Title Doctors' Christmas
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Text: Matthew 2:1-12
Doctors' Christmas
The year-end and New Year holidays have arrived. It is ironic why people get excited when the year-end and New Year holidays arrive, and who the main character of Christmas is. How absurd would it be if the Lord, the main character, was thrown out on Christmas Day and only people gathered to indulge in luxury, pleasure and pleasure? This is a time when even the saints are prone to indulge in luxury, pleasure, and pleasure at the moment of ignorance. However, the conscious Seongsan family believes that they will use this opportunity as an opportunity for reverence and offer true worship to the Lord. This is the purpose of this morning's homily. In the name of the Lord, I bless you in the name of the Lord that the doctors who greeted the Christmas in the first place will look at how they really greeted Christmas. So, how did you celebrate the first Christmas the doctors greeted?
I. The wise men studied the Messiah (Baby Jesus) in depth (verses 1-2).
Doctors are people who have studied science in depth, both in the past and now. Even though they are not Jews, they are looking for the king of the Jews, and moreover, they are not the current king, but now they are looking for a newborn baby. Those who studied astronomy, astrology, and religious books of each country by day, observing the stars at night, and studying came to Jerusalem to meet the Messiah who was born as king.
When I see a Christmas that has nothing to do with the Lord, a celebration of those who do not know the meaning or meaning of Christmas, a Christmas of disorder and corruption in which people eat, drink and stumble, it brings out a sigh of relief. On the other hand, merchants use Christmas as a wedding ceremony to fuel luxury, pleasure, and corruption. So, Christmas has been reduced to a season of luxury, pleasure, and corruption. Apart from the unbelievers, even among the saints, the meaning of Christmas is aside and they pursue luxury and pleasure.
Dear Seongsan Family! This Christmas, like the wise men, I want to study Jesus deeply and meet the Lord, who is the main character of Christmas. So, I bless you in the name of the Lord to have a Christmas with the Lord.
II. The wise men traveled a long way to meet the baby Jesus (v. 1).
All the scholars of the East they are talking about think that most of them are Babylon. In other words, from Babylon to Jerusalem, they walked over a thousand miles to find the baby Jesus. They came to the Lord through the sweltering desert, with no roads, that is, over the mountains and across the water. Verse 2 says, “Where is the one who has been born a king?” Jerusalem's reaction at that time was the tension and commotion in verses 3-8. However, the doctor's determination is clear.
I came here with the determination that I must meet you no matter what the cost. The doctor's resolve was not heard from ridicule, ridicule, discouragement, tension or commotion. That is why they were able to meet the Lord at all costs. In the name of the Lord, I bless you in the name of the Lord that you will be ready to meet the Lord with the resolution to meet the Lord at all costs by renewing our mindset.
Ⅲ. They worshiped the baby Jesus and offered gifts (verse 11).
What did the wise men do when they met the baby Jesus? ① I fell on my face and worshiped the baby Jesus. But as you can see in verse 12, the baby Jesus and His mother were with them, but the wise men worshiped only the baby Jesus, not Mary. In that sense, it is absurd and unbiblical for the Roman Church to worship Mary today.
In order for the Roman Church to return to the Bible, the statue of Mary in the front yard must first be demolished. I hope in the name of the Lord that we will gather in the church and worship the Lord with all our heart, mind, and devotion. And ② I made a gift to the baby Jesus. The wise men opened the pre-prepared treasure chest and offered gold, frankincense, and myrrh. These three gifts were the most precious of their time. Therefore, with a new resolution and resolution, this Christmas, I give my heart to the baby Jesus and offer gifts with all my heart to praise and worship the Lord in the name of the Lord.
Dear Seongsan Family, how would you like to celebrate Christmas in 2011? In order to know the Lord better and serve Him better, I hope that you will keep the Lord's Day completely and study the Word deeply. And I hope you will have a strong resolve and a firm resolution to pay any effort and cost to meet the Lord. Even if the road to following the Lord is long and difficult, I hope you follow it to the end. Let us do our best, enduring ridicule and contempt. Lastly, when preparing the gift for the Lord, let's do our best to prepare the best gift so that the recipient will not be disappointed. I bless you in the name of baby Jesus, who was born, so that you share the good news of great joy and share with your neighbors as well as material things.
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