Go Tell It From the Mountains | Billy Graham Classic Sermon

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good evening this is Billy Graham would

you like to have the most beautiful and

wonderful Christmas you’ve ever known to

experience for yourself what true love

is really all about then join me and my

special guest and discover for yourself

what Christmas can mean for you and your

family this

year oh

come

joyful and

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is Angels Sing glory to the new

kingace Earth and mercy my God and

sing joyful all ye nations rise Jo the

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brother this is just so fantastic LNO

isn’t this beautiful beautiful oh was

the snow and everything yeah the spirit

is here Christmas is always my favorite

time of the year anyway but especially

since my children have come you know

that I know we were just blessed with

the boy ourselves and it does make a

special Dimension to chist it does

because it gives it gives us an

opportunity at our house to to talk

about you know the tinsil and the trees

and the presents and all that kind of

stuff but to to kind of bring that

around to the fact that the the greatest

gift of all was the gift that God gave

us Jesus the important gift the one none

of us could live without not me I

wouldn’t want to try oh I’m not going to

either oh Cliff how you doing Brother

come on we’ve just had a great time with

a bunch of international students

sharing What Christmas Means to them in

their own country and of course being

away from their country now some of them

are alone at this time but uh sharing

you know we do learn some of our best

lessons from our children don’t we

you’ll find it out as they grow a little

older I remember some Christmases ago

one of our daughters gave to her mother

a sponge and an SOS pad and with it a

little note that said Mommy with these I

give you myself to help you in the

kitchen and it reminded us that we don’t

have to have a lot of things to make

Christmas what it really ought to be and

regardless of what we have or don’t have

we can give one of the best gifts of all

and that’s our self and love and service

to others that’s right by the way have

we said Merry Christmas to each other

yet come to think of it lell we haven’t

we’ve been too

busy you guys we wish you a Merry

Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas

we wish you a merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year we wish you a Merry

Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas

we wish you a Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year Tidings to you and all of

your Tidings Merry Christmas and Happ

new wish you a Merry Christmas we wish

you a Merry Christmas we wish you a

Merry

Christmas and a Happy New

Year the of la la la la la la la la the

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chorus

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sing

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wind We wish you a Merry Christmas we

wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry

Christmas

Oh Holy

Night the stars are brightly

shining it is the night of my dear

savior’s

birth long lay the world in sin and ER

till he

appeared and the Soul felt its

wor a thrill of

Hope the we World

rejoices for y

breaks a new and glorious

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on your

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voice oh

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night

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divine oh

night when Christ was

born

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night oh night

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divine

truly he taught us to love one

another his law is love and his

gospel is

peace chains shall he break for the

slave is our

brother and in his name all oppression

shall

cease sweet hyms of of

joy in ever chorus rise we let all

within us praise His holy

name

Christ he is the

Lord

and ever

praise we his

power and

Glory

ever more

Proclaim your

power and

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glory

for proclaim

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the

angel

glory to the

newborn

king

glory to

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peace on Earth and

mercy

mind God and

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Proclaim Christ is born

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the heaven born Prince of

Peace hail the

son of

rightousness light and Life to all he

brings risen with

healing in his

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God all is

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some months ago I flew over a little

town in the beautiful Austrian outs as I

looked down from 30,000 ft I could not

help but remember that scene 160 years

ago it was Christmas Eve and in orendorf

the Reverend Joseph Moore the

26-year-old assistant pastor of St

Nicholas church was troubled mice had

eaten into the Bellas of the old church

organ and there would be no music at the

Christmas Eve service however Jose

Joseph Moore sat down and quickly wrote

a poem of six stanzas celebrating the

glory of the birth of Jesus Christ he

brought the poem to the church organist

and requested that the musician set the

words to music that night gruba and more

sang their melody Little dreaming that

this song would go around the world and

become possibly the greatest Christmas

Carol of them all silent night holy

night seems like a romantic dream or

even a false hope that vanishes in the

face of the realities of life but there

can be peace in our hearts when we turn

to the only true source of peace Jesus

Christ think back to that first

Christmas almost 2,000 years ago you

remember the story it was probably late

at night on The Plains just a few miles

outside the little village of Bethlehem

the Stars Shone like diamonds in the sky

and the little band of weary Shepherds

had settled down to sleep on the cold

Rocky ground they had no reason to

expect it would be different from any

other night just as you may think in

your own life that nothing can change

but God had other plans for this was the

night that would be the most important

night in human history the night when

God himself would come to Earth listen

to Luke’s account of that remarkable

night and lo the angel of the Lord Came

Upon them and the glory of the Lord

Shone round about them and they were

sore afraid and the angel said unto them

fear not for behold I bring you good

tidings of great joy which shall be to

all people for unto you is Born This Day

in the city of David a savior which is

Christ the lord can you imagine the fear

that must have gripped their hearts one

translation says and they were Terror

stricken but the first words of the

angels to those Shepherds were

fear not there’s good news fear not

because Christ has come and he makes all

the difference because Christ has come

you need not be bound by fear and

despair you can know that all is calm

and all is bright because of Christ you

know four times in the gospel accounts

of Christmas the Angels use that

expression fear not Zacharias an old man

was filled with fear when he was told

told that he would be the father of John

the Baptist who would be the Forerunner

of the Messiah the angel told him fear

not Mary was told that she would have

the awesome privilege of bearing the Son

of God fear filled her at first but the

angel said fear not Mary Joseph

betrothed to the Virgin Mary was filled

with fear and embarrassment when he

discovered she was pregnant but the

angel declared fear not for that which

is conceived in her is of the Holy

Ghost then when the holy child was born

the angel came to those Shepherds that

we spoke about a moment ago and said

fear not for behold I bring you good

tidings of great joy for unto you is

born a savior which is Christ the

lord and that is what God says to us

today no matter what our fears may be it

is what he says to you right now fear

not fear not because Christ has come

because there’s no longer any reason to

be gripped and enslaved by fear think of

the fears that so easily assault us this

fear of problems that we face and what

we think they may do to us but no matter

what problem you face the Bible says

fear not why because Christ is with you

Jesus declared in the world you shall

have tribulation but be of good cheer I

have overcome the world he invites you

today to break your cares and your

burdens to him come unto me all ye that

laay but a heavy laden and I will give

you rest he said or there’s the fear of

loneliness you’re never alone when you

know Christ he has promised low I’m with

you always even unto the end of the

world you were created for fellowship

with God and when you come to Christ he

makes you a child of God you have a

special relationship with him and

nothing can take that away because

Christ made it possible through his

death on the cross then there’s the fear

of death there was another time in the

Bible when the angel came and said fear

not it was spoken to the women who came

to the Tomb of Jesus early on that first

Christmas morning and discovered the

tomb was empty fear not ye he is not

here for He Is

Risen Christ is the answer to death by

his death on the cross and his

resurrection from the dead he took away

the sting of death death he took away

our sins by dying on the cross in our

place and by putting your faith in him

as your lord and Savor you can know the

joy of forgiveness and peace with God

Christmas was just the beginning ahead

was the cross and Beyond the cross was

the empty tomb the Cradle the cross and

the crown all go together if we’re to

understand Christ and the difference he

can make in our lives you see Christ is

come to take away the source of our

fears fears are real and Christ does not

tell us that we should simply cheer up

and they’ll all go away it’s right to

fear death if we do not know Christ it

is right to fear loneliness or the

problems that seem to overwhelm us

because those things are very real but

so is Christ and when we realize that he

has dealt with sin and made it possible

for us to be reconciled to God then we

do not need to be paralyzed by fear and

any longer instead we should do what the

Shepherds did come to Christ come to him

with our sins and cast them at his feet

then we can know silent night holy night

then we can know what the Bible calls

the peace of God which passeth all

understanding Jesus promised peace I

leave with you my peace I give unto you

not as the world giveth give I unto you

let not your heart be troubled neither

Let It Be Afraid

yet there can be no doubt that in the

midst of all the Christmas rush the

Prince of Peace has often been left out

and we too often forget that it is

actually his birthday that we’re

celebrating the precise meaning of that

first Christmas was clear God has come

to Earth in human form and the impact

was so great that calendars were torn up

old prejudices were laid aside and

eventually millions of Earth’s people

began to walk in a newness of life

and talk about the possibility of peace

on Earth nearly 2,000 years ago the

Angels revealed to the wondering and

trembling Shepherds the Glorious news

that there was born that very day in the

city of David a savior which is Christ

the lord you see these were not ordinary

Shepherds they watched the sheep that

would be sacrifices on the altar of the

temple for the sins of the people and

these Shepherds were considered

religious outcasts because their job

made it impossible to keep the ranic law

how appropriate that the Angels gave the

most glorious message ever heard to them

first these sheep under the sentence of

death as if the angel said your time for

dying is almost over for the Lamb of God

who takes away the sin of the world is

born tonight how appropriate he gave the

announcement to these Outcast Shepherds

for man had been spiritual Outcast ever

since the Garden of Eden and Jesus had

come to open open the way home there are

thousands of human schemes for social

and political Improvement many of them

are very good but they will ultimately

fail because they are not dealing with

man’s basic disease they change the

circumstances but leave the man

untouched they alter the surroundings

but have no power to change and

transform character if mankind is to be

saved at this tragic hour of History if

the world is to be transformed if we’re

to have peace then then salvation must

come from a source outside of man

Christmas emphasizes the Glorious truth

that what man is unable to do for

himself Jesus Christ has done for him

man could not save himself because he

could not deliver himself from the guilt

power and the consequences of sin man

was in Rebellion against God and had no

terms of peace to offer that could be

acceptable by God Only God himself could

make peace and this he did through the

atoning sacrifice of his son through the

merits of Christ’s life and death we are

offered full and free forgiveness

Christmas tells us what it cost God to

save the world for God so loved the

world that he gave his only begotten son

Christ is God’s great Christmas gift to

the world the scripture says thanks be

unto God for his unspeakable gift

however the hope that was given to those

Shepherds on that first Christmas

morning is available only to those who

believe to know the pardon joy and peace

and power which comes through Christ man

must personally receive him by faith

faith must be real if the heart is to be

changed there are many of you watching

at this moment who long for peace in

your own heart at this Christmas time

you too can meet God at the foot of the

cross and find the peace that you’ve

searched for so long you say what do I

have to do do well you have to turn from

your sins receive Christ as your lord

and savior commit your life to him he

will come into your heart and this

Christmas you can spend knowing the

Christ of Christmas for the first time

whatever you need Jesus can meet It

Whatever the desires and longings of

your heart Christ can touch your life

and transform you and make you a new

person I’m going to ask you to make that

commitment and that decision tonight

what a wonderful time of the year to say

yes to Jesus Christ and let him change

your life and change many of the

circumstances that you find yourself in

now I’m going to ask you to follow along

a little prayer with me that I would

like to pray I want to pray for you

right now and with you and while we are

praying you make that heart commitment

to Jesus Christ and he will receive you

and he can transform you from the inside

out shall we

pray our father and our God we thank

thee for the Glorious Christmas gift

that you have given us in Jesus Christ

we thank thee for the power that he has

to transform our lives and to bring

peace to our troubled

hearts and I pray just now that those

that are watching will pray this little

prayer oh God I have sinned against you

I’m sorry for my sin I’m willing to turn

from my sin

and I receive you as Savior and I

confess Christ as Lord From This Moment

On I want to follow

him

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amen

the

everywhere go tell on the mountain that

Jesus Christ is born while keep

watching oh silent FL

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by go and tell he is

Christ the

lord

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