NOTETAKER: 12 Reasons Why the
Manger Matters
Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr., D.Min
Sermon Text: Luke 2: 7 and she gave birth to her
firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because
there was no room for them in the inn.
1. Every time you see the manger you are looking at the ______________
______________ Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem
Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come
for me one who will be ruler over Israel. Heb 6: 13 When God
made his promise [gave his word], since there was no greater for him to swear
by, he swore by himself, saying I will surely bless you
2. The manger shows us how ________ ________ ____________ Luke
2: 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch
over their flocks by night.
James 4: 8 Come near to God and He will
come near to you…
3.
The manger is
evidence ____________________________ Luke 2: 15 When the angels had left them and gone into
heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this
thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
4. The manger lets us in on _______ ___________ __________ Phil 2: 6, 7 Who, being in
very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in
human likeness Galatians 4: 4,5 But when the time had fully come, God sent his
Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5. To redeem those under law, that we
might receive the full rights of a sons. Prov 19: 21 Many are the plans in a
man’s heart, but it is the Lords purpose that prevails.
5. The trough/manger is ______ _____ ________ _________ John 1: 29 The next day John
saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away
the sin of the world!
6. The manger is representation of our ______ ______ ____ ____________
1 Tim 2: 5 For there
is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus 6. Who
gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time..
He intercedes on your behalf day and night. Heb
7: 25 Therefore he able to save completely those who come to God through him,
because he always lives to intercede for them
7. The shepherds and we have a _______ ___ __________________
Luke 2: 12 This will
be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger
8. The manger __________ _____ _____________ for us to tell.
Luke 2: 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word
concerning what had been told them about this child,
9. The manger _____________ _______________ at every level Luke 2: 22 – 24 When the
time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed,
Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is
written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to
the Lord’) and to sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the
Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”
10.
The
manger represents the __________ ____ ______________ John 6: 35 The Jesus
declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and
he who believes me will never be thirsty
11.
The
manger _________ ____ _______________ Matt 11: 28, 30 Come to me all you are weary and burden
and I will give you rest. 30. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
12. Everyone has a _____________ Luke 2:
7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and
placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
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