Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
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Jesus – Recognised and Worshipped
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Revelation
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!! God's initiative
!!! "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
(Matthew 7:7-8, NIV - Anglicised)
!!! … to those who seek
!!!! Star
!!!! What gifts to bring
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Only God could have revealed these particular gifts
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Return route
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And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
(Matthew 2:12, NIV - Anglicised)
! Recognition
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!! Magi recognised importance of their observation
!!! Realised something extraordinary was happening
!! Inquiry
!!! [They] asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?
We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
(Matthew 2:2, NIV - Anglicised)
!! Gifts
!!! Gold
!!!! … as a king
!!! Incense
!!!! … as a priest
!!! Myrrh
!!!! … as a sacrifice
! Response
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!! Journey
!!! Long journey – even from Babylon
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He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.
(Ezra 7:9, NIV - Anglicised)
!! Worship
!!! On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him.
(Matthew 2:11, NIV - Anglicised)
!!!! Acknowledgement
!!! Offerings
!!!! Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.
(Matthew 2:11, NIV - Anglicised)
! Sir, we would see Jesus.
(John 12:21, KJV)
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