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Luke 2:8, Now there were in the same country shepherds living out
in the fields,
keeping
While shepherds were watching their sheep in a field near
Bethlehem angels appeared to them. To fully understand the significance of this
you must understand the position of a shepherd. During the days of David, a
shepherd held a place of high value. But
from David’s day to this this New Testament time respect for shepherds had
changed. Now they were despised, unclean,
unwanted; they were thought to be just higher than lepers.
Yet, they were the first group of people to hear the Good News of
Jesus Christ. The angel was not sent to
the priests or the elders, he was sent to announce the birth of the long-awaited
Messiah to the simple class of shepherds.
Upon hearing the announcement, the shepherds “went with haste” to find Mary
and Joseph and the Babe in the manger. They went quickly to find the One the angels
were praising. Once they had looked upon
Him, the responded by telling everyone the things they had been told about this
Child.
Is this not what we are to do.
Once we hear about the gospel of Jesus Christ, we should respond in
faith and seek Him. It is a response of
faith! It is also a response of faith to
tell others about what Jesus Christ has done in our lives. This Christmas season do not forget the real “reason
for the season”!
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