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Luke 2: ⁵Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem.... ⁶and while they were there, ⁷she 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. ⁸That night in the fields near Bethlehem some shepherds were guarding their sheep. ⁹All at once an angel came down to them from the Lord, and the brightness of the LORD'S glory flashed around them. The shepherds were frightened. ¹⁰But the angel said, "Don't be afraid! I have good news for you, which will make everyone happy. ¹¹This very day in King David's hometown a Savior was born for you. He is Christ the Lord. ¹²You will know who he is, because you will find him dressed in baby clothes and lying on a bed of hay." (CEV)
1. What does it mean to you personally that Jesus came from Heaven to live like we do?

Hebrews 2: ¹⁴We are people of flesh and blood. That is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death. ¹⁵But he also died to rescue all of us who live each day in fear of dying. (CEV))
2. How does Jesus actually rescue us and get rid of our human fear of death?

1 Corinthians 15: ⁴⁸Everyone on earth has a body like the body of the one who was made from the dust of the earth. And everyone in heaven has a body like the body of the one who came from heaven. ⁴⁹Just as we are like the one who was made out of earth, we will be like the one who came from heaven.... ⁵¹I will explain a mystery to you. Not every one of us will die, but we will all be changed. ⁵²It will happen suddenly .... At the sound of the last trumpet the dead will be raised. We will all be changed, so that we will never die again.... ⁵⁴The bodies we now have are weak and can die. But they will be changed into bodies that are eternal. Then the Scriptures will come true, "Death has lost the battle! .... ⁵⁷But thank God for letting our Lord Jesus Christ give us the victory! (CEV)
3. Why & how does it help us to know that God gives us a body like Jesus' resurrection body?

John 3: ¹⁶God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. ¹⁷God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them! ¹⁸No one who has faith in God's Son will be condemned. But everyone who doesn't have faith in him has already been condemned for not having faith in God's only Son. (CEV)
4. When the Bible says that we will never really die, what does that mean to you?

Ephesians 2: ⁸You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own. ⁹It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about. (CEV)
5. What is important about the fact that eternal life is not earned but is a free gift?

Please study above references and questions and then add your observations and applications:
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