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Gospel Luke Bible Study #35
Luke 2:1-20
The First Christmas

1. What gift do you want to receive this Christmas? Please, write it down.

2. Where was the Christ to be born? Mt.2:4, 5
=Matthew 2:4,5 When he ad called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “in Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied,
What prophesy foretold the birth place of the Christ?
=Prophet Micah
When did the prophet Micah prophesy this?
=B.C 700
Can you tell something that will happen definitely after 700 years?
=only God can do

3. Who was the most important person to fulfill this prophesy?
=Mary
What did God use to send Mary out of Nazareth to Bethlehem? 2:1,5
=Caesar Augustus: a census should be taken of the entire Roman world
=military and tax
How far is from Nazareth to Bethlehem? How might Mary have suffered by this travelling?
=80 miles
=full term of pregnant woman

4. What more troubles were added to Mary and Joseph when they arrived in Bethlehem?
=labor pain maybe
=there was no room for her
What did Mary do after she gave birth to baby Jesus? 2:7
=Mary wrapped a baby in cloths and placed him in a manger
What did God do through the sufferings of Mary and Joseph?
=still God is working
Would you like to be born in a manger or in a palace?
=No one
=God chose a manger
=Jesus can understand suffering people
What confidence can we have during our sufferings?
=God works for the good

5. How did the shepherd react when an angel appeared and the glory of the Lord shone? 2:9b
=sin
Why are people terrified in the presence of angels and the glory of the Lord?
=angel camped them down
Why shouldn’t the shepherds terrified? 2:10
What good news did the angel deliver to the shepherds? 2:11
What does ‘a Savior has been born to you’ mean to you?
=we have a savior from all our problem.
=our savior is God in the heaven.
How long did the people of Israel wait for this moment?
=Genesis 3:15
=continuing 2000 B.C `50Com
What sign did the angel give to prove the good news?
=they will be a baby in a manger
Why will a baby wrapped and lying in a manger be a sign? 2:12
=as a sign
6. From the angels’ chorus, what did Jesus’ birth bring to God and to men?
=great company
a. glory to God in the highest – Why is God worthy to receive glory?
=God gave his son to sinners as a gift
b. on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests – What kind of peace is it?
=peace to man, peace among men, peace in man.
=fear of God’s judgement
=when we receive the savior, there is no more judgement
=we reconcile with God, through Jesus

7. After the angels left, what did the shepherds decide to do immediately? 12:15
=decide to check it out
=at night, and cold
Why wasn’t it easy for them to go to Bethlehem?
How did they verify the validity of the angel’s message? 12:16
=they hurried to verified fact.
Why didn’t their faith weaken and shrink when they saw the poverty of the Lord’s family?
=I wetness
=there is no human thinking
=message and sign
How did the news of the birth of the Christ spread through the shepherds? 12:17,18,19,20
=by God ‘s help
What kind of witness is God pleased with?
=child like
=spread out
=we must share and should go out

8. Why did God choose the shepherds instead of priests as witnesses for the Christ’s birth?
=they obey and are exited
What gift did the shepherds receive from God in the first Christmas?
=they met saviors
How will I receive the same gift of God?
=we look up-the baby in a manger
Compare celebration of today’s Christmas with that of the first Christmas.
=not even near and close to the first Christmas.
=lighting and gift
=we need to find the messiah who gives us free gift.