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LIVING WORDS A Christmas OUTLINE A very unChristmassy Christmas

LIVING WORDS A Christmas LESSON 1 Good news about a great problem

Mark 1.1–3 + Isaiah 40.1–5

It really doesn’t look like there is a Christmas story at all in Mark’s gospel. No angels, no star, no Mary and Joseph, and no donkey. But the Christmas story is there. It just looks a bit different. Mark begins with some good news about Israel’s great problem.

LIVING WORDS A Christmas LESSON 2 Getting ready for the Promised King

Mark 1.1–8 + Malachi 3.1

Mark reminds his readers about Israel’s great problem—their unfaithfulness to God, the Great King—and the time when Israel’s unfaithfulness would all be paid for. Mark says they will recognise this time because a messenger will come. Mark says this messenger is John the Baptist.

LIVING WORDS A Christmas LESSON 3 The time has come, the Promised King is here

Mark 1.1–15

Although Mark doesn’t tell the story about the angels, the donkey and the inn, he still tells the same story. Mark tells us about the coming of the one everyone’s been waiting for. Jesus has come and it’s unbelievably good news! This is because Jesus is the Promised King, God’s true Son, and the one who brings God’s kingdom into our world.

LIVING WORDS A Christmas A very unChristmassy Christmas

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At the beginning of Mark’s gospel, it looks like he skips the whole Christmas story. Mark doesn’t tell us the story about the amazing things that happened at Jesus’ birth. But he does still tell us how Jesus, the Promised King, comes into our world. Mark tells us the story of the coming of Jesus and what this means for God’s people and our whole world.

This Christmas bundle contains a unit outline and three lessons looking at how Mark presents Jesus’ coming as the good news for our world. Each lesson contains material for four age groups extending from early childhood to the upper primary years and may also be suitable for lower high school.

LIVING WORDS A Christmas OUTLINE A very unChristmassy Christmas

LIVING WORDS A Christmas LESSON 1 Good news about a great problem

Mark 1.1–3 + Isaiah 40.1–5

It really doesn’t look like there is a Christmas story at all in Mark’s gospel. No angels, no star, no Mary and Joseph, and no donkey. But the Christmas story is there. It just looks a bit different. Mark begins with some good news about Israel’s great problem.

LIVING WORDS A Christmas LESSON 2 Getting ready for the Promised King

Mark 1.1–8 + Malachi 3.1

Mark reminds his readers about Israel’s great problem—their unfaithfulness to God, the Great King—and the time when Israel’s unfaithfulness would all be paid for. Mark says they will recognise this time because a messenger will come. Mark says this messenger is John the Baptist.

LIVING WORDS A Christmas LESSON 3 The time has come, the Promised King is here

Mark 1.1–15

Although Mark doesn’t tell the story about the angels, the donkey and the inn, he still tells the same story. Mark tells us about the coming of the one everyone’s been waiting for. Jesus has come and it’s unbelievably good news! This is because Jesus is the Promised King, God’s true Son, and the one who brings God’s kingdom into our world.

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