The Shepherds (3 of 3)
Series: A Who-ville Christmas
Joey Rodger
Luke 2: 8-15
A 6 yr. old S.S. class was asked to re-enact the story of the birth of Jesus, only the teacher wanted them to stage it themselves based on their own made-up script... which of course was quite imaginative. There were (3) Mary's, (2) Josephs, (6) shepherds, (2) wisemen, and a boy who wanted to be a cow. And of course, no Christmas story would be complete w/out a doctor on hand to deliver the baby Jesus. Curious to see where the story was heading, the teacher consented, when the little doctor went to the manger, picked up the baby Jesus and carefully wrapped him in a blanket. Then w/ a big smile on his face, he turned to the Mary's and Josephs and said, ''Congratulations, it's a God!''
I just love sweet little Christmas stories like this, but the truth is this boy had a better grasp of the incarnation/advent of Jesus than many people much older. The true story of Christmas is that God stepped out of heaven and into flesh to become the Savior of the world for you/me and for all humanity - God W/ us, to die FOR us, that He might to live IN us!
We're (3) weeks into a (4) series on the cast of Christmas looking at the who's who of the Christmas story to see what God might teach us about following Him. So far, we've looked at two of the primary persons in the story - Mary/Joseph. Today I want to turn our attention to the shepherds.
As we begin to look at this amazing story, I need to burst your Christmas bubble a bit - not to sour Christmas, but to clarify the history of Christmas. As most of you know, we aren't certain about the time of the year when Jesus was born, but it's safe to infer from this text that His birth He wasn't on Dec. 25th. This is a date the Roman Catholic Church set centuries ago, and for all the wrong reasons.
When Constantine legalized Christianity in the 4th century, there was already (2) competing pagan celebrations called the Feast of Saturnalia an ...
Series: A Who-ville Christmas
Joey Rodger
Luke 2: 8-15
A 6 yr. old S.S. class was asked to re-enact the story of the birth of Jesus, only the teacher wanted them to stage it themselves based on their own made-up script... which of course was quite imaginative. There were (3) Mary's, (2) Josephs, (6) shepherds, (2) wisemen, and a boy who wanted to be a cow. And of course, no Christmas story would be complete w/out a doctor on hand to deliver the baby Jesus. Curious to see where the story was heading, the teacher consented, when the little doctor went to the manger, picked up the baby Jesus and carefully wrapped him in a blanket. Then w/ a big smile on his face, he turned to the Mary's and Josephs and said, ''Congratulations, it's a God!''
I just love sweet little Christmas stories like this, but the truth is this boy had a better grasp of the incarnation/advent of Jesus than many people much older. The true story of Christmas is that God stepped out of heaven and into flesh to become the Savior of the world for you/me and for all humanity - God W/ us, to die FOR us, that He might to live IN us!
We're (3) weeks into a (4) series on the cast of Christmas looking at the who's who of the Christmas story to see what God might teach us about following Him. So far, we've looked at two of the primary persons in the story - Mary/Joseph. Today I want to turn our attention to the shepherds.
As we begin to look at this amazing story, I need to burst your Christmas bubble a bit - not to sour Christmas, but to clarify the history of Christmas. As most of you know, we aren't certain about the time of the year when Jesus was born, but it's safe to infer from this text that His birth He wasn't on Dec. 25th. This is a date the Roman Catholic Church set centuries ago, and for all the wrong reasons.
When Constantine legalized Christianity in the 4th century, there was already (2) competing pagan celebrations called the Feast of Saturnalia an ...
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