1. Lessons from The Manger
Luke 2:12

2. Lessons from the Manger
Luke 2:12 – “And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.”

3. Lessons from the Manger
I Timothy 3:16 – “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh.”

4. Lessons from the Manger
I. His Humanity – “You Will Find a Baby”
₋ Jesus came into the world just as we all do.
₋ Although He was fully God, the Son of God took on true humanity.
₋ We call it the incarnation – Jesus Christ is the God-man.
John 14:6 – “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

5. Lessons from the Manger
II. Helplessness – “Wrapped in Cloths”
₋ Babies were wrapped in strips of cloth to protect them
₋ It is no coincidence that He entered the world as he left it – bound and helpless.
Isaiah 53:7 – “He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearer is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.”

6. Lessons from the Manger
II. Helplessness – “Wrapped in Cloths”
₋ Babies were wrapped in strips of cloth to protect them
₋ It is no coincidence that He entered the world as he left it – bound and helpless.
₋ He was bound that we might be set free
John 8:36 – “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”

7. Lessons from the Manger
III. His Humility – “Lying in a Manger”
₋ Manger – stable or perhaps a feeding trough
₋ Stable was a circle of stones around a hollowed-out cave in the side of a hill.
Philippians 2:7 – “But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.”

8. Lessons from the Manger
III. His Humility – “Lying in a Manger”
₋ Manger – stable or perhaps a feeding trough
₋ Stable was a circle of stones around a hollowed-out cave in the side of a hill.
₋ God did what we would never do, and in so doing, He opened the door to Heaven for all of us.

9. Lessons from the Manger
II Corinthians 8:9 – “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be made rich.”

10. Lessons from the Manger
II Corinthians 5:21 – “For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”