Christmas Musicals for Church
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And so Jesus was born (music begins to ���Underscore 4���) and grew into adulthood and began to reveal who He was���but He was like no other person anyone had ever known. Although He was fully human, He was also fully God. With His 12 disciples as interns, Jesus began his itinerant ministry of teaching and healing. From the start, Jesus appeared to be a different kind of rabbi. He put people before laws. His new way was forgiving and kind. He was a friend to people on the outside; He spent much of His time with ordinary people with ordinary needs. He said . . . READER 2: ���Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.��� (Voices overlap) nl y HOST: ���Blessed are you who are poor . . .��� READER 3: ���. . . who hunger . . .��� READER 1: ���. . . who weep . . .��� READER 3: ������who are persecuted������ READERS 1, 2 & 3: ���Rejoice!��� READER 2: ���For great is your reward in heaven.��� HOST: The Jews were convinced that the long-awaited Messiah would liberate them from Rome���s oppression. But Jesus��� purpose was much deeper, and His kingdom more glorious than what the people were expecting. They had to learn the true meaning of the word ���Messiah.��� Fo rP re v ie w O READER 1: (music ends to Underscore 4) It meant ���Anointed One.��� And Jesus was . . . the Messiah. (music begins to ���When Love Sees You���)