Luke 2:1“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger;”—and here is the part of the verse that we’re emphasizing today—“because there was no room for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:1–7)

On the first Christmas, there was no room for the Lord Jesus in the inn. It is sad, that today, for many, there will be no room for Jesus in their lives.

The next few weeks for many will be days of rushing around, hurry and worry, fighting traffic in the department stores, our feet burning, our heads aching, our nerves frayed.

It is not by chance or mere circumstance that there was no room for the Lord Jesus. It was a prophecy that for all of His lifetime, for all of the history of this cruel world, there never has been and there never will be room for the Lord Jesus in this world’s system.

The Lord Jesus was born in a stable.

The Lord Jesus died outside the city of Jerusalem, not even inside, but outside the city of Jerusalem, crucified between two thieves.

When the Lord Jesus was buried, He was buried in a borrowed tomb. There never has been room for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Isaiah said of the Lord Jesus in prophecy, “He is despised and rejected of men.” (Isaiah 53:3)

The world system has not improved. Don’t think that this world today has somehow become more church focused. The opposite is true, the churches have become more worldly focused.

But there has never been room for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Why was there no room when Mary and Joseph came to that inn in Bethlehem?

Well, the innkeeper didn’t know. He didn’t know that this baby, was to be born King, King of eternity. He just didn’t know, that is correct.

But ignorance is no excuse. The shepherds knew, The wise men knew, Mary and Joseph knew, Anna and Simeon knew. God speaks to those who want to know. Ignorance is never an excuse for not honoring the King of kings. Many today, are ignorant of just who the Lord Jesus is. God holds us accountable for that ignorance, because if you’ll seek Him, you’ll find Him.

Others did not know simply because they were just careless.

The innkeeper, his inn was filled with people, and he was lining his pockets with cash. It was a good time of the year for him. And when Caesar said all the world was going to be taxed, that meant a full Inn.

Just like that, many today, they’re not interested in Jesus.

They are only thinking about the money of the season. What is the shopping season like? Are we buying more this year or less this year?

You say, don’t be so hard on the Inn keeper, maybe he really didn’t have any room. Well, there was one room he could have given them if he had not been unconcerned.

He could have given them his room.

There’s always room for Jesus, if we want to make room.

Many of us today are just calloused, indifferent, careless, greedy, or we’re just ignorant. But these are not excuses for not having room for the Lord Jesus, the King of kings.

You have to feel sorry for Mary. She had never had a child. She was away from home. You know, every girl wants her mother near when she’s giving birth to her firstborn. But Mary’s mother was not there. There was no doctor there, not even a midwife, so far as we can tell from the Bible story.

What about Joseph!

This was not by accident that this happened: all of this was engineered by Almighty God. The fact that Jesus Christ would be born in Bethlehem was prophesied centuries before by the prophet Micah, Micah 5:2: “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel.”

God had engineered this down to the minutest detail. And Caesar said, “All of the world is to be registered and taxed,” and each one had to go to his own home city, his own hometown. Thousands of people are moving about in the Roman Empire that one verse of Scripture might be fulfilled.

The world never has had room for the Lord Jesus Christ; that this world has always begrudged everything that Jesus had.

And today they still begrudge Him, His miracles. The so-called Bible scholars begrudge His bodily resurrection. They quibble about the inspiration of His words. They try to strip from the Lord Jesus Christ His deity and the hold that He has in the hearts of men. And there is nothing that this world hates more than the fact that there is one Savior of the world.

No Room for Jesus in This World’s Government

There is no room for Jesus in the worldly system of things as they are today. “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.” (Psalm 2:2–3)

The Jews of that day, said, “We have no king but Caesar.” (John 19:15) They would choose the cruel yoke of Rome in order to murder the Lord Jesus Christ: no room for Christ, but room for Caesar.

We have secularized our society to where not only are we not neutral, but we have an critical spirit toward the things of God.

How sad for the state of Israel last Christmas Day, December 25, 1990.

A law that said Messianic Jews, Jews that believe in Jesus as their Messiah; cannot immigrate into Israel and be accepted there as automatic citizens.

Why? The Bible says, “He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” (John 1:11) There is no room for Jesus in the governments of this world.

No Room for Jesus in The World’s Education

Go to today’s universities, go to today’s public schools, and you’ll find there’s room for evolution. You’ll find there is room for humanism. You will find there is room for a study of the world’s religions. There is room for biblical criticism, but there is no room for the Lord Jesus Christ.

General Omar Bradley once said, “We’re living in a time when our achievements, our knowledge of science, has gone far beyond our power to control it. We have too many men of science and too few men of God. We have brought about brilliance without wisdom, and power without conscience. We are living in a time of nuclear giants and spiritual pygmies.”
“For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.” (Jeremiah 4:22)

No Room for Jesus in The World’s Religion

How many churches today are truly preaching the full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ? How many are preaching the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ? How many are preaching the blood atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ?

No Room for Jesus in The Worldly Christmas

Christmas today, is about the party, and gifts.

The true Christmas tree is a cross. He “who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree.” (1 Peter 2:24)

What does all of this mean to us?

If you want to find Jesus, you will have to go outside, the system.

If you would like to find Jesus Christ this Christmas, you will find Him; but you will find Him where you will always find Him, despised and rejected of men; outside, not on the inside.

“Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.” “Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing His reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.” (Hebrews 13:12–14).

The World has no room for Jesus, and it will have no room for you, if you follow Him.

“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.” (John 15:18–20)

Being on the Outside with Jesus Is Not Bad

Don’t ever feel sorry for yourself because you’re an outsider, because, the outsiders in the end will be the insiders.

As Christians we can not allow our hearts to chase after a world that has no room for Jesus.

“When we go outside the system to follow Jesus, we will bear His reproach, we will see Him and fellowship with Him. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.” (Hebrews 13:14)

One day, the Outsiders that follow Jesus, will be the Insiders, for “the kingdoms of this world [will] become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ.” (Revelation 11:15)

Is there room in your Inn for Him?

Is there any room for Jesus in your life, thoughts, desires, plans, and actions?

“He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.” (John 1:11–12)