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Herod wants him dead, so Joseph and Mary must flee with Jesus to Egypt. After his birth and subsequent dedication at the temple in Jerusalem, the first story we hear of Jesus' early life is one of an outsider. God is working a wonderful plan that will lead Jesus back into Israel and into the town of Nazareth. God is still preserving people who are outside the "system," preparing them in places like "Egypt" and "Nazareth." Can anything good come out of a place like Nazareth? That's what one of Jesus' own disciples said later when he found out where Jesus was from. God is using places like Nazareth to welcome His plan and purpose.
First Sunday after Christmas Day (Year A, 2022-2023)Scripture Readings: Isaiah 63:7-9, Psalm 148, Hebrews 2:10-18, Matthew 2:13-23
Message 2 of The Spirit of Christmas: How one gift changed the world featuring Samuel Bernal.
Message 2 of The Spirit of Christmas: How one gift changed the worldfeaturing Samuel Bernal.
Sermon Recording from November 28th, 2021.A study of Matthew 2:13-23.Thesis: Lay down our little Herods and make him King of our lives.
The Sunday morning teaching of Salisbury Bible Fellowship
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation,Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” 21 And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23 And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
First Sunday After Christmas Day (Year A, 2019-2020): Isaiah 63:7-9, Psalm 148, Hebrews 2:10-18, Matthew 2:13-23
I. Jesus was an infant refugee: the flight to Egypt, vv13-15. II. Jesus was opposed by the powers of darkness and became the occasion of his people's sorrow: the slaughter of the male children, vv16-18. III. Jesus did not despise being identified with a despised town: the return to Nazareth, vv19-23.
1st Sunday After Christmas (Year A) Isaiah 63:7-9, Psalm 148, Hebrews 2:10-18, Matthew 2:13-23
Matthew 2:13-23Sermon on the MountClimax of Prophecy