When The Manger Empties: Carrying Christ After Christmas | Luke 2:22-40 | Pastor Joe Roach

December 28th, 2025

Sermon Title: "When The Manger Empties, Carrying Christ After Christmas" (Luke 2:22-40)

Sermon Outline:

1. Have you ever said to yourself the day after Christmas,

"I am glad that is over"?

2. Why do you think the Sunday after Christmas is one of the most spiritually dangerous Sundays of the entire year?

3. What happens when the manger empties and life resumes? Does your life resume as it was, or is it different?

4. How many believers love the feeling of Jesus but resist the following through of Jesus?

5. True or False: You don't recognize Christ in the world if you aren't already carrying Him inside.

6. True or False: The real test of Christmas faith is January obedience.