12.25.2022 | WHAT GIFT DO I BRING?

WHAT GIFT DO I BRING?

1. The Gift of Gold

Gold is a gift for a King!

1 Kings 10:14 (NLT)

Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold.

Matthew 12:42

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

JESUS IS THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS! (Revelation 19:16)

JESUS IS THE RULER OVER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH! (Revelation 1:5b)

We honor and worship the King with our tithes and offerings.

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with your possessions, and the first fruits of all your increase.

Faith is believing God and His Word.

1 Peter 1:7 (ESV)

So that the tested genuineness of your faith–more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire–may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

This morning, we bring to the King of all Kings, the gift of gold.

2. The Gift of Frankincense

Psalms 141:2 (NKJV)

Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

John 4:24 (NKJV)

God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

Psalm 115:8 (NIV)

Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

Romans 8:29 (NLT)

For God knew His people in advance, and He chose them to become like His Son, so that His Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

John 17:21 (NLT)

I pray that they will all be one, just as You and I are one—as You are in Me, Father, and I am in You. And may they be in Us so that the world will believe You sent Me.

3. The Gift of Myrrh 

Myrrh means bitter!

His Gift:

Matthew 2:11b

They presented unto Him gifts of…myrrh.

His Temptation:

Mark 15:23a

Mingled with myrrh, but He received it not.

His Death:

John 19:39b

A mixture of myrrh and aloes…

His Resurrection:

Revelation 2:8b

…was dead, and is alive.

Our Gift:

Romans 12:1a

…present your bodies…

Our Temptation:

1 Peter 4:2a

No longer should live the rest of his life in the flesh…

Our Death:

Galatians 2:20a

I am crucified with Christ.

Our New Life:

Colossians 3:3b

And your life is hid with Christ in God.