A. High Lights of your week
B. Breaking News in the world- Hanna is always up before the sun. She is an early _____________.
- Vicki wouldn't speak to her friend Matt. She gave him the cold _______.
- Martin was feeling _________ when his best friend moved away.
- I think you will be eating your ________ when I prove you wrong.
- When her team won the hockey championship, Reena was sitting on top of the _________.
- Graduating from cooking school is a big ______ towards becoming a chef.
- Jess and I will be ________ out at the park after school.
- Billy is practical. He is a very down to _______ person.
- Time _______ when you are having fun.
- When my boss asked me at the last minute to prepare for a presentation, I was really under the ________ to finish it on time.
a). Discuss the following questions before reading.
1. What did God promise to Abraham?
2. How would God bless everyone on earth?
3. How was Jesus an answer to these promises?
b). Read the following passage.
Jesus Christ came from the family of King David and also from the family of Abraham.
This is how Jesus Christ was born. A young woman named Mary was engaged to Joseph from King David‟s family. But before they were married, she learned that she was going to have a baby by God‟s Holy Spirit. Joseph was a good man and did not want to embarrass Mary in front of everyone. So he decided to quietly call off the wedding. While Joseph was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord came to him in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, the baby that Mary will have is from the Holy Spirit. Go ahead and marry her. Then after her baby is born, name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” So the Lord‟s promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “A virgin will have a baby boy, and he will be called Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.” After Joseph woke up, he and Mary were soon married, just as the Lord‟s angel had told him to do.
Everyone had to go to their own hometown to be listed. So Joseph had to leave Nazareth in Galilee and go to Bethlehem in Judea. Long ago Bethlehem had been King David‟shometown, and Joseph went there because he was from David‟s family. Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby, and while they were there, she gave birth to her first-born son. She dressed him in baby clothes and laid him on a bed of hay, because there was no room for them in the inn.
When Jesus was born in the village of Bethlehem in Judea, Herod was king. During this time some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem and said, “Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” When King Herod heard about this, he was worried, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem. Herod brought together the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?” They told him, “He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote, „Bethlehem in the land of Judea, you are very important among the towns of Judea. From your town will come a leader, who will be like a shepherd for my people Israel.‟” Herod secretly called in the wise men and asked them when they had first seen the star. He told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, let me know. I want to go and worship him too.”
The wise men listened to what the king said and left. And the star they had seen in the east went on ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. They were thrilled and excited to see the star. When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshiped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and gave them to him.
(Matthew 1:1, 18-24; Luke 2:3-7; Matthew 2:1-11 (CEV))
c). Is the statement T (true) or F (false)?
1. Jesus was a descendant of Abraham and Sarah.
2. Mary became pregnant with Jesus by the power of God.
3. An angel told Joseph that his son will save people from their sins.
4. God‟s promise about a virgin came true just as the prophet had said.
5. King Herod was excited to hear about the baby born to be king.
6. The wise men wanted to see the baby born to be the next king.
7. The wise men brought gifts for Joseph and Mary.
d). Match the following words with their meanings. Write the correct letter on
the line.
1. kneel down a. kind of grass that animals eat
2. dream b. a person who takes care of sheep
3. virgin c. hotel, place to sleep while traveling
4. save d. rest your body on your knees
5. thrilled e. a person who has never had sex
6. inn f. group of thoughts while you are asleep
7. shepherd g. very excited
8. hay h. rescue, take away from danger
Use the words above to complete the following sentences.
1. A __________ named Mary was engaged to Joseph.
2. Joseph saw an angel in a __________.
3. The angel told Joseph that Jesus will __________ people.
4. Joseph and Mary could't find a room in an __________.
5. Mary laid the baby Jesus on ___________.
6. Herod learned that the Messiah would be like a ______________.
7. The wise men were _______________ to see the baby.
8. They __________________ and gave gifts to the baby born to be king.
e). Answer the following questions by writing a complete sentence.
1. How did Mary get a baby before marrying Joseph?
2. Why did Joseph decide not to call off the wedding?
3. What did Joseph learn from the angel about the baby?
4. Why did Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem?
5. How did King Herod know that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem?
6. What did the wise men do when they saw Mary with her child?
f). Answer the following questions by writing complete sentences. Then discuss
your answers.
1. How was Jesus‟ birth different from the birth of other people? Why was it necessary for Jesus‟ birth to be different?
2. How did God communicate to people that Jesus the Messiah was coming?
3. Why did God send Jesus?
4. Why was Jesus also called Immanuel?
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