Preached the Sunday after Christmas, this message reflects on Christ as “the Firstborn,” retelling the nativity account from Luke 2 – Caesar’s census, Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem, and Mary wrapping her firstborn son and laying him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.
The sermon then widens the lens with Colossians’ description of Christ as “the firstborn over all creation,” showing that the baby born in Bethlehem is also the eternal Son through whom and for whom all things were created. The message calls believers to hold together the humility of the manger and the supremacy of Christ over all things.