The Perfect gift to give a King

The New King James Version Chapter 2

9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 2:9–11 NKJV

9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

*every gift from God is Perfect

The New King James Version Chapter 2

9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12 Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.

Matthew 2:9-11

*The wise men brought gift of gold, frankincense , and myrrh. All meaning something more then just random gift they brought to Jesus.

Gold

Gold represented

Gold represented

Gold : Kings, rules, people of high stature had gold (money);the wise men bringing Jesus a gift of gold we there way of representing this kingship.

Gold also supplied a physical/practical need as well. The gold that was given to Mary & Joseph would help them with the expenses of day to day life

Gold also supplied a physical/pratical need as well. The gold that was given to Mary & Joseph would help them with the expenses of day to day life

The perfect gift to give a king is something practical. What can we give practically to God?

Lamentations 3:40–41 NKJV

Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord; Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.

Lamentations 3:

what can we give practically to God?

Malachi 3:10 ESV

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Frankincense

Malachi 10:

Frankincense

pure and unmixed frankincense was burned and used in the worship to the Lord in the temple

The wise men know he was Lord, and they worship him the way the new God wanted them too. It was law to bring frankincense to be burn for worship.

Jesus tells us another way is coming

John 4:23 The Message

23 But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship.

John 4:

The perfect gift to give a king is that of a pure/honest worship

Myrrh

myrrh had many purposes in that time and day, but here it was in response to the fact that they know of Jesus’s suffering to come.

myrrh was used as a perfume on garments of people to be barred, the wise men where recognizing his suffering and death to come.

The perfect gift to give a king is the acknowledgement that he died for you

Romans 6:10–14 NIV

10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

The Perfect Gift to give the King is yourself

Romans 12:1 NIV

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Romans 12:1 NIV

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Romans

Romans 6:10–11 NIV

The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.