Son of a Woman and
Son of God
Luke 2:8-14 –
New International Version (NIV)
8 “And there were shepherds living out in the fields
nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of
the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and
they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be
afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today
in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the
Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby
wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with
the angel, praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
Where were the
shepherds living (verse 8)?
When were they “keeping watch over their flocks” (verse 8)?
Who appeared to them (verse 9)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that “the glory of the Lord shone around them”
(verse 9)?
How did the shepherds react (verse 9)?
Who was the “good news that will cause great joy” for (verse 10)?
Who is the Savior who has been born in the
town of David (verse 11)?
In your opinion, why does the angel say
that the “baby wrapped in cloths and
lying in a manger” will be a “sign to
you” (verse 12)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
Genesis 1:1-5 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now
the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep,
and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God
saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God
called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was
evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
What did God do “in the beginning” (verse 1)?
How is the earth
described (verse 2)?
Where is the
darkness (verse 2)?
Who is “hovering over the waters” (verse 2)?
What happened when
God said “let there be light” (verse 3)?
In your opinion,
what was it about the light that God saw that it “was good” (verse 4)?
What did God call
the light that He separated from the darkness (verse 5)?
What did God call
the darkness that He separated from the light (verse 5)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
In
your opinion, how is it possible that the God who “created the heavens and the earth” in Genesis 1:1-4 is also the
Lord that the shepherds of Luke 2:8-14 would be able to find as “a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a
manger”?
John 1:1-14 - New
International Version (NIV)
1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through
him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In
him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He
came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all
might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as
a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into
the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was
made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came
to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet
to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the
right to become children of God— 13 children born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We
have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the
Father, full of grace and truth.”
When “was the Word” (verse 1)?
Who was the Word with (verse 1)?
Who was the Word (verse 1)?
What was made through the Word (verse 3)?
In your opinion, how is the life that is
within the Word the “light of all
mankind” (verse 4)?
Where does the light shine (verse 5)?
Why did John, the “man sent from God” come as a witness to testify concerning the
light (verses 6 and 7)?
What was John’s relationship to the light
(verse 8)?
Who does the “true light” give light to (verse 9)?
In your opinion, how can the “true light” give light to everyone and
be in the world that was made through him and not be recognized (verses 9 and
10)?
Who did “not receive him” (verse 11)?
What did He give to “all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name” (verse 12)?
What
did the Word become (verse 14)?
Who
did the “one and only Son” come from
(verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what is the significance
of God creating light in the darkness in Genesis 1:1-5 and John claiming that
Jesus, the Word, was with God when that happened and is now “the light of all mankind” that shines
in the darkness and that the “darkness
has not overcome it” in John 1:1-14?
In
your opinion, how much of the reason that “his
own did not receive him” according to John 1:1-14 is because He came as “a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a
manger” in Luke 2:8-14 instead of in a palace?
Galatians 4:4-7 –
New International Version (NIV)
4 “But when the set time had fully come, God sent his
Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those
under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because
you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit
who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So
you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God
has made you also an heir.”
When did God send
His Son (verse 4)?
How was God’s Son born (verse 4)?
What was God’s Son born under (verse 4)?
Why did God send His Son (verse 5)?
What does God send into the hearts of
those who are adopted through the redemption given by God’s Son (verse 6)?
In your opinion, why does that Spirit call
out “Abba, Father” (verse 6)?
Who are those who have been redeemed and
are no longer slaves (verse 7)?
Why are we God’s heir (verse 7)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, why
did it take someone that Paul says in Galatians 4:4-7 was “born of a woman, born under the law” to give us what John in John
1:1-14 says is the “right to become
children of God”?
In your opinion, why would God in Genesis
1:1-5 create the “heavens and the earth”
in the beginning when He had to know that He would be the One that Paul talks
about in Galatians 4:4-7 as being “born
of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law” when He had
to know that the redemption would involve His death?
In your opinion, what
does it mean that the One who sends the Spirit of His Son, who says “Abba, Father” into our hearts according
to Paul in Galatians 4:4-7 was willing to send His Son to be “wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger”
in Luke 2:8-14?
In your opinion, what do these passages,
from Luke, Genesis, John and Galatians show us about our Lord and our salvation?
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