The Message for Everyone
Luke 2:8-20; Matthew 2:1-12
December 15, 2019
Jesus Christ became man in order to redeem ________________ human being who has ever lived or ever will live. It does not _____________________ whether they are poor, rich, educated, religious, or have a particular ____________________ quotient. Their place in _________________ does not matter. The need to be saved from their _____________ is the same for everyone, everywhere, at all times. God’s message is ________________.
A. The _________________ – representing the down and outers
1. Three _________________ of shepherds
a. The _______________, who wandered with their sheep
wherever they could find grass or water
b. The ________________ shepherds, who always grazed
their sheep in the same general area
c. The shepherds who drove the flocks of a ____________
owner from pasture to pasture
2. The ______________ of the shepherd
a. ______________for the flock (pasture and fresh water)
b. _________________ the flock, rather than drive them
c. ___________________ the flock from wild animals and
thieves
3. The ____________________ of the shepherd
a. A _____________, or club
b. A _________________ with a crook at one end
B. The ____________ Men (Magi) – representing the powerful,
influential, and political
1. They came from the _______________
a. Persia/________________________ area
b. _______________________ powerful
2. They were _____________________
a. Respected in _____________________ and education
b. Brought more __________________ into the birth of
Christ
3. They did what was __________________ to find Christ.
C. The _________________________ of Both Classes
1. They ___________________ out the Lord.
2. They ___________________.
3. They ______________________.