Advent Addresses Our Anxiety [Part 4]

Pastor Daniel Cormier shares Part 4 of our 2022 Advent series “Advent Addresses Our Anxiety” entitled "The Shock, The Shepherds & The Saviour".

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Warm-up. What do you fear most?

Read Luke 2:1-21 Ask God to bless your study.

1. What does Luke 2:1-20 reveal about Jesus’ identity (2:11)?

How did people and angels respond to his coming (2:14-20)?

2. What was God saying by having his Son’s birth announced to such people as shepherds, rather than people considered more respectable? (See Luke 5:32; 6:20, 24; 11:46–52.)

3. How does the angel’s message to ‘fear not, and behold...’ (Luke 2:10), when taken together, help to banish our fears and anxieties?

4. To whom does God assure peace in 2:14? Why to them? (Consider Proverbs 16:7.)

5. Questions to ask yourself this Christmas:

a. Have I paused to wonder in awe at the miracle of the incarnation?

b. With whom am I going to share the story of Christmas? How can I believe, worship, and tell the story like the shepherds did?