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Scripture Reading John 8:12, Mathew 2:1-12

Explore our identity as heavenly people and our calling to be messengers of Jesus Christ, based on John 8:12 and Matthew 2:1-12. Discover how we can shine as lights in a dark world and bring joy, peace, love, hope, light, and life to others.

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Scripture Reading John 8:12, Mathew 2:1-12

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  1. Scripture ReadingJohn 8:12, Mathew 2:1-12

  2. Scripture Reading John 8:12 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  3. Scripture Reading Mathew 2:1-12 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi e from the east came to Jerusalem 2 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.”

  4. Scripture Reading Mathew 2:1-12 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ g was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

  5. Scripture Reading Mathew 2:1-12 6 “ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.’ ”

  6. Scripture Reading Mathew 2:1-12 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 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.”

  7. Scripture Reading Mathew 2:1-12 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

  8. Scripture Reading Mathew 2:1-12 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

  9. Scripture Reading John 8:12 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  10. SermonOur Response to the True Light John 8:12, Mathew 2:1-12

  11. 1. Our identity as God’s people: We are heavenly people We are children of the True Light We are temporary residents in the world

  12. Colossians 1:12-13 : give thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.

  13. Ephesians 5:8 : You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.

  14. 2 Corinthians 4:17 Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

  15. Psalm 90:10 The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty, if we have the strength.

  16. 2. Our calling to be the messengers of Jesus Christ

  17. John 8:12: I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

  18. Be a shining light

  19. Our wishes for the new year: I affirm that… I am a person of God’s kingdom, I am a child of the True Light, I am a temporary resident in this world, I I will be the messenger to deliver the true joy, peace, love, hope, light and life to people who live in dark.

  20. SermonOur Response to the True Light John 8:12, Mathew 2:1-12

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