Worship God (LOC #3)
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Recap:
Recap:
Last Week:
BABY JESUS—BORN!
(Q) DOES ANYONE REMEMBER the SPECIAL VISITORS THAT CAME? SHEPHERDS
GOOD NEWS from ANGELS: the SAVIOR HAD COME!
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Transition: TODAY—ANOTHER GROUP COMES to VISIT YOUNG (INFANT) JESUS....
....READ STORY ABOUT WISE MEN…(Q) DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THEY FOLLOWED to GO FIND JESUS? A STAR
(PG. 3.1) WE’RE GOING to READ THIS REALLY COOL STORY FROM the BIBLE TODAY!
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Message:
Message:
Matthew 2:1–12 (NLT)
1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,
2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.”
Background: THESE WISE MEN STUDIED the STARS...
GOD SENT a SPECIAL STAR BECAUSE HE CONTROLS the WHOLE UNIVERSE!! 🤯
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(PG. 3.2) WISE MEN FOLLOWED the STAR
Background: THEY TRAVELED ABOUT 900 MILES
((ABOUT LIKE US VISITING FLORIDA,, BUT WITHOUT CARS or PLANES!))
WISE MEN ENCOUNTERS W/ JEWISH PEOPLE in THEIR HOMELAND PROBABLY MADE THEM THINK...
Numbers 24:17 (ESV)
17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.
THEY CAME to JERUSALEM to FIND HIM… to WORSHIP HIM
(Q) WHERE WAS JESUS BORN? BETHLEHEM
THEY WERE NEIGHBORING CITIES, a FEW MILES APART
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Transition: WHAT WOULD EVERYONE THINK ABOUT THESE SPECIAL GUYS COMING to TOWN?
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3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM ALREADY HAD a KING—SO WONDERING ABOUT a NEW ONE MADE EVERYONE NERVOUS!
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4 He [HEROD] called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they said, “for this is what the prophet wrote:
6 ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not least among the ruling cities of Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.’ ”
PROPHET MICAH—HUNDREDS of YEARS EARLIER PREDICTED JESUS WOULD BE BORN in BETHLEHEM!
Theology Point: SUPER COOL BECAUSE GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING! EVEN BEFORE it HAPPENS...🤯
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Transition: NOW,, HEROD KNOWS WHERE to GO…
& HE’S GOING to TALK to the WISE MEN…
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(PG. 3.3) 7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.
8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
HEROD WANTS to FIND JESUS
(Q) DO YOU REALLY THINK HEROD WANTED to WORSHIP JESUS? NO!
HEROD WANTED to DESTROY HIM! HE WAS JEALOUS!
JEALOUSY is ONE SIN,, WHERE WE WANT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE,, OR DON’T WANT THEM to HAVE SOMETHING...
HEROD DIDN’T WANT to SHARE HIS PEOPLE WITH ANOTHER KING…
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Transition: WILL the WISE MEN FIND JESUS?
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9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
10 When they saw the star, they were filled with joy!
(PG. 3.4)11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
THE STAR CAME AGAIN & TOOK THEM RIGHT to the RIGHT HOUSE!
Ill.: MODERN G.P.S./SAT-NAV DIDN’T EXIST BACK THEN!
😮 BUT GOD LED THEM WITH a STAR!! 😮
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WISE MEN WORSHIPED JESUS—BRINGING EXPENSIVE GIFTS
GOLD = PRECIOUS METAL
FRANKINCENSE—SPECIAL SPICE
MYRRH = LIKE PERFUME
=> ALL EXPENSIVE, GENEROUS GIFTS for a KING!
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12 When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.
REMEMBER—HEROD WANTED to GET RID of JESUS—
— SO GOD WARNED THEM NOT to TELL HEROD WHERE JESUS WAS…
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(PG. 3.5) THEN GOD WARNED JESUS’ FAMILY TOO, SO THEY MOVED AWAY from BETHLEHEM to BE SAFE FROM an ANGRY JEALOUS KING…
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Response: TODAY’S STORY SHOWS US HOW JESUS is WORTHY of PRAISE BECAUSE HE is a KING… 👣
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Invitation: Surrendering to King Jesus
Invitation: Surrendering to King Jesus
THE WISE MEN KNEW JESUS was a KING—WORSHIPED HIM
HEROD KNEW JESUS was a KING—SOUGHT to DESTROY HIM…
Invitation: WILL WE ACCEPT JESUS or NOT?
KING & SAVIOR…
Romans 10:9–10 (NLT)
9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
IF WE RECEIVE JESUS as OUR LORD & SAVIOR
—KNOWING HE is the KING WHO DIED for OUR SINS WE CAN HAVE HOPE WE’LL BE WITH HIM FOREVER WHEN OUR LIFE HERE ENDS…
TALK to ME AFTERWARDS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
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Conclusion/App:
Conclusion/App:
WORSHIP GOD—SENDING JESUS the KING to SAVE US
GOING to CHURCH/SINGING SONGS
THANKSGIVING/PRAYER
DOING NICE THINGS for GOD—BY HELPING OTHERS
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REVIEW TIME:
REVIEW TIME:
WHAT SPECIAL THING DID GOD PUT in the SKY FOR the WISE MEN to SEE? A STAR
WHAT DID IT MEAN? A NEW KING HAD BEEN BORN
WHEN the WISE MEN CAME to JERUSALEM,, WHAT DID THEY ASK? WHERE is the ONE BORN KING of the JEWS?
HOW DID KING HEROD FEEL ABOUT ANOTHER KING BEING BORN? VERY ANGRY/JEALOUS
REMEMBER the THREE SPECIAL GIFTS of the WISE MEN? G.F.C.
HOW CAN WE WORSHIP GOD? SINGING, THANKING/PRAYING, DOING NICE THINGS for HIM
