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Gifts Of The Wise Men
Contributed by Troy Richards on Dec 20, 2006 (message contributor)
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1. Gold
Contributed on Dec 20, 2006
The first of three sermons looking at how God used the gifts of the wise men to tell about Jesus and His life.
Review: Who were the wise men? [not known, but likely Chinese astronomers or Iranian scholars] How many wise men were there? [unknown, no names given] When did they show up? [also unknown, could be later than Bethlehem, most say two years later] What did they bring? [gold, frankincense and ...read more
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2. Frankincense
Contributed on Dec 20, 2006
The second of three sermons looking at how God used the gifts of the wise men to tell about Jesus and His life.
Review: What do we know about the wise men? (little to nothing, just that they were from the east-Matt. 2:1) What was the first gift? (gold) What did the gold represent? (purity, marriage and kingship) What came next? (frankincense) -as mentioned last week, the Nativity Story movie ...read more
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3. Myrrh
Contributed on Dec 20, 2006
The third of three sermons looking at how God used the gifts of the wise men to tell about Jesus and His life.
Review: What do we know about the wise men? (little to nothing, just that they were from the east-Matt. 2:1) What was the first gift? (gold) What did the gold represent? (purity, marriage and kingship) What came next? (frankincense) What did frankincense represent? (Jesus as healer and ...read more