BIRTH  OF  OUR  LORD  JESUS,  FOR  

UNTO  US  A  CHILD  IS  BORN.    UNTO  US  A  SON  HAS  BEEN  GIVEN  AND  THE  

GOVERNMENT  SHALL  BE  UPON  HIS  SHOULDERS  AND  HIS  NAME  SHALL  

BE  CALLED,  WONDERFUL,  COUNSELOR,  EVERLASTING  FATHER,  PRINCE  

OF  PEACE.  

 

THIS  CHILD,  THIS  SON  CAME  INTO  THE  WORLD  AS  A  MANIFESTATION  

OF  THE  WORD  OF  GOD.    HE  WAS  PROPHESIED  BY  THE  PROPHETS,  

WRITTEN  IN  THE  BOOK  OF  THE  LAW  AND  UNDERSTOOD  BY  THE  

SCRIBES  AND  PHARISEES  TO  BE  THE  MESSIAH.    THE  LAMB  OF  GOD  WHO  

TAKETH  AWAY  THE  SINS  OF  THE  WORLD.  

 

HE  IS  THE  CHILD  WHOM  THE  ANGEL  SPOKE,  WOULD  COME.    CONCEIVED  

BY  HOLY  SPIRIT  AND  BORN  OF  THE  VIRGIN  MARY.    HE  CAME  INTO  THE  

WORLD  TO  BE  THE  SAVIOUR.    JESUS.    EMMANUEL,  GOD  WITH  US.  

 

AND  SO  HE  CAME.  CAME  THRU  FORTY  AND  TWO  GENERATIONS.    HE  

CAME.    ALL  THE  WAY  FROM  HEAVEN  DOWN  HE  CAME.    HE  CAME  AS  THE  

CHILD  WHO  WAS  PROMISED  AND  THE  BABY  WHO  THE  ANGEL  SAID  

WOULD  BE  BORN.    HE  CAME  AND  WAS  CONCEIVED    BY  THE  HOLY  

GHOST  IN  THE  WOMB  OF  A  VIRGIN.    HE  CAME  TO  SAVE  HIS  PEOPLE  

FROM  THEIR  SINS.    HE  CAME  AND  THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  LORD  WAS  UPON  

HIM  AND  SENT  HIM  TO  PREACH  THE  GOSPEL  TO  THE  POOR,  TO  SET  AT  

LIBERTY  THEM  WHO  WERE  BRUISED  AND  TO  HEAL  THE  BROKEN  

HEARTED  AND  TO  OPEN  THE  PRISON  DOORS  AND  TO  PREACH  THE  

ACCEPTABLE  YEAR  OF  THE  LORD.    HE  CAME  AND  I’M  SO  GLAD  THAT  HE  

DID.  

 

WHEN  JESUS  WAS    BORN  IN  BETHLEHEM,  THE  ANGELS  WENT  TO  

SHEPHERDS  IN  A  NEARBY  FIELD  AND  TOLD  THEM  OF  JESUS’  BIRTH  AND  

THAT  HE  WAS  THE  CHRIST.    THEY  TOLD  THEM  WHERE  HE  WAS  BORN  

AND  HOW  TO  IDENTIFY  HIM.    AND  AS  THEY  WERE  TELLING  THE  

SHEPHERDS  ABOUT  THE  BIRTH  OF  JESUS,  THE  HEAVENLY  HOST,  THE  

ANGELS  OF  HEAVEN  SHOWED  UP  AND    PRAISE  BROKE  OUT  AND  THEY  

BEGAN  TO  PRAISE  GOD  AND  SAY  GLORY  TO  GOD  IN  THE  HIGHEST,  ON  

PEACE  ON  EARTH  AND  GOODWILL  TOWARDS  MEN.  

 

AND  WHEN  THE  ANGELS  WERE  GONE  AWAY  FROM  THEM  INTO  

HEAVEN,  WHEN  THEY  DISAPPEARED,THE  SHEPHERDS  SAID  ONE  TO  

ANOTHER,  LET  US  GO  NOW  TO  BETHLEHEM  AND  SEE  THIS  THING  

WHICH  IS  COME  TO  PASS,  WHICH  THE  LORD  HAS  MADE  KNOWN  TO  US.      

 

LET’S  SEE  THIS  THING  WHICH  HAS  COME  TO  PASS,  THAT  THE  LORD  HAS  

MADE  KNOWN  TO  US.    FIRSTLY,  GOD  SHOWED  US  THAT  HE  CHOSE  TWO  

PEOPLE  WHO  WERE  FROM  THE  SMALLEST  TRIBE.    THE  TRIBE  OF  

BENJAMIN.    THE  TRIBE  OF  BENJAMIN  WERE  DESCENDENTS  OF  ONE  OF  

THE  CHILDREN  OF  JACOB  OR  ISRAEL  –  BENJAMIN.  THE  LAST  OF  

TWELVE  CHILDREN,  WHO  WAS  BORN  TO  A  MAN  ALMOST  100  YEARS  

OLD.    A  MAN  WHOSE  MOTHER  DIED  AT  HIS  BIRTH.    A  MAN  WHO  WAS  

DESTINED  TO  BE  WILD  AND  ANIMAL  LIKE.    JESUS  WAS  BORN  IN  THE  

TRIBE  THAT  WAS  THE  SMALLEST  AND  LEAST  RESPECTED.    THE  

BENJAMINITES    HAD  A  LOWLY  REPUTATION.    GOD  CHOSE  THE  

LOWLIEST  PLACE  FROM  WHICH  TO  CALL  HIS  SON.    AS  A  MAN,  AS  JESUS  

WAS  CHOOSING  HIS  DISCIPLES,  PHILLIP  WENT  TO  NATHANIEL  TO  TELL  

HIM  HE  HAD  FOUND  THE  MESSIAH  AND  NATHANIEL    WOULD  SAY  John

1:46   And Nathanael said unto him (SPEAKING  OF  JESUS), Can

there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto

him, Come and see.  

COME  SEE  THIS  THING  THAT  THE  LORD  HAS  SHOWN  US.    HE  COULD  

HAVE  COME  FROM  ROME  OR  FROM  SOME  GREAT  CITY  OF  NOTE.    BUT  

GOD  CHOSE  THE  SMALLEST  TRIBE  AND  THE  WORSE  CITY  OUT  OF  

WHICH  TO  BRING  HIS  SON  INTO  THE  WORLD.    COME  SEE  THIS  THING  

THAT  THE  LORD  HAS  SHOWN  US.  

 

NOT  ONLY  WAS  HE  BORN  TO  A  COUPLE  FROM  THE  SMALLEST  TRIBE,  

WITH  THE  WORSE  REPUTATION,  BUT  WHEN  JOSEPH  AND  MARY  CAME  

TO  BETHLEHEM  TO  BE  TAXED  AND  TO  HAVE  THEIR  NAMES  PLACED  IN  

THE  CENSUS.    THEY  DISCOVERED  THAT  THERE  WAS  NO  ROOM  FOR  

THEM  IN  THE  INN.    THERE  WAS  NO  PLACE  INSIDE,  OUT  OF  THE  

ELEMENTS.    PROTECTED  FROM  THE  NIGHT  WHERE  HE  COULD  BE  

BORN.  NO,    JESUS  WAS  BORN  IN  A  MANGER,    IN  A  ANIMAL  TROUGH.    A  

PLACE  WHERE  ANIMALS  FED  OR  DRANK.    WHICH  MEANS  JESUS  WAS  

BORN  IN  A  STABLE.    BORN  AMONGST  THE  STENCH  OF  ANIMALS,  IN  A  

PLACE  WHERE  LIVESTOCK  WERE  KEPT.    COME  AND  SEE  THIS  THING  

THAT  THE  LORD  HATH  SHOWN  US.  

 

AND  THERE  IS  GOD’S  SON,  BORN  IN  A  STABLE,  LAID  IN  AN  ANIMAL  

TROUGH  OR  MANGER,  TO  PARENTS  FROM  THE  LOWEST  PLACE  A  JEW  

COULD  BE  BORN  FROM  A  CITY  WHERE  NOTHING  GOOD  HAD  EVER  

COME.    AND  LOOK  AT  WHAT  THE  LORD  HATH  SHOWN  US.    WHEN  HE  

WAS  BORN,  HE  WASN’T  DRESSED  IN  THE  FINEST  CLOTHES  OR  

WRAPPED  IN  ROYAL  GARB.    NO,  THE  SAVIOUR  WAS  WRAPPED  IN  RAGS,  

IN  SWADDLING  CLOTHING.    COME  SEE  WHAT  THE  LORD  HATH  SHOWN  

US.      

 

AND  THEN  TO  WITNESS  THE  BIRTH  OF  THIS  BABY,  BORN  TO  LOWLY  

PARENTS,  FROM  A  LOWLY  CITY,  BORN  IN  A  LOWLY  PLACE  AND  

WRAPPED  IN  LOWLY  GARB.    HE  SENT  THE  ANGELS  TO  THE  LOWLIEST  

FOLK    AROUND.    HE  SENT  THE  ANGELS  FROM  HEAVEN  TO  SHEPHERDS.    

DIRTY  SHEPHERDS.    MEN  WHO  SLEPT  ON  THE  GROUND  AND  LIVED  

OUTDOORS.    MEN  WHO  LIVED  AND  WORKED  AMONGST  DIRTY  

STINKING  ANIMALS.    MEN  WHO  WERE  USE  TO  SMELLING  THE  STENCH  

OF  A  STABLE.    HE  SENT  LOWLY  MEN  TO  WITNESS  THE  BIRTH  OF  THE  

MESSIAH.    COME  SEE  THIS  THING  THAT  THE  LORD  HATH  DONE  AND  

HAS  MADE  KNOWN  UNTO  US.  

 

THE  LORD,  IN  HIS  INFINITE  WISDOM,    THE  KING  OF  KINGS  AND  THE  

LORDS  OF  LORD.    HE  KNEW  THAT  IF  HE  HAD  BEEN  BORN  IN  THE  

PALACE  AND  FROM  PARENTS  WHO  WERE  OF  ROYALTY  AND  WHO  

POSSESSED  THE  FINER  THINGS  IN    LIFE.    THE  LORD  KNEW,  IF  JESUS’  

BIRTH  HAD  BEEN  WITNESSED  BY  THE  NOBLES  AND  THE  WISEMEN,  HE  

KNEW  THAT  THEY  WOULD  HAVE  NEVER  ALLOWED  THE  LOWEST  OF  

THE  LOW  TO  EVER  CLAIM  HIM  AS  THEIR  SAVIOUR.    THEY  WOULD  HAVE  

INSTEAD  CLAIMED  THAT  HE  WAS  A  KING  WHO  WAS  TOO  HIGH  TO  SAVE  

THOSE  OF  LOW  ESTATE.    THEY  WOULD  HAVE  SAID  HE  WAS  TO    HIGH  

AND  HOLY  TO  CARE  ABOUT  THOSE  OF  US  WHO  ARE  OF  NO  REPUTATION.    

THEY  WOULD  HAVE  SAID,  THAT  HE  CAME  TO  BE  WITH  THE  HIGH  CLASS,  

NOT  THE  LOW  OR  NO  CLASS.    THEY  WOULD  HAVE  SAID  HE  CAME  TO  

THOSE  WHO  HAVE  A  LOT  AND  HAD  NOTHING  TO  DO  WITH  THOSE  WHO  

HAVE  NOT.      

 

BUT  GOD,  IN  HIS  INFINITE  WISDOM  KNEW  WE  NEEDED  A  SAVIOUR  

WHO  SAT  HIGH,  BUT  LOOKED  LOW.    HE  KNEW  THAT  WE  NEEDED  A  

DELIVERER  WHO  WAS  NOT  TOO  BIG  TO  SAVE  THE  SMALL,  NOR  TOO  

GREAT  TO  HELP  THE  LEAST,  NOR  TOO  HIGH  AND  MIGHTY  TO  LIFT  

BLESS  THOSE  WHO  ARE  LOWLY  AND  WEAK.  

 

NO  GOD,  IN  HIS  DIVINE  WISDOM  KNEW  THAT  IF  HE  CAME  FROM  A  

GREAT  PLACE,  PEOPLE  WOULD  SAY  HE  WAS  GREAT  BECAUSE  OF  

WHERE  HE  WAS  FROM.    IF  HE  WAS  BORN  OF  GREAT  PARENTS,  THEY  

WOULD  SAY,  HE  WAS  GREAT  BECAUSE  OF  HIS  FAMILY.    IF  HE  HAD  BEEN  

BORN  IN  THE  PALACE  OR  IN  SOME  GREAT  PLACE,  THEY  WOULD  HAVE  

SAID,  HE  WAS  BORN  UNDER  THE  PROTECTION  OR  CARE  OF  OTHERS.    IF  

HE  HAD  BEEN  BORN  DRESSED  IN  THE  FINER  THINGS  OF  LIFE,  THEY  

WOULD  HAVE  SAID,  HE  WAS  BORN  WITH  A  SILVER  SPOON  IN  HIS  

MOUTH.    AND  IF  HE  HAD  BEEN  BORN  WITNESSED  BY  THE  RICH  AND  

FAMOUS,  THEY  WOULD  HAVE  CLAIMED  HIM  FOR  THEMSELVES  AND  

SAID,  HE  WAS  DESTINED  TO  BE  ONE  OF  THEM.      

 

BUT  COME  AND  SEE  THIS  THING  THAT  HAS  COME  TO  PASS  AND  WHAT  

THE  LORD  HAS  MADE  KNOWN  TO  US.    HE  CAME  INTO  THE  WORLD  AS  

THE  KING  OF  KINGS  AND  THE  LORDS  OF  LORD.    But made himself of

no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant,

and was made in the likeness of men.

HE  LOWERED  HIMSELF  AND  MADE  HIMSELF  LOWLY  AND  MEEK.    SO  

THAT  NO  ONE  WOULD  BE  ABLE  TO  SAY  HE  WAS  TO  HIGH  FOR  THE  

LOWLY.    OR  TOO  FAMOUS  FOR  THE  NO  BODY’S,    NOR  TOO  RICH  FOR  THE  

POOR.    NO  HE  CAME  TO  SHOW  US  THAT  HE  SITS  HIGH,  BUT  HE  LOOKS  

LOW.  

 

COME  AND  SEE  THIS  THING  THAT  THE  LORD  HATH  DONE  AND  HAS  

MADE  KNOWN  TO  US.    HE  WILL  SAVE  ANYBODY,  HE’S  WILLING  TO  GO  

ANYWHERE,  NO  BODY  IS  TOO  MESSED  UP,    NO  PLACE  IS  TOO  DIRTY  OR  

SITUATION  TOO  BAD.    NOTHING  IS  SO  STINKY  OR  UGLY  THAT  HE  WON’T  

COME  AND  SAVE  YOU.    COME  SEE  THIS  THING  THAT  THE  LORD  HATH  

DONE  AND  WHAT  HE  HAS  MADE  KNOWN  UNTO  US.  

 

I  SO  GLAD,  THAT  ONE  DAY,  HE  CAME  AND  SAVED  A  WRETCH  LIKE  ME.  

HE  WASN’T  TOO  HIGH  TO  REACH  WAY  DOWN  AND  PICK  ME  UP.    I  WAS  

SINKING  DEEP  IN  SIN…