Sermon

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR SHEPHERD GROUPS

1. How did this message encourage or challenge you?
2. What are some of the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah that Simeon might have been thinking about as he held the child Jesus?
3. Read Micah 5:1-5; Malachi 4:1-2; Romans 5:6-11. Compare these passages to the words of the hymn "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." How do they speak to the significance of the events of Christmas?
4. Do you feel like familiarity has diluted the significance of Christmas to you? What about to those around you? How can you guard against this?
5. Spend some time praising God for sending Christ and providing salvation in Him. Pray for any unsaved people in your life, that this might be their "first Christmas."