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We
three kings of
orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field
and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.
Born
a King on Bethlehem’s plain, Gold I bring to crown him again
King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign.
Oh,
star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright.
Westward
leading, still proceeding, Guide with thy perfect light.
Messiah Season
Welcome to the
2nd week of Messiah Season.
Last week we challenged you to do more than just keep the WORD Christ in Christmas. We are challenging you to make Messiah the focus of this season.
Instead of focusing on the materialism, jealousy, and greed of the season we are going to focus on Messiah. We are renaming the season Messiah Season. Feel free to use the term if you want.
We aren’t
just remembering Messiah came, but we are challenging ourselves to
live out Messiah.
The Bible contains over 300 messianic prophecies and every one of them was faithfully kept. So we too should live out faithfulness.
Messiah is all
about Giving. We will make this season about what Messiah has done
and given… and in return we will try to be doers and givers as
well.
I am proud of
you Redemption for embracing this season of Messiah. Last week we
told you about giving gifts for children’s hospital, and you
stepped up in a big way.
3
Gifts
3 Gifts came
to the Messiah by way of the Magi. Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh.
Have you ever shopped for a newborn baby? Nowadays we have fancy gift registries for baby showers. The gifts of Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh don’t usually show up at baby showers. Maybe diapers, clothes, pacifiers…
The gifts
of Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh were strange gifts. There was
nothing normal about these gifts. These gifts reflect the 3 fold
promise of Messiah.
When we
look at the over 300 prophecies about Messiah we see 3 specific
promises.
1 Conquering King
2 Suffering Servant
3
God with us.
The 3 fold
promise of Messiah is revealed in these Gifts of the Magi.
(Matthew 2:11) 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.
A
gift of Gold
Gold was
and still is the currency of kings. The Magi’s gift was a
recognition of royalty.
The Magi were not believers in the God of Israel, yet they saw something in Jesus that others did not.
He was born in
a manger, but they saw a King.
He was born into a lower-class working family, but they saw a King.
He was born
into a scandalous situation where the mother became pregnant before
she was married and claimed it was a virgin birth, but they looked
past the gossip talk and saw a King.
When you
see Jesus Messiah, do you see a King?
Messiah
is a Conquering King
The prophet
Daniel saw a prophetic vision of the Messiah.
(Daniel 7:13-14) “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,[a] coming with the clouds of heaven.He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
There is much
prophecy that describes Messiah as a conquering King. The prophecies
center on Messiah being a rightful heir to the throne of Israel, and
that as King He would defeat our enemies & reign in authority &
power for eternity.
A
King should have Lineage
There is a lot
of prophecy about the lineage of Messiah.
God told
Abraham that through His offspring all nations would be blessed.
(Genesis 22:18) through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed
This prophecy
is ultimately fulfilled in Messiah.
Jacob who is
renamed Israel by God receives a messianic prophecy…
(Numbers 24:17) A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.
This prophecy is interesting. It likely refers to the Star that lead the Magi to our Messiah. It also ties into the Prophecy in Psalm 2:9 that says Messiah will rule with a iron scepter. This prophecy, Numbers 24:17, tells us Messiah will be from the Nation of Israel.
Israel/Jacob
has 12 sons who form the 12 tribes of Israel and it is prophesied
that Messiah will come from a specific tribe. Messiah will come from
the tribe of Judah.
(Genesis 49:10) The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet/children, until he to whom it belongs[d] shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
There is
another reference to the Scepter, symbolic of Kingly authority. That
scepter won’t depart from Judah’s lineage, until HE TO WHOM IT
BELONGS SHALL COME. From the beginning, that scepter belongs to
Messiah the conquering King. Messiah will be from the Nation of
Israel and from the Tribe of Judah.
All the power
and the glory belong to you King Jesus. The scepter is yours!
If it isn’t
enough to prophecy the Nation and tribe of the Messiah… The Bible
Prophecies the city of Messiah’s Birth.
Micah 5:2 “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.”
Prophecy
declares the Nation & Tribe, but also the city of the Messiah’s
birth!
These are
geographical constrictions to Messiah. But what about Messiah’s
right to the throne of Israel?
A
King should have Lineage
Messiah would
need to be in the lineage of a king of Israel.
2 Samuel
7:12-16 Is a prophetic promise to King David… That God would
raise up David’s offspring. This offspring build God’s Temple and
God will establish this offspring’s throne forever.
This is a dual
prophecy… It is fulfilled by Solomon, David’s son who builds the
temple (2 Chron 6)
But it is
truly fulfilled in Messiah. Messiah (in the future) will build God’s
temple and it will never be destroyed, unlike Solomon’s temple.
Solomon’s reign has ended but it is prophesied that Messiah’s
reign will have no end.
Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.
Messiah will
be the child born, and son given, that will reign upon David’s
throne forever. The greatness of Messiah’s government will have no
end.
The hope of
everyone is Messiah. He will reign with justice, righteousness, and
peace.
Messiah
is a Conquering King
Jesus fulfills
the Prophecy of a conquering King
Matthew spends
the first 2 chapters of his gospel account pointing out how Jesus
fulfills the prophecies of Messiah.
Mathhew 1:1
gives us the genealogy, family line, of Jesus.
Matthew 1
clearly tells us Jesus was born of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah,
Jesse and David. This fulfills 6 separate messianic prophecies! We
don’t have time to read each scripture instead we will post the
scriptures on the screen and in our sermon notes on
redemptionplano.com
Prophetic Lineage
In Luke
1:31-33 an Angel tell Mary than her son Jesus will be the conquering
king who will take the throne of David, He will reign over Israel’s
descendants and His Kingdom has no end.
Jesus is the
conquering king. He is Messiah. Every Messianic promise and prophecy
is fulfilled in Jesus. Not some… ALL!
Jesus
is King
Jesus is the
Messiah. He is the Conquering King that Daniel prophesied would come.
SO WHAT HAS HE CONQUERED?
Jesus has
conquered death, Hell, and the grave.
Jesus
conquered demons. His very name causes them to flee.
Jesus
conquered sickness, blindness, deafness, physical disabilities,
disease…
Jesus
conquered fear, hatred, prejudice, racism…
He conquered
greed and hypocrisy…
Jesus conquers
the enemy… He conquers the enemy in the most amazing way… He
converts them, He redeems them, He saves them. We were His
enemies but He has conquered us in the most amazing way. He
doesn’t destroy us He restores us.
With Him as
our King we too will conquer death & sin. In Revelation it says
He will invite us to sit on His throne with Him and rule with Him.
What a great King!
Do
you see Him as your King.
The Magi did.
The Pharisees didn’t.
The shepherds
did. “King” Herod didn’t.
On the cross,
Jesus was hung by two thieves. One thief recognized Jesus as king
and said “remember me when you come into your kingdom.” The
other thief did not see Jesus as king.
Do you see Him
as King?
The Magi came
to see this King. They likely traveled about 900 miles to see Him.
(Matthew 2:11) 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.
Your worship
is spiritual.
They
worshipped this Jesus child. As they worshipped they opened their
treasures.
As you
worship, your treasures open up.
When you
worship Jesus you proclaim him as king.
When you
worship Jesus, the room you are standing in becomes a throne room.
Your worship enthrones Jesus.
And when He is
on the throne your treasure should open up before him. Your treasure
opening up are a part of your worship. This worship declares the
worth of the King.
Because they
saw Him as their king, they gave the gift of Gold… it declared
Jesus a worthy king.
Gold is worth
$1400+ an Ounce
9 oz of gold
equals $12,600 (Does this give you pause? Is King Jesus worth such
an amount?)
Do you really
believe Jesus is the Messiah?
Do you really
believe Jesus is King?
Do you really
believe Jesus is worthy of extravagant worship & giving?
I want us to
make this place a throne room today. I want us to worship Jesus as
King.
As you worship
your treasures will open up… God may put it on your heart to open
your wallet and give to the Lord… to give to the needs of others.
As we worship,
if you have a need I want you to come into the first 2 feet of this
stage and lift your hands. I believe that Jesus the conquering king
will answer you today.
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We
three kings of
orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field
and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.
Born
a King on Bethlehem’s plain, Gold I bring to crown him again
King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign.
Oh,
star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright.
Westward
leading, still proceeding, Guide with thy perfect light.
Messiah Season
Welcome to the
2nd week of Messiah Season.
Last week we challenged you to do more than just keep the WORD Christ in Christmas. We are challenging you to make Messiah the focus of this season.
Instead of focusing on the materialism, jealousy, and greed of the season we are going to focus on Messiah. We are renaming the season Messiah Season. Feel free to use the term if you want.
We aren’t
just remembering Messiah came, but we are challenging ourselves to
live out Messiah.
The Bible contains over 300 messianic prophecies and every one of them was faithfully kept. So we too should live out faithfulness.
Messiah is all
about Giving. We will make this season about what Messiah has done
and given… and in return we will try to be doers and givers as
well.
I am proud of
you Redemption for embracing this season of Messiah. Last week we
told you about giving gifts for children’s hospital, and you
stepped up in a big way.
3
Gifts
3 Gifts came
to the Messiah by way of the Magi. Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh.
Have you ever shopped for a newborn baby? Nowadays we have fancy gift registries for baby showers. The gifts of Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh don’t usually show up at baby showers. Maybe diapers, clothes, pacifiers…
The gifts
of Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh were strange gifts. There was
nothing normal about these gifts. These gifts reflect the 3 fold
promise of Messiah.
When we
look at the over 300 prophecies about Messiah we see 3 specific
promises.
1 Conquering King
2 Suffering Servant
3
God with us.
The 3 fold
promise of Messiah is revealed in these Gifts of the Magi.
(Matthew 2:11) 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.
A
gift of Gold
Gold was
and still is the currency of kings. The Magi’s gift was a
recognition of royalty.
The Magi were not believers in the God of Israel, yet they saw something in Jesus that others did not.
He was born in
a manger, but they saw a King.
He was born into a lower-class working family, but they saw a King.
He was born
into a scandalous situation where the mother became pregnant before
she was married and claimed it was a virgin birth, but they looked
past the gossip talk and saw a King.
When you
see Jesus Messiah, do you see a King?
Messiah
is a Conquering King
The prophet
Daniel saw a prophetic vision of the Messiah.
(Daniel 7:13-14) “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,[a] coming with the clouds of heaven.He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
There is much
prophecy that describes Messiah as a conquering King. The prophecies
center on Messiah being a rightful heir to the throne of Israel, and
that as King He would defeat our enemies & reign in authority &
power for eternity.
A
King should have Lineage
There is a lot
of prophecy about the lineage of Messiah.
God told
Abraham that through His offspring all nations would be blessed.
(Genesis 22:18) through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed
This prophecy
is ultimately fulfilled in Messiah.
Jacob who is
renamed Israel by God receives a messianic prophecy…
(Numbers 24:17) A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.
This prophecy is interesting. It likely refers to the Star that lead the Magi to our Messiah. It also ties into the Prophecy in Psalm 2:9 that says Messiah will rule with a iron scepter. This prophecy, Numbers 24:17, tells us Messiah will be from the Nation of Israel.
Israel/Jacob
has 12 sons who form the 12 tribes of Israel and it is prophesied
that Messiah will come from a specific tribe. Messiah will come from
the tribe of Judah.
(Genesis 49:10) The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet/children, until he to whom it belongs[d] shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
There is
another reference to the Scepter, symbolic of Kingly authority. That
scepter won’t depart from Judah’s lineage, until HE TO WHOM IT
BELONGS SHALL COME. From the beginning, that scepter belongs to
Messiah the conquering King. Messiah will be from the Nation of
Israel and from the Tribe of Judah.
All the power
and the glory belong to you King Jesus. The scepter is yours!
If it isn’t
enough to prophecy the Nation and tribe of the Messiah… The Bible
Prophecies the city of Messiah’s Birth.
Micah 5:2 “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.”
Prophecy
declares the Nation & Tribe, but also the city of the Messiah’s
birth!
These are
geographical constrictions to Messiah. But what about Messiah’s
right to the throne of Israel?
A
King should have Lineage
Messiah would
need to be in the lineage of a king of Israel.
2 Samuel
7:12-16 Is a prophetic promise to King David… That God would
raise up David’s offspring. This offspring build God’s Temple and
God will establish this offspring’s throne forever.
This is a dual
prophecy… It is fulfilled by Solomon, David’s son who builds the
temple (2 Chron 6)
But it is
truly fulfilled in Messiah. Messiah (in the future) will build God’s
temple and it will never be destroyed, unlike Solomon’s temple.
Solomon’s reign has ended but it is prophesied that Messiah’s
reign will have no end.
Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.
Messiah will
be the child born, and son given, that will reign upon David’s
throne forever. The greatness of Messiah’s government will have no
end.
The hope of
everyone is Messiah. He will reign with justice, righteousness, and
peace.
Messiah
is a Conquering King
Jesus fulfills
the Prophecy of a conquering King
Matthew spends
the first 2 chapters of his gospel account pointing out how Jesus
fulfills the prophecies of Messiah.
Mathhew 1:1
gives us the genealogy, family line, of Jesus.
Matthew 1
clearly tells us Jesus was born of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah,
Jesse and David. This fulfills 6 separate messianic prophecies! We
don’t have time to read each scripture instead we will post the
scriptures on the screen and in our sermon notes on
redemptionplano.com
Prophetic Lineage
In Luke
1:31-33 an Angel tell Mary than her son Jesus will be the conquering
king who will take the throne of David, He will reign over Israel’s
descendants and His Kingdom has no end.
Jesus is the
conquering king. He is Messiah. Every Messianic promise and prophecy
is fulfilled in Jesus. Not some… ALL!
Jesus
is King
Jesus is the
Messiah. He is the Conquering King that Daniel prophesied would come.
SO WHAT HAS HE CONQUERED?
Jesus has
conquered death, Hell, and the grave.
Jesus
conquered demons. His very name causes them to flee.
Jesus
conquered sickness, blindness, deafness, physical disabilities,
disease…
Jesus
conquered fear, hatred, prejudice, racism…
He conquered
greed and hypocrisy…
Jesus conquers
the enemy… He conquers the enemy in the most amazing way… He
converts them, He redeems them, He saves them. We were His
enemies but He has conquered us in the most amazing way. He
doesn’t destroy us He restores us.
With Him as
our King we too will conquer death & sin. In Revelation it says
He will invite us to sit on His throne with Him and rule with Him.
What a great King!
Do
you see Him as your King.
The Magi did.
The Pharisees didn’t.
The shepherds
did. “King” Herod didn’t.
On the cross,
Jesus was hung by two thieves. One thief recognized Jesus as king
and said “remember me when you come into your kingdom.” The
other thief did not see Jesus as king.
Do you see Him
as King?
The Magi came
to see this King. They likely traveled about 900 miles to see Him.
(Matthew 2:11) 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.
Your worship
is spiritual.
They
worshipped this Jesus child. As they worshipped they opened their
treasures.
As you
worship, your treasures open up.
When you
worship Jesus you proclaim him as king.
When you
worship Jesus, the room you are standing in becomes a throne room.
Your worship enthrones Jesus.
And when He is
on the throne your treasure should open up before him. Your treasure
opening up are a part of your worship. This worship declares the
worth of the King.
Because they
saw Him as their king, they gave the gift of Gold… it declared
Jesus a worthy king.
Gold is worth
$1400+ an Ounce
9 oz of gold
equals $12,600 (Does this give you pause? Is King Jesus worth such
an amount?)
Do you really
believe Jesus is the Messiah?
Do you really
believe Jesus is King?
Do you really
believe Jesus is worthy of extravagant worship & giving?
I want us to
make this place a throne room today. I want us to worship Jesus as
King.
As you worship
your treasures will open up… God may put it on your heart to open
your wallet and give to the Lord… to give to the needs of others.
As we worship,
if you have a need I want you to come into the first 2 feet of this
stage and lift your hands. I believe that Jesus the conquering king
will answer you today.