1. Lessons from The Manger
Luke 2:12

2. Lessons from the Manger
John 15:22 – “If I had not come” Galatians 4:4 – “But when the fullness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law.”

3. Lessons from the Manger
I. The Meaning of “In the Fullness of Time”
₋ It speaks of something that is complete and fully developed
₋ It describes a moment in history

4. Lessons from the Manger
II. How God Prepared the World
Galatians 4:4 – “But when the fullness of time was come, God sent forth His Son.”

5. Lessons from the Manger
II. How God Prepared the World
A. It Was a Period of International Peace
• For only the 2nd time in the history of the Roman Empire, Rome was at peace

6. Lessons from the Manger
II. How God Prepared the World
A. It Was a Period of International Peace
B. It Was a Time of Religious Ferment
• By the time of Christ, there were Jews at every level of society in the Roman empire
• Clearly God set His chosen people in strategic positions to help spread the gospel

7. Lessons from the Manger
II. How God Prepared the World
A. It Was a Period of International Peace
B. It Was a Time of Religious Ferment
C. It Was an Era of Moral Decline
• The best man could do was not enough
• Nothing could fill the God-shaped vacuum inside the human heart

8. Lessons from the Manger
II. How God Prepared the World
A. It Was a Period of International Peace
B. It Was a Time of Religious Ferment
C. It Was an Era of Moral Decline
D. It Was an Age of Prophetic Fulfilment
Genesis 3:15 – “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

9. Lessons from the Manger
II. How God Prepared the World
A. It Was a Period of International Peace
B. It Was a Time of Religious Ferment
C. It Was an Era of Moral Decline
D. It Was an Age of Prophetic Fulfilment
• When Jesus was born, He fulfilled over specific prophecies
• It happened exactly as God said

10. Lessons from the Manger
If Christ had not come, we would still be lost. Because Jesus came, everything changes!!!