Listening CD

Foreword by Marty Nystrom:

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, angels celebrated and announced His coming in the skies over the little village. Those first to be invited to come and worship the infant King were poor and unlearned Jewish shepherds who lived and worked close by. Meanwhile, God had placed a sign in the sky, a brilliant star, announcing the wealthy and scholarly Gentiles in a foreign land that a King had been born. They too, were invited to come and bow before the Holy Child.

What contrast we find in these two companies of worshipers.

• Jew and Gentile,
• poor and rich,
• simple and educated,
• neighbor and foreigner,
• paupers and princes…

The shepherds and wise men typify the full range of human experience. This clearly says to us that Jesus is inviting all of humanity to come and surrender their lives to His lordship. May we all bow our hearts before the King of kings.