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Matthew 2
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the
days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
saying, where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and
are come to worship him.
He was born in 6 B.C. of a young woman
named Mary, in an out-of-the-way place called Bethlehem. He grew up in a dusty little village named
Nazareth. He belonged to a despised
people under the rule of Rome, was denied the best education of his day and in
his boyhood was taught the trade of a carpenter. For the first thirty years of his life he did
nothing to distinguish himself. And
then, one day, he put away his tools and began to preach. His whole ministry took place in an area half
the size of the state of New Jersey.
Then! He began to make extravagant statements:
“I am the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6) “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father”
(John 14:9) “Whosoever shall lose his
life for my sake shall save it.”
He
forgave sins: “Be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.”
(Matthew 9:2) “The Son of Man hath power
upon earth to forgive sins.” (Luke 5:24)
He
had no sins. One day he said to his accusers, “Which of
you convicts me of sin?” (John 8:46)
Men
worshipped him and he accepted this worship. “They that were in the boat
worshipped him.” (Matthew 28:9)
And
that is why we are CALLED- to worship Him…. to follow Him…. to become better
than we would be if we did not gather together in His name….. to aspire to
higher things and perspire for better things.
It’s a jungle out there sometimes. It is a world where too many strive to get
all they can, and keep all they can and let the other fellow get by as best he
can. Because Christ was born and you
have given your life to this Christ, you are called to be different.
In Ibsen’s book, “Emperor and Galilean”, there is a scene
where Julian Caesar is standing on a hill overlooking the fields and farms that
are part of his empire. He gives a great
sigh and speaking to himself says, “I look down on the earth, my earth, the
Emperor’s earth which I have made without the Galilean. But what have I won? Men talk of my renown with cold admiration;
but in their warm, believing hearts there sits enthroned the Carpenter’s
Son. Where is he now? Has he been at work elsewhere since what happened
at Golgotha? What if that at Golgotha,
near Jerusalem, was but a wayside matter, a thing done, as it were, in passing,
in a leisure hour. What if he still goes
on and on and on, suffers, and dies and conquers again and again, from world to
world? I wonder? Where is he now, the Galilean I conquered?”
And
soon, thereafter, Julian, but one more of the Caesars, dies. And even before he is buried there is
clamoring in the courtyard to divide the power he held so briefly. And Ibsen paints this scene: Julian is lying in state, his faithful
servant, his one true friend, looks down on him and says, “Forgotten ere your
hand is cold; And for this pitiful splendor you sold your immortal soul.”
Because Christ was born there is
good news of great joy:
about
death and life after death - “In my
Father’s house are many mansions.”
Because Christ was born we know that death is a gateway and not a dead
end street.
about
our sins - “I do not
condemn you. Go and sin no more.”
about
our anxieties – “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden
and I will give you peace.”
Paul said it, and
we say it, “It is not I that live but Christ in me.”
Because Christ was born a brutal heathen
people called the Druids received the Master’s touch and became Welshmen. Because Christ was born there are those in
the ghettoes of this world who do not murder and commit mayhem. Because Christ was born there are in the
marketplaces those whose king is not greed.
There are always wise man walking past the worst in life, laying the
gift of their lives before the Christ child, different than they would have
been because Christ was born.
Because Christ was born a man named John
Wesley and his brother, Charles, saved England from a bloody revolution. Any secular historian will tell you that but
for the evangelistic crusades of the Wesley’s, England would have gone the
bloody way of France.
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