12/25 Luke 2:15-20
15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. 17 After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. 18 All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, 19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. 20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.
INTERESTING
GOD came in the flesh to a young woman in Bethlehem.
She had no fortune or notoriety.
She was a young, simple, Jewish girl, maybe 13 or 14.
She wasn’t popular nor well educated.
She didn’t come from one of the leading families on earth.
She was God’s mother-MARY.
We talk of her to this day.
God walked the land in Israel,
Then one day he was murdered on a cross by the elite of Israel.
He was raised from the dead three days later,
And is now seated at the right hand of God the Father.
He is interceding for us.
But this day in Bethlehem He came as a precious little baby.
Born in a stable, to poor parents, HE was the Son of God.
Isn’t it interesting how wrong we can often be.
Go to Jesus and ask Him to save you.
You will get real freedom from sin and life like God’s-eternal life.
All of this happened in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago.
