For Kids: You may have heard the Christmas story many times and in many different ways. What amazing truth about Christmas did we learn from today’s sermon?

For Discussion:

• What was Hosea’s understanding of “out of Egypt I called my son” when he wrote it? How does Matthew’s use of the phrase shed new light upon it?  
• What was the exodus of the Old Testament? How is Jesus the new exodus, and why does that matter?  
• In what ways do God’s promises to Old Testament Israel find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ? How do Christians today benefit from this reality?  
• How is Matthew’s use of Jeremiah 31:15 about “Rachel weeping for her children” incredibly heartbreaking but at the same time incredibly hopeful? How is this a small victory for God’s enemies and at the same time a great defeat?  
• If Satan, Pharaoh, and Herod couldn’t stop God’s plan for humanity, what does that tell you about his plan in the lives of those who trust him?  
• If God’s plan given to the Old Testament prophets found a far greater fulfillment in the first advent of Christ (when Jesus was born), what does that tell us about the second advent of Christ (when he returns for his church)? 

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