( J) 12 This will be a sign ( K) to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”ġ3 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,Īnd on earth peace ( L) to those on whom his favor rests.”ġ5 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.”ġ6 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior ( H) has been born to you he is the Messiah, ( I) the Lord. ( G) I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. 9 An angel ( F) 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.Ĩ And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him ( E) and was expecting a child. ( B) 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ( C) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.Ĥ So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem ( D) the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. Thankfully, Jesus was made man to keep God’s law perfectly and be the perfect atoning sacrifice for all sinners who put their faith in him alone, which comes by God’s grace alone:īut to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.2 In those days Caesar Augustus ( A) issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. The Bible tells us: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. If any of us had to depend on our own works for a right standing before God, we would all be condemned. The only truly good man who ever lived on the earth is Jesus, the God-man. Believers will receive new bodies that can never be corrupted, just like the resurrected body of their savior Christ (1 Cor. God used Paul’s zeal and advanced education to spread the gospel and teach millions of people over the centuries since Jesus’ resurrection about the essential doctrines of the Christian faith. We can learn from Paul that becoming a Christian doesn’t mean we will never sin rather, the Christian life is a battle between the Spirit and flesh that will continue until we die and are freed from our mortal bodies. Even though Paul’s worst sins are recorded as occurring before he became a Christian, he also admitted to continuing struggle against sin as a believer (Rom. Paul suffered much for his faith in Christ, but he also did much to spread the gospel throughout Israel and Asia Minor. Paul was a distinguished Pharisee who zealously persecuted Christians until Jesus appeared to him one day on the road to Damascus. Christians were shocked to see Paul begin preaching that Jesus was indeed the Christ, the promised Messiah of Israel and the world.
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