Born to Die
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When you hear the bells ringing out at Christmas, think of the reason why Jesus was born. Dream not that He came to load your tables and fill your cups, but in your mirth look higher than all earth-born things. When you hear that in certain churches there are pompous celebrations and ecclesiastical displays, think not for this purpose was Jesus born. No, but look within your hearts, and say, for this purpose was He born: that He might be a King, that He might rule through the truth in the souls of a people who are by grace made to love the truth of God.
Charles Spurgeon
Turn with me to Matt. 2:1-12
The word used for wise men
Majos
Get our word Magic
The word Kings came about 200 years later
Because of the price of their gifts
And from a story 600 years later
Of three men named
Balthasar, Melkon, and Gasper
Who carried gifts to Jesus
God didn’t come just for the pious Religious Person
But for the worse evil Children of the devil
No Man is so wicked or so removed that they can’t be saved by the child of Bethlehem
Gospel presentation is found in:
The Meaning behind the Gifts of the Magi
Who Jesus was and What his mission was
The Gift of Gold was a Gift fit for a King
The Gift of Gold was a Gift fit for a King
“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, Gentle, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ ”
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.” Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
But of the Son He says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.
He is to become the king of our life
Jesus Christ will be Lord of all or he will not be Lord at all.
Saint Augustine of Hippo; Stephen F. Olford
The Gift of Frankincense was a Gift fit for God
The Gift of Frankincense was a Gift fit for God
All that man can know of God and his love in this life is revealed in Jesus Christ.
A. W. Tozer
Burnt on the Alter of Incense
In the Holy of Holies
Associated with the worship of God
Ego Eimi (I, I am)
But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”
“Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,
“From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
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which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
6426 Jesus Christ had a twofold personality: he was the Son of God revealing what God is like and Son of Man revealing what man is to be like.
Oswald Chambers (Lecturer and Missionary)
The Gift of Myrrh was a Gift fit for a Savior
The Gift of Myrrh was a Gift fit for a Savior
A Gift of Suffering
When God spoke to humanity in Jesus, he said the last thing he has to say.
George Campbell Morgan (British Preacher)
This Gift mixed with vinegar was offered to
Jesus on the Cross
This gift was what Nicodemus brought to
anoint the Body of Jesus after He had died
The Process of Obtaining Myrrh
Suggests Suffering
The skin or bark of the plant is pierced
So Plant will “bleed” a white gum
Which turns red on contact with the air
“She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Jesus Christ never asks anyone to define his position or to understand a creed, but “Who am I to you?” Jesus Christ makes the whole of human destiny depend on a man’s relationship to himself.
Oswald Chambers (Lecturer and Missionary)
