![]() The shepherds heard from the angels that the baby had been born, and they didn’t doubt it. When the Lord Makes a Promise, We Can Trust He Will Keep it This is such a comforting truth- we don’t have to have prestigious job titles or well-stocked bank accounts or fame to be used by God, because not even His Son required those things.ģ. Everything about the very beginnings of his life on earth was humble and unassuming, giving us a Savior we can easily relate to and understand, not one who is distant or on a lofty throne. He instead came as an innocent, needy, dependent baby born to parents who were poor and as simply normal as could be. I find this part of the Christmas story so beautiful- Jesus didn’t come to earth as a mighty, majestic King who would be intimidating and untouchable. Many more of us, however, can describe in detail what a barn is like. Few of us are acquainted with the ways of royalty, and it’s hard to even fathom how elaborate and exquisite that lifestyle is. His birth was the furthest thing from a King’s welcome. Yet Jesus, King of Kings though He is, came into the world in a remarkably simple, lowly, and unassuming way. When you think of kings, you think of crowns and thrones and palaces.not stables full of smelly farm animals and a feeding trough as a bed for a newborn baby. Even Jesus Wasn’t above Simple Circumstances Here are five takeaways from Luke 2 that we can apply to our lives today: 1. On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived." The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” ![]() Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you he is the Messiah, the Lord. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.Īnd there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ![]() While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. ![]() He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)And everyone went to their own town to register. Luke 2:1-21: "In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ![]()
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