"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." (Luke ii. 11.)

"The firstborn among many brethren." (Rom. viii. 29.)

III. [Contrasts at Bethlehem]

IV. [Christ Come Again]

"And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger." (Luke ii. 7.)

"Christ formed in you." (Gal. iv. 19.)

V. [a]The Secret of His Rule]

"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." (Heb. iv. 15.)

VI. [A Neglected Saviour]

"And He came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy." (Matt. xxvi. 43.)