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.. title: Unto us a child is born!
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.. slug: 2010/12/25/unto-us-a-child-is-born
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.. date: 2010-12-25 18:12:20 UTC
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.. description:
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From all of us OpenLP folks, we would like to wish everyone a blessed
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Christmas. We pray that your day is (or has been) filled with joy,
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happiness, and reflection on His birth and His message. Let's not get
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carried away by the presents and the food and the celebrations, but take
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time to think about the "reason for the season".
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About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken
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throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was
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governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral
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hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town
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of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David's town, for the census.
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As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his
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fiancée, who was pregnant.
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While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave
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birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid
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him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.
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There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set
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night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God's angel stood among
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them and God's glory blazed around them. They were terrified. The
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angel said, "Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and
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joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has
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just been born in David's town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master.
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This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and
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lying in a manger."
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At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's
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praises:
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*Glory to God in the heavenly heights,
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Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.*
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As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it
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over. "Let's get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for
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ourselves what God has revealed to us." They left, running, and
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found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was
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believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said
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about this child. All who heard the sheepherders were impressed.
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Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep
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within herself. The sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying
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and praising God for everything they had heard and seen. It turned
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out exactly the way they'd been told!
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Luke 1:1-20 (The Message)
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