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The Worship History of Jesus
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and 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." When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: " 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'" Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him." After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. Let’s keep going. Verse 13. When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,†he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.†So he got up, took the child and his other during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.†(Hosea 11:1). When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.†(Jeremiah 31:15).
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The Birth History of Jesus
Dec 7 The Birth history of Jesus Please turn to Matthew 1:18-25. It’s quite a passage. Not many people – none that I know of – get to choose their natural parents. But Jesus – being God – did. And as we are going to see today, Jesus chose well. We often think about Mary. The angel Gabriel announcing the soon coming of the Messiah. Telling her that God has chosen her to bear the Son of God. She certainly didn’t understand. But she certainly was obedient, humble and faithful. What a woman. We don’t often think as much about Joseph. Today, we will. Because as we think about the birth history of Jesus, his stepfather Joseph looms large. Listen carefully. There is so much of a Gospel in this story.
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The Family History of Jesus
Passage : Matthew 1:1-17 It’s Christmas. And all this Christmas Season, I’ll be bringing messages on the Christ of Christmas. Who is He? His birth, the first time He was worshipped, His childhood History, His Future. Today, we’ll talk about His family history. And to do that, we’ll tackle Matthew 1:1-17. The genealogy of Jesus through his step father Joseph. There is another genealogy, one in Luke chapter 3. That is the genealogy of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Now I can just imagine what you’re thinking. Wow, here we are at Christmas time. We’re trying to get our church to grow. Next week, we move to our new building. And Pastor John is preaching on a genealogy. Perhaps you feel like the expert swordsman in the movie, Princess Bride. When he is finally defeated by The Dread Pirate Robert, he kneels down and says, “Kill me quickly.†In other words, get it over with. So here we are starting the Christmas Season. We’ve lit our first advent candle. And Pastor John is preaching about a genealogy. “Kill me quickly.â€
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Thanks and Giving
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. This is our last formal worship service before Thanksgiving. This Wednesday, we’re going to have an informal Thanksgiving Eve get-together at Peter and Sheryl’s house. It’s going to be a wonderful time of fellowship, sharing and prayer. But today is our formal time to consider Thanksgiving. And we have a lot to be thankful for. It might not seem that way with the economy in the shape that it’s in. And the moral and social climate deteriorating in our culture. There are a lot of things to be disturbed about. But many more about which to be thankful. God has given us a new place to worship. And dozens of free chairs to sit in while we do so. All sorts of office equipment and supplies, and even a free copying machine. Beautiful banners (even more than the ones we have now) for our sanctuary. God has given us a solid financial condition despite our small size. God has given us favor with the Town Zoning Board and Planning Board. The list goes on and on. And we should keep looking at it. Plenty of parking. A new sign clearly visible from Route 101. A new website with my sermons posted on line, a digital church calendar and our own email service. There’s more. Much more. God has provided a sound system, a pulpit, songbooks, Bibles. Through Alan and Nancy, He gave us this worship place for this whole year…for free. But these are all physical things. They come from a supernatural source. But they are physical. Consider also the spiritual elements that God has provided. God has brought in new families. He has brought about spiritual growth. He has given us a warm sense of family that is so close, so intimate, so accepting and close – as to be unique to us. Different from anything we’ve seen in the past. We are a church. A true church. That is, God’s people functioning as His body in His world. All that in less than a year? Less than a year! Yes, I would say that we have a lot for which to be thankful.
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What A Mighty God We Serve
Open your Bibles please to Romans 11:33-36. Then please fasten your seat belts. Put your trays in the upright position. Put your carry-ons before the seat in front of you or in the overhead compartments. This is going to be a wide ride. Get ready. Romans 11:33-36. Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" "Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. One of my favorite sermons is an old one. A very old one. It was the very first sermon preached by Charles Hadden Spurgeon. He had just assumed the pulpit of a church. No one knew him. He had no standing. Incredibly, he was only 19 years old. His topic was knowing God. Let’s listen. “The proper study of God’s elect is God. The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of the child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his father.†Find it on the Internet. Read it.
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Israel Then, The Church Now
It’s a new day in America. We have a new president. A new direction. A new center point for the nation. Whereas in the recent past, we have been a center right country, we are now a center-left country. Perhaps even a little more to the left than that. This has large import for the church. Primarily, it means that some major elements of the culture war are lost to the church. By that, I mean the overall political questions about the great moral issues of our time are now settled. We have freely chosen leaders who will decide. And we must accept those decisions on a macro, national level. We can personally oppose abortion. On the individual level. We can counsel people against it. We can pray about it. But for the rest of our lives, it will be legal in America for a mother to have her preborn child killed. We have control of our individual lives in this matter. But we do not have control – or even much influence – on the public policy regarding this issue. What does this mean? It means that we now must concentrate our efforts much more to our immediate surroundings. If we have opportunity, we must do everything we can do legally to save one preborn baby. Just one. We must become extremely near-sighted. Save one. Just one.
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FAKES, FAILURES AND FAITH
How can you tell a fake? I’m told that when agents at the Treasury Department are trained to detect counterfeit currency, they don’t study counterfeits. Just the opposite, they study real currency – carefully and closely. They memorize what looks right, so they can clearly see what doesn’t. How can you tell a fake? We all know that women think differently than men. No surprise there. But men seem to process things in a totally logical manner, organizing their facts and thinking them through to a conclusion. They try to make sense. Women do that, too. But in a radically different way. They combine all of their knowledge, all of their perceptions, all of their thoughts. Then comes the conclusion. Not necessarily logical. Not necessarily directly on point. But men, especially husbands, we ignore female opinions, especially those of our wives, at our great peril. At almost every wrong turn in my life, I have ignored or inadequately judged my wife’s opinion. I thought I could see a fake. I didn’t. She did.
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