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The Places of Christmas “The Humble Place”

The Places of Christmas “The Humble Place”. Luke 2:11. The Savior - yes, the Messiah, the Lord - has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!   Luke 2:11 (NLT) . Jesus was born in Bethlehem as prophesied _________ before His birth. . 700 years.

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The Places of Christmas “The Humble Place”

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  1. The Places of Christmas “The Humble Place” Luke 2:11

  2. The Savior - yes, the Messiah, the Lord - has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!   Luke 2:11 (NLT)

  3. Jesus was born in Bethlehem as prophesied _________ before His birth. 700 years

  4. “But you, Bethlehem 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 (NIV)

  5. Bethlehem was the city of ______. David

  6. Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.   1 Samuel 17:12 (NIV)

  7. example Follow the ________ of Jesus.

  8. Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. Philippians 2:3-4 (NLT)

  9. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.  Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Philippians 2:5-8 (NLT)

  10. humility • God’s default is ________ and looking out for the interest of others.

  11. humility • God’s default is ________ and looking out for the interest of others. • Our default in our sinful nature is __________ and looking out for our own interests. selfishness

  12. humility • God’s default is ________ and looking out for the interest of others. • Our default in our sinful nature is __________ and looking out for our own interests. • We have to make a ______ not to go to our default. selfishness choice

  13. humility • God’s default is ________ and looking out for the interest of others. • Our default in our sinful nature is __________ and looking out for our own interests. • We have to make a ______ not to go to our default. • The default setting in our ____________ is selfishness and our own interests. selfishness choice sinful nature

  14. humility • God’s default is ________ and looking out for the interest of others. • Our default in our sinful nature is __________ and looking out for our own interests. • We have to make a ______ not to go to our default. • The default setting in our ____________ is selfishness and our own interests. • We can’t go with our old way of ________ and ______ - we must go to the new place in us that place that is led by the Spirit of God. selfishness choice sinful nature thinking acting

  15. humility • God’s default is ________ and looking out for the interest of others. • Our default in our sinful nature is __________ and looking out for our own interests. • We have to make a ______ not to go to our default. • The default setting in our ____________ is selfishness and our own interests. • We can’t go with our old way of ________ and ______ - we must go to the new place in us that place that is led by the Spirit of God. • Paul said to be led by the flesh or by that old way of thinking and reacting is _____. selfishness choice sinful nature thinking acting death

  16. …submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.   Ephesians 5:21 (NLT)

  17. You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.   2 Corinthians 8:9 (NLT)

  18. Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.  God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 (NLT)

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