Nikhil Raj Gupta

Creation of Christmas: Crisis to Comfort

2023 Christmas Carol Teams

Read Text: Matthew 2

God’s creates everything beautifully and wonderfully. But not without crisis or trouble. Let’s unfold this chapter and learn together that how Christmas was created.

Verse 3 Herod is troubled by the birth of messiah. Herod was an Edomite, a non-Jew. He was appointed as a vessel king by Rome over Judea. Herod had annihilated senhedrin, murdered 300 court officers. And killed his wife Mariamne, mother Alexandria, elder brother Antipater and two sons Alexander and Aristobulus (Barclays).

Verse 4-6 John 1:42; Micah 5:2 high priest and scribes correctly got the message but failed to apply it to their own lives that Jesus would be the shepherd of Israel. Even Herod received a short bible study by them.

Verse 7-8 Herod stated worship but intended to kill.

Verse 9-12 Wise men were warned that they shouldn’t go to Herod. Their worship was manifested in their obedience.

Verse 15 Hosea 11:1 out of Egypt I called my Son.

Verse 16-18 Bruce: “ Killing matched with Herod’s career. Jer. 31:5

Verse 19-21 Return to Israel since crisis is over – Herod is dead. ( Jesus ministry was inlined with OT style not with Egyptian methods). Josephus informs that he died of worms and suffered genitalia gangrene.

Verse 22 Two guidance – Return and relocate.

Nazareth: Num 6:1-21, France: “humble & rejected Messiah” Isa. 11:1.

I would like to draw 5 points for our lessons today.

1. Crisis of Cristmas: Herod v. 1-3

2. Call of Christmas: Apply the Word v. 4-6

3. Carol of Christmas: Obedience v. 7-12

4. Charisma of Christmas: Crisis ends v. 19-21

5. Comfort of Christmas: God’s guidance v. 22

This message is to be preached on December 24, 2023 at PCG Itarsi.

Published by Nikhil Raj Gupta

Nikhil Raj Gupta is a pastor and a Bible teacher in Itarsi, India. Come here to find thoughts, articles, sermons and poems. In the biblical faith there is only one sovereign Creator and Redeemer: the Holy Trinity. Scripture says that, in the beginning, God spoke creation into existence, it teaches that all three persons of the Trinity were involved. The Father spoke, and nothing came into being that came into being except through God the Son, the Word (John 1), with the Holy Spirit hovering over the face of the deep (Gen 1). This picture of the transcendent and triune God acting freely to create ex nihilo (from nothing) sets the pattern for God's dealing with humanity in providence and redemption. God acts through his created agents (Exod 9:16) and with them but never in dependence upon created agents. The Bible faith, confessed by the ancient church, is that the triune God made humans in his image. It is that image-bearing status that constitutes us as human. We confess that we freely rebelled against God, violating God's law, introducing sin and death into the world. God the Son became incarnate as the Last Adam, obeyed, died, and was raised on the third day for our justification. In God's joyous transaction, our sin was reckoned to Christ and his righteousness was credited to all who believe, to all whom God has given the grace of faith. Christ committed this faith for safekeeping, administration, and proclamation to a visible, institutional community, the church.

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