Text: 1 Timothy 3:16

Topic: What the angels have seen

Introduction:

• 1 Timothy 3:16 is one of the earliest Christmas carols.
• Consider the Christmas story through the eyes of the angels.
• As the pinnacle of heavenly creation, angels are present when heaven and earth meet.
• The Gospels give us seven answers to what the angels saw.

1. The angels saw Christ in heaven.

• The Christ brought the angels into being.
• Isaiah 6:1—3

• Jesus was tempted at every point as we are, yet was without sin.
• Angels ministered to him after his exhausting struggle.
• Illustration: John Henry Newman's poem on Christ's temptation.

4. The angels saw Christ in the garden.

• An angel appeared to strengthen him in the agony of Gethsemane.

• Matthew 26:53

• Matthew 28:2

• Revelation 5:11

We are to tell the nations what the angels have seen.

Conclusion:

• We should share the angels' sense of awe in worship.
• Because of Christ we will be exalted with Christ and above the angels.