Dec. 08, 2024

“The Gift of Gold”

Series: What Gifts Do You Bring the King?

Pastor Rick Robledo – Dec 8, 2024

Bible Passage - Matthew 2:1-9 

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi^[a] from the east came to Jerusalem ² 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.”

³ When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.⁴ 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. ⁵ “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

⁶ “‘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’^”

⁷ Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. ⁸ 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.”

⁹ 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. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. ¹¹ 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. ¹² And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

1. They ____________ and _________________ God’s Word.

Daniel 9:25-27 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ (490 years).  

Numbers 24:17, “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.”    

1. They _______________ after Jesus.
1. These men traveled very far to worship the King!
2. The Bible contains factual information about people and places that can be validated in real history.  

1. They _______________ themselves to _____________ Jesus. 
1. The Wisemen may not have had all the same knowledge about Jesus as we do, but they knew enough to worship Him!

1. The only true and right response is to worship Jesus and give Him our full devotion. To fail to worship Jesus Christ would be the ultimate sin!

1. They ______________________ Jesus’s _________________.
1. Their gifts showed honor, loyalty and devotion to the baby King. 
2. Jesus is worth infinity more than all the gold in the universe! 
3. Jesus is the Messiah, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, He is God in flesh!

1. They ________________God rather than man.   
1. The Wisemen had a big decision to make… follow the orders of the king or follow God.
2. There may come a time in our lives in which we may face the same decision….   Choose wisely!