Message Notes for December 18, 2022
Series: Out of the Box
Title: Out of the Box Inn

Christmas is filled with expectations and traditions, but God’s move of love at Christmas was completely “out of the box”.

Luke 2:1-7 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no place for them in the inn. 

Lodging fit for a king.
Biblical humility means to come under the authority of God. 

John 5:19  So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 

1 Peter 5:6  Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him because he cares for you. 

Philippians 2:5-11

Family/Study Group Notes for Week of December 18, 2022
Series: Out of the Box
Title: Out of the Box Inn

• What does humility mean to you?  What does it look like in our culture?  Why do you think there is so much self-promotion going on? 
• Read Micah 2:2-5 & Colossians 1:15-20.  How do these passages describe Jesus?  What attributes of Jesus do you relate to the most?  How is Jesus both powerful and relatable
• Read Luke 2:1-7.  How does this passage describe Jesus?  How is it different from the previous two passages?  What do you think it would be like for God to be in the form of a helpless baby? Why would God do this? How does this passage show consistency in why God came to the earth through Jesus?
• Read John 5:19- 24.  What is this passage saying to you?  What is the good news in this passage?  What does this passage say about who Jesus is?  What do you learn about the relationship between Jesus and His Father?  How does this passage describe the humility of Jesus? 
• How does following Jesus bring us into a state of humility?   Read the following passages: Luke 14:11, 1 Peter 5:6, Matthew 20:24-28, Matthew 18:2-3. What do you learn about Godly humility in these passages?  What does Jesus want us to know? How is obedience to God related to humility? Why are these essential to the Christian walk?  Why were they essential to Jesus fulfilling His mission on earth?
• What is your key takeaway from this study?  What changes do you want to make in your walk with Jesus?
• Gather in smaller groups and pray with each other to grow in what God revealed to you today.