Pew 2 You
Pastor Phil Vance
12-13-15
Highlights:
1.) No king is ever “born” a king, except for Jesus. Even Herod recognized that when he asked about Jesus.
2.) Jesus fulfilled over 300 Old Testament prophesies. The likelihood of one man fulfilling that many prophesies is astronomically low, further proving Jesus’ divinity.
3.) What can we bring to Jesus?
a. Our sin
b. Our needs
c. Our love
d. Our devotion
e. Our worship
f. Our service
Discussion Questions:
1.) Herod was threatened by Jesus (in fact, he was threatened by anyone who had the chance to take his throne). We will always serve someone, but the Bible says we cannot serve two masters. How do we keep Jesus on the throne of our lives and keep and not be threatened by Him, but rather have a lifestyle that the enemy is threatened by?
2.) The magi were seeking the King, Herod was opposing the King, and the Jewish priests were ignoring the King. Which of the three groups characterizes your response to the King Jesus on a daily basis?
3.) The gifts the wise men brought to Jesus were a declaration of his Kingship. What can you bring to Jesus that makes a public declaration of his holiness and Lordship in your life?
Key Scriptures:
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 when it rose 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 Messiah 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 shepherd 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 search carefully 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 when it rose 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, frankincense and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
Matthew 2:1-12 NIV
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Micah 5:2 NIV