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Intro - Whats it all got to do with me?
Grew up with the nativity?
Baby Jesus’s Birthday, He is not a man, He is a man and He is a God and he is in heaven.
The factual inaccuracy of the School nativity.
The School Nativity - My fist ever sermon.
I grew up with the stories of the Bible?
grew up with the stories of the Bible?
I grew up with the nativity and all the bible stories
I grew up in the knowledge of the Death and resurrection of Jesus
Mathews Gospel
Intro - Baby Jesus’s Birthday, He is not a man, He is a man and He is a God and he is in heaven.
Big Idea
Who were the Magi?
Who are they?
Why are they even in this story?
What is their significance?
Whats it got to do with me?
Tonight I want to look at the account of the wise men in Mathews Gospel and ask “What’s does the fact of their inclusion in this nativity story tell us about this baby Jesus and consequently whats that got to do with me?
We are going to look at who the they were.
Why they followed the Star.
The meaning of the gifts that they Brought.
This baby has come for outsiders, people far away from God.
Sermon
1) Who were they Magi?
What’s the fact of their inclusion in this story tell us about this baby and whats that got to do with me?
Who were they Magi?
Who are they?
Why are they even in this story?
What is their significance?
Whats it got to do with me?
Who were they Magi?
Whats it got to do with me?
More than wisemen: The term is used in Herodotus (1.
101, 132) of a tribe of the Medes who had a priestly function in the Persian empire; in other classical writers it is synonymous with priest.
Complementing this, Daniel (1:20; 2:27; 5:15) applies the word to a class of ‘wise men’ or astrologers who interpret dreams and messages of the gods.
In the NT the usage broadens to include all who practise magic arts (cf.
; , ).
They were kings, astrologers, dark arts practitioners, unclean outsiders.
More than wisemen: The term is used in Herodotus (1.
101, 132) of a tribe of the Medes who had a priestly function in the Persian empire; in other classical writers it is synonymous with priest.
Complementing this, Daniel (1:20; 2:27; 5:15) applies the word to a class of ‘wise men’ or astrologers who interpret dreams and messages of the gods.
In the NT the usage broadens to include all who practise magic arts (cf.
; , ).
They were kings, astrologers, dark arts practitioners, unclean outsiders.
MAGI.
The term is used in Herodotus (1.
101, 132) of a tribe of the Medes who had a priestly function in the Persian empire; in other classical writers it is synonymous with priest.
Complementing this, Daniel (1:20; 2:27; 5:15) applies the word to a class of ‘wise men’ or astrologers who interpret dreams and messages of the gods.
In the NT the usage broadens to include all who practise magic arts (cf.
; , ).
E. E. Ellis, “Magi,” ed.
D. R. W. Wood et al., New Bible Dictionary (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996), 713.
What’s the fact of their inclusion in this story tell us about this baby and whats that got to do with me?
You are included - The Magi were outsiders, far away from God.
You are invited?
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You a
2) Why did they follow a star?
Julius Ceaser Death in 44BC - A nova (thought to be a new star) appeared in the sky above his funeral pyre.
Everyone assumed, of course, that he had gone to join the pantheon of the gods.
Thereafter, stars for great men were emphatically in fashion!
Belief that World Dominion would come out of Judea
A nova (thought to be a new star) appeared in the sky above his funeral pyre.
Everyone assumed, of course, that he had gone to join the pantheon of the gods.
Thereafter, stars for great men were emphatically in fashion!
Tacitus tells us that in the 60s of the first century ‘there was a firm persuasion that at this very time the East was to grow powerful and rulers coming from Judea were to acquire universal empire The same conviction is written up by the Jewish historian Josephus and the Roman historian Suetonius
The same conviction is written up by the Jewish historian Josephus and the Roman historian Suetonius
There would therefore be nothing surprising if the Magi inferred impending political changes from the star they saw.
That was a perfectly natural expectation in the pagan world.
The same conviction is written up by the Jewish historian Josephus and the Roman historian Suetonius.11
Tacitus tells us that in the 60s of the first century ‘there was a firm persuasion that at this very time the East was to grow powerful and rulers coming from Judea were to acquire universal empire
The same conviction is written up by the Jewish historian Josephus and the Roman historian Suetonius.11
Michael Green, The Message of Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven, The Bible Speaks Today (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001), 68.
What did they See?
There have been many suggestions.
Some favour Halley’s Comet, which was seen and recorded in 11 bc.
But the most probable suggestion is that it was not one new star so much as the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the area of the sky known as Pisces.
This happened three times in the year 7 bc.
It was seen on 29 May, 3 October and 4 December in that year.
A cuneiform inscription from the observatory of Sippar in Babylonia gives us this fascinating information
Whats it got to do with me?
Despite how far away these dark arts practitioners were from God they realised that Jesus was more than to be merely honoured, but he was to be worshiped as God.
Who do you say this infant Child was?
Will you honour him with Christmas songs or will you determine to give him your worship
These outsiders no doubt recognised that Jesus was a king, but
These outsiders no doubt recognised that Jesus was a king, but
Michael Green, The Message of Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven, The Bible Speaks Today (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001), 69.
3) What was the significance of their gifts?
And what have they to do with me.
What has it to do with
Gifts
Gold - This baby was a king Gold is the gift fit for a king—and the king in baby clothes was there What he came to do.
Gold is the gift fit for a king—and the king in baby clothes was there
Gold is the gift fit for a king—and the king in baby clothes was there What he came to do.
These men are kings, they bow before the king of kings, will you bow before the King this Christmas?
Frankincense - What he came to do.
Michael Green, The Message of Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven, The Bible Speaks Today (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001), 69.What he came to do.
What he came to do.
Michael Green, The Message of Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven, The Bible Speaks Today (Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001), 69.Frankincense - What he came to do.
Frankincense - This baby was a priest.
Frankincense was in constant use by the priests in the temple, and the ultimate priest, the one who was to make final reconciliation between God and humankind, lay before them.
All the presence of God dwells in Jesus Bodily, you want to get close to God, you gotta go through Jesus.
Pure frankincense as fragrant offering was also placed by the priest with each row of the loaves of the bread of the presence before the Holy of Holies (
Pure frankincense as fragrant offering was also placed by the priest with each row of the loaves of the bread of the presence before the Holy of Holies ()
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