The GIFTS
- WELCOME- GLAD YOU ARE HERE. ONLINE
- CHRISTMAS WEEK- GREAT INCREDIBLE WEEK
- ALSO A PAINFUL AND HARD WEEK FOR MANY
GET YOU READY FOR CHRISTMAS
HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ABOUT
- BIRTH OF JESUS- ANGEL SHOWS UP
- A HEAVENLY GIFT- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
NATE BARGATZE VIDEO
- AN ALMIGHTY BEING WHO SITS ATOP THE WORLD
- SANTA – JESUS 90- 10 SANTA
- GATHER FOR 1 HOUR
BUMPER STICKERS EVERYWHERE-
IF ITS ON A BUMPER STICKER MUST BE TRUE RIGHT?
WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM
- IS THIS TRUE?
BEEN IN A SERIES FOR 3 WEEKS THE GIFTS
- WE LOOKING AT THE 3 GIFTS WISEMEN BROUGHT
- BELIEVE THEY BROUGHT MANY THINGS
- MATTHEW SPECIFICALY MENTIONS 3 GIFTS
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:1
- After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:2
2and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?We saw his starwhen it rose and have come to worship him.”
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:3
3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. (AGITATED)
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:4
4When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:5
5“In Bethlehemin Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
MATTHEW 2:6
6“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:6
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’” (DIFF LEADER)
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:7
7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:8
8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:8As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:9
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way,
SCRIPTURE MATHEW 2:9
and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:10
10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:11
11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:11
11. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with giftsof gold, frankincense and myrrh.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:12
12And having been warnedin a dreamnot to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
- THERE ARE 2 KINGS IN THIS STORY
- WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KINGS
- NOT OUR CUSTOM- LANGUAGE/PRACTICE
- LETS LOOK AT SOME FAMOUS KINGS
- MATTHEW NEVER AGAIN LISTS KING ATTACHED TO HEROD
- MENTIONS HEROD MORE BUNCH- NEVER AGAIN
- MATTHEW WANT JEWS TO KNOW REAL KING HERE
PICTURE LION KING
AUTHOR PICTURE- STEPHEN KING– SCARY
PICTURE MICHAEL JACKSON
- KING OF POP-= MUSIC THAT IS
PICTURE DR. KING
- DR MARTIN LUTHER KING
PICTURE
- LEBRON JAMES- NICKNAMED THE KING
FRANKINCENSE-BOSWALIA TREE- USED TEMPLE
JESUS HIGH PRIEST- OUR GO BETWEEN
MYRHH-ALSO USED IN TEMPLE-EMBALMING OIL
JESUS WOULD DIE FOR OUR SINS
GOLD-A GIFT BROUGHT TO KINGS
GOLD CHART
James W. Marshall while building a sawmill for JohnSUTTER JANUARY 24, 1848- GOLD FOUND
- CALIFORNIA- OLD RUSH
- 2010 1400 PER OUNCE
- 2015 1000 PER OUNCE
- 2020- 1800
- NOW 4500 OUNCE
IDIOMS
- GOLDEN YEARS-GOLD AGE-GOLD MINE
- STRIKE GOLD – GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
- GOLD RUSH-ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD GOLD DIGGER – GOLDEN BOY
- FOOLS GOLD – GOLDEN TOUCH
- HEART OF GOLD- GOLD STANDARD
- GOLD COAST- WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD
GOLD BAR
- A BRICK LIKE THIS- 27 LBS
- HANDS OPEN – ITS AN OFFERING
DON’T UNDER ESTIMATE COST OF WHAT BROUGHT
- THIS WASN’T A BRACELET-HERODEUS MINIMUM OF 20 TWETY TALENTS- 2.8 MILLION
THE GIFTS THAT WERE BROUGHT WERE COSTLY
TREES WERE INJURED- WHILE HEALING- TEARS
GOLD– LOTS OF IT- BROUGHT FOR A KING
3 CHAIRS REPRESENT 3 GROUPS IN THE STORY
OPPOSITION
- 2 KINGS ARE LISTED- 1 IS IN OPPOSITION
INDIFFERENT
- MATTHEW 2- KING HEROD KING OF THE JEWS
AFTER VERSE (RELIGIOUS SEEM NOT CARE)
WORSHIP
- THE GENTILES – KING MAKERS-
- THEY SHOW UP TO WORSHIP
SO WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS BABY?
LOTS OF BABIES HAVE BECOME KINGS
LOTS OF BABIES HAVE BECOME KINGS
ONLY ONE KING BECAME A BABY
WHY DOES IT MATTER THAT JESUS IS KING?
- JESUS TALKS ABOUT A KINGDOM HIS IS DIFFERENT
- ALL OTHER KINGS HAVE SUBJECTS/SERVANTS
- JESUS COMES TO BE THE SERVANT TO SUBJECTS
ETERNAL KING- NOT JUST EARTHLY
MATTHEW WANTS YOU TO KNOWTHERE IS ONLY 1
SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:11
11I saw heaven standing openand there before me was a white horse, whose rideris called Faithful and True.With justice he judges and wages war.
SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:12
12His eyes are like blazing fire,and on his head are many crowns.He has a name written on himthat no one knows but he himself.
SCRIPTURE REVELATION19:13
13He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,and his name is the Word of God.
SCRTIPTURE REVELATION 19:14
14The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,whiteand clean.
SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:15
15Coming out of his mouth is a sharp swordwith which to strike downthe nations.
SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:15
“He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepressof the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
SCRIPTURE REVELATION19:16
16On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:16
king of kings and lord of lords.
REVELATION 1:5 therulerofkingsonearth.
HUBBLE TELESCOPE PICTURE
- HES ALREADY KING OF THAT- KING OF UNIVERSE
HUBBLE TELESCOPE PICTUR
- AND HERES WHERE YOU LIVE- EARTH
- IS HE KING OF YOUR HEART? HE KING OF EVERYTHING?
YOUR FINANCES, YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU FRIDAY NIGHTS- YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR HEART?
VIDEO- WISE MEN SOUGHT HIM
- WISE MEN/WOMEN-CHILDREN- STILL SEEK HIM
DISCIPLES PRAYER – THY KINGDOM COME