Banchory Christian Fellowship Church
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Sermon from 9th December 2018 Morning service
The Magi Visit the Messiah
2 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.’[b]”
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.
The Escape to Egypt13 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.”
14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,15 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.”[c]
16 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.17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18 “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.”[d]
19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.
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18th September 2022 - ”WHY LIFE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE” - Ecclesiastes 7:13-29
11th Sept 2022 - ”THE WAY OF THE WISE” - Ecclesiastes 7:1-12
4th September 2022 - ”Weakness Equals Strength” - Judges 7
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21st August 2022 - ”Who Opens Blind Eyes?” - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
14th August 2022 - ”WHO OPENS BLIND EYES?” - John 9
7th August 2022 - ”WHO FEEDS THE HUNGRY?” - John 6:1-21
31st July 2022 - ”God’s Blessing Promised” - Haggai 2:10-23
24th July 2022 - ”God’s Building Plan” - Haggai 1:1-2:9
17th July 2022 - ”WHEN THE FOUNDATIONS ARE CRUMBLING” - Psalm 11
10th July 2022 - ”WHO SPEAKS WITH WORDS OF POWER?” - John 4:46 - 5:18
3rd July 2022 - ”WHO TURNS WATER INTO WINE?” - John 2:1-11
PM 26th June 2022 - ”THE FATHER’S HEART” - Luke 15:11-32
AM 26th June 2022 - ”THE HEART OF WORSHIP” - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
19th June 2022 - ”BETTER TOGETHER” - Ecclesiastes 4:1-17
12th June 2022 - ”TIME LIMITS” - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22
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