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Lucas 2:1-7 Lindsay, December 3, 2011 Pr.

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And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn Luke 2:7 KJV.

1) Whats wrong with this picture?


2) Why does God allow it?

3) What do we learn from it?

But you, Bethlehen Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. Micah 5:2.

Charles Spurgeon

Would it have been fitting that the man who was to die naked on the cross should be robed in purple at his birth?

Charles Spurgeon

In the eyes of the poor, imperial robes excite no affection; a man in their own garb attracts their confidence.

Francis of Assisi,

For our sakes he was born a stranger in an open stable; he lived without a place of his own wherein to lay his head, subsisting by the charity of good people; and he died naked on a cross in the close embrace of holy poverty.

made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. Philippians 2:7

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. Psalm 115:3.

He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. John 1:11

Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head Matthew 8:20.

because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7

If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Mark 8:34.

Even as an infant, by being laid in a manger, he was set forth as the sinners friend. Come to him, ye that are weary and heavy-laden! Come to him, ye that are broken in spirit, ye who are bowed down in soul!

Come to him, ye that despise yourselves and are despised of others! Come to him, publican and harlot! Come to him, thief and drunkard! In the manger there he lies, unguarded from your touch and unshielded from your gaze.

Bow the knee, and kiss the Son of God; accept him as your Savior, for he puts himself into that manger that you may approach him.

Charles Spurgeon

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