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WHY JESUS WAS LAID IN A MANGER
Text: Luke 2:7
I.BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROOM IN THE INN
He was not wanted. It is so still. There is no room for Him in the schools, in society, in the business world, among the great throngs of pleasure seekers.
II. TO DEMONSTRATE THE EXTENT OF HIS POVERTY
"For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich." (II Cor. 8:9)
III. TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
He was easy of approach. No intermediaries had first to be passed in order to reach Him. No priest had to be interviewed before entrance could be obtained to His presence.
IV. TO SHOW HIS CONTEMPT FOR WORLDLY RICHES AND POMP
We had thought it more fitting for the Christ of God to be born in a palance, and laid in a cradle of gold, lined withcostly silks.
Ah, but as He Himself reminds us in this same gospel, "that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God" (Luke 16:15)
V. TO MARK HIS IDENTIFICATION WITH HUMAN SUFFERING AND WRETCHEDNESS
The One born was "The Son of Man." He had left the heights of Heaven's glory and had descended to our level, and there we behold Him entering the human lot at its lowest point. Thus did the Man of Sorrows identify Himself with human suffering.
Complied By Evangelist Maze Jackson
