The Gift Money Can’t Buy

Matthew 1:18–25

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name
Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All
this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the
prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and
they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). —Matthew 1:21–23

FIVE SNAPSHOTS OF KING HEROD…
1) HEROD WAS A

KING.

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time
of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and
asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the
Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship
him.” When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all
Jerusalem with him. —Matthew 2:1–3

2) HEROD WAS A

KING.

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from
them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to
Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the
child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too
may go and worship him.” —Matthew 2:7–9

3) HEROD WAS A

KING.

And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod,
they returned to their country by another route. —Matthew 2:12

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the
Magi, he was furious… —Matthew 2:16

4) HEROD WAS A

KING.

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the
Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys
in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and
under… —Matthew 2:16

5) HEROD WAS A

KING.

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream
to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Get up, take the child and his
mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were
trying to take the child’s life are dead.” So he got up, took
the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. —Matthew 2:19-21

Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face
judgment… —Hebrews 9:27

HOW BIG IS YOUR HEART?