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Stinky Shepherds - Luke 2 8-20

Posted by aftershock.org.uk on December 19th, 2007

 
 Stinky Shepherds - Luke 2 8-20 [3:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jesus starts as he means to go on. Jesus was never just interested in the posh people, Jesus always came for every single person on this earth. Shepherds were considered the low life’s at the time Jesus was born. They were smelly and certainly couldn’t read or write, they probably swore and spat and generally acted in an unpleasant way. Yet God choose them to announce the arrival of his Son on this earth. God sent an Angel to people that generally would not be listened to and said right now go and find him and then tell everyone. God has a habit of using people who don’t think they have the skills to do important stuff. Look at Moses, another stuttering shepherd who God used to deliver his people. Or David a small shepherd boy who defeated the gigantic Goliath. And now we have the shepherds’ announcing the arrival of the saviour of the World. If God can used the low of the low to do this important role of telling the world about Jesus. What’s your excuse?

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Details Details – Luke 2 1-7

Posted by aftershock.org.uk on December 17th, 2007

 
 Details Details – Luke 2 1-7 [3:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So we all know about this passage, we know about the donkey journey and we know about the fact that there was no room at the inn. So what does that matter? Jesus could have been born anywhere, in any house, in any family. It matters because that statement is not true. The Jesus Messiah had to be born in the family of David. David The guy who beat Goliath was told by God that Jesus would build a house for God. Not only that David was told that Jesus would be one of his descendents. Also another wise guy in the Old testament called Micah said that this Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Ok so a couple of guys said Jesus would be born in the family of David and come from Bethlehem so what! It’s important because it means that you don’t follow a con artist, you don’t follow a nice guy, you don’t follow some bloke who happened to say he was Gods Son. You follow the Son of God who proved these predictions and many more to be true. It matters because God’s interested in details, he was interested in the details about his own son, and he interested in the details about you.

MP3: 00266_Luke_2_1-7.mp3

PDF: 00266_Luke_2_1-7.pdf