The Message of the Manger: The Wisemen and the Lion's Den 12/29/19

Sermon Manuscript: Matthew 2:1-12

Series: The Message of the Manger

Title: The Wise Men and the Lion’s Den

Date: 12/29/19

Location: Clearwater Elementary School

 

 

Matthew 2:1-12 New Living Translation (NLT)

2 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.”

3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem. 4 He 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.

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!”

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! 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.

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.

 

 

et’s open our Bibles together this morning to the New Testament Gospel of Matthew. This morning we are in chapter 2 and we are wrapping up our sermon series called, “The Message of the Manger,” this morning looking at a story from the Christmas narrative that happens after Jesus has been born.

In our lesson this morning we see that the typical nativity scene that you might put out around Christmas, and almost every Christmas card that the pics the characters in our Christmas photograph, is absolutely wrong.