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Scripture and Sermon Slides
December 29, 2013
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Gospel Reading
Matthew 2:13-23
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13 When they had gone, an angel of the
Lord appeared to Joseph in a
dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child
and his mother and escape to Egypt.
Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is
going to search for the child to kill him.”
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14 So he got up, took the child
and his mother during the night
and left for Egypt,
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15 where he stayed until the death
of Herod. And so was fulfilled what
the Lord had said
through the prophet:
“Out of Egypt I called my son.”
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16 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, in accordance with the time
he had learned from the Magi.
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17 Then what was said through the
prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
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18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”
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19 After Herod died, an angel of the
Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in
Egypt 20 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.”
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21 So he got up, took the child and
his mother and went
to the land of Israel.
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22 But when he heard that Archelaus
was reigning in Judea
in place of his father Herod,
he was afraid to go there.
Having been warned in a dream,
he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
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23 and he went and lived
in a town called Nazareth.
So was fulfilled what was said
through the prophets,
that he would be called a Nazarene.
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Listen and Learn
Matthew 2:13-23
December 29 , 2013Rev. John W. Landis
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What a Downer!
• Particularly right after Christmas
• Yet, it is the reality of life– There are up days– There are down days
• The question (always) is what are we to learn from this?
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Lessons
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Listen to God
• Joseph Did!– With Mary– Getting out of town– Coming back
• The Magi did
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We need to keep our antennae up
• Magi – Herod– They could have been fooled– They could not have cared
• Joseph – leaving– It would have been easy to miss the message from
God because of all the things that were happening
“Trust your GUT!”
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– Herod was evil– Didn’t hesitate to kill his own wife and children
when he thought that they were after his throne– Herod ordered the execution of all political
prisoners on the day of his death so that there would be weeping throughout the Kingdom.
– Those who order the death of innocents are always evil or at least doing evil• That is why terrorism, no matter who does it, is wrong
There is Evil in this world
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Evil generally grows out ofSelfish Interest
• When the focus changes from God, others then us, Evil has infiltrated!
• Herod wanted everything to be about him• Once it starts to grow, there is no telling
where it will manifest or end
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Sometimes Things happen that are out of our control
• Don’t blame yourself for things that are out of your control– The Magi did not cause the death of the children- Herod
did
• What is your motive for doing what you are doing?– If you do what God is calling you to do, you cannot be
blamed for the consequences
Control the Things you can Control!
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Do what you can!
• There is still “wailing in Ramah”– Children die because we do not pay attention – Children die because we are not willing to give them voice
–ABUSE–HOMELESSNESS–POVERTY–WAR
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Once God has made clear what God wants done . . .Get Moving
• Don’t hang around and ask questions
• Don’t plan it to death
• Get into action and trust God to correct course as you go
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Good Times don’t last forever
• But they do return– Everything happens in cycles
• Enjoy the good times when they are here
• Put away some resources for the bad times– That includes memories
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God watches over us
• If we listen and pay attention
• Even if something bad does happen to us, God does not abandon us!
• No matter what happens, the promise of the Christ Child is that the best is yet to come!
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• After all, isn’t Life with God better in all ways than life here?
• Isn’t that why Jesus came
• We just need to listen and believe the message
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Listen UP!
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Don’t be afraid, Christ has come!
Christ is coming again!
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• Listen• Hear• Learn• Believe• Get ready
Spread the word!