Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Micah 5:2

Classic TV Christmas
Die Another Day
Micah 5:2

Just a two-hour walk from the sleepy little town of Bethlehem where Christ was born to the bustling streets of Jerusalem where Christ was crucified (just outside of the city).

The historical journey from Bethlehem to Calvary should be a short one but too many people prefer the cradle to the cross.

People prefer to talk about births and babies rather than crucifixions and corpses, but whether we want to admit it or not there is but a short distance, historically, between Bethlehem and Calvary.

The converse is also true. Calvary would not have been what it was if God had not chosen to enter this world as a child and to live as a man.

After all, Bethlehem holds the promise of eternal life but it’s Calvary that holds the gift of eternal life.

And there are a lot of people just like that innkeeper. They’re not antagonistic about the real meaning of Christmas, but they don’t really care.

People like Herod like Christmas, but they’d prefer to keep Christ out of it.

The reason the Christian faith has survived and flourished over the past 2000 years is that there have been some who, after the angels have gone and the heavens are still and life is life, they still believe.

However little that we know of the wise men we do know that they came from a great distance bearing their gifts of love.

Because it’s only when we are completely sold out to Jesus that we will be able to make the trip from Bethlehem to Calvary.

Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Matthew 2:1-12

Classic TV Christmas
Three Men And A Baby
Matthew 2:1-12

We picture the shepherds there gathered around the manger when these three wise guys show up.

What I want to do today is look at the Biblical account of the wise men, see what they have to teach us, and see if we can apply it to our lives today.

And it would serve us well to learn about this same Jesus today through the same method of reading the Bible.

You know what? God wants to speak to you in a way that you can understand, too.

The wise men, on the other hand, did follow God’s direction. They chose to be seekers, not sitters. They put feet to their faith.

You can trust Him. Follow the direction God gives you.

Express your love to Jesus. Worship Him.

He wants and deserves the very best that you have to offer.

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