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LESSON FOR DECEMBER 10
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tnie ~ b The eity Of DAVID. . Saviour.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL . Matt 1
PRIMARY ToP1o-gas out q ths
JUNIOR ToPIc-Eas sAssasra and shs
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
YOUNG people AND ADULT TOPIC
~Cne Significance e tAs lnoasaatioa.
l. TN Birth ~ ths oaviee Nv. III.
I. Ths tine ef wv. !. -. II WAS at Q
tins whsa Tie Jews Were coming IN
Or control Of the Roman power. In
he providence Of God. the birth of
Christ occurred At Q time when an
tie systems Of religion and morality
wsrs lettering upon their foundations.
Il was at Q tims. indeed. when q new
force was needed to b brought into
The world. Furthermore, It occurred
at time which was the most suitable
for the Introduction Of the gospel. The
whole world being under one rule
made II possible for ministers to move
from city to city and from country to
country without molestation.
2. The place Of wv. 8, u. Il took
place At Bethlehem ~ the prophet had
foretold some seven hundred years b.
fore (Aieah Soy. A little while previ.
Gus to this II seemed very unlikely that
the words Of Micah would come true.
Mary. the mother Of Jesus, was In
0alilee. miles away from jerusalem.
God moved the emperor to enforce the
decree Of taxation just at the time to
cause Mary to b at Bethlehem at the
proper time. Little did the emperor
realize that he was an instrument In
The hands Of God to carry this out.
4 The circumstances Of His birth
". y. The surroundings were the
most humble sort. The Almighty Crea-
to- condsscended to take upon Himself
humanity-to BE- born in Q manSsF.
becoming the poorest Of the poor. that
none might b. hindored from coming
10 Him.
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Rsvoeed wv. 8-14).
L 10 whom ". 81. His birth Was
announced to the shepherds who were
keeping watch over their nocks By
night. The glorious gospel message
vas arst sounded forth to them. This
shows that poverty 70 no barrier to
the reception Of the blessed gospel.
God does not reveal Himself mainly to
~ princes and great men Il the eartA,
bot oftsatimes these things are COO.
eealed from such, and disclosed to the
poor. "Hath not God chosen the poor
Of this world, rich In faith and heirs
q the kingdom, which he hath prom
bed to them that love himr' (Janss
2:6). Their being busy with The
duties Of this life did not prevent
them from being favored with this
glorious message from God. Moses.
Gideon. Amos and Elisha were called
b. the Lord from the busy activities
q life. The Lord never calls the idle:
- has no use for the lazy man.
z By whom ". o.. The nrst gospel
sermon was preached BY the angel Of
the Lord. This exalted being has part
in the announcement Of the plan Of
salvation. No doubt angels earnestly
sympathiss with poor. fallen. SIN
cursed men.
8. The nature Of the message Nv.
1919. It was good tidings Of great
Joy. Surely this was q gladstone mss-
cage. II was good tidinEs because the
darkness Of heathendom which had for
% long covered the earth was begin
ming to vanish. The casting out Of
Satan. the prince Of the world, was
about to take place. Liberty was now
soon to be proclaimed to those who
were In bondage. The way Of saliva.
tiou was now about to b opened 70
al. No longer was the knowledge Of
God to b confined to the Jews, but
offered to the whole world. 90 gloei.
Jus was this good news that q multi.
tude Of the heavenly hosts appeared,
Joining In the song OF praise.
~. The Prompt Investigation 81 ths
Shepherds wv. Is. 16).
They did not stop to argue or ques-
tion. though no doubt these things
teemed passing strange to them. but
they hastily went to Bethlehem where
they found everything Just as repre-
scented. They had the privilege Of
6rst gazing upon the worlds Savior,
the Lord Of glory. They returned with
gratitude In their hearts, praising God
for all these wonderful things which
he had revealed to them.