Why were the Wise so Wise
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Reverend Larry Deering
Psalms 19:1
(For the director of music. A psalm of David.)The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Numbers 24:17
"I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of Or possibly [Moab, / batter] all the people of Sheth. Or [all the noisy boasters]
Matthew 2:3-4
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.
Micah 5:2
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans Or [rulers] of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."
Matthew 2:10
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
Matthew 2:12
And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it."
