12/21/25- Harrisonburg campus: The Gifts Part 4: Gold for The King – Pastor Kevin Griffin

The GIFTS

• WELCOME- GLAD YOU ARE HERE. ONLINE
• CHRISTMAS WEEK- GREAT INCREDIBLE WEEK
• ALSO A PAINFUL AND HARD WEEK FOR MANY

GET YOU READY FOR CHRISTMAS

HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ABOUT

• BIRTH OF JESUS- ANGEL SHOWS UP
• A HEAVENLY GIFT- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

 NATE BARGATZE VIDEO                                

•  AN ALMIGHTY BEING WHO SITS ATOP THE WORLD
• SANTA – JESUS 90- 10 SANTA
• GATHER FOR 1 HOUR

BUMPER STICKERS EVERYWHERE-

IF ITS ON A BUMPER STICKER MUST BE TRUE RIGHT?

WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM                               

• IS THIS TRUE?

BEEN IN A SERIES FOR 3 WEEKS THE GIFTS

• WE LOOKING AT THE 3 GIFTS WISEMEN BROUGHT
• BELIEVE THEY BROUGHT MANY THINGS
• MATTHEW SPECIFICALY MENTIONS 3 GIFTS

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:1                           

1. After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 

 SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:2

2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

 SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:3

   3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.                             (AGITATED)

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:4

   4 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. 

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:5

   5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

MATTHEW 2:6

   6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,     are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:6

   for out of you will come a ruler     who will shepherd my people Israel.’” (DIFF LEADER)

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:7

   7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:8

8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child.

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:8As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:9

   9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way,

SCRIPTURE MATHEW 2:9

   and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:10

   10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:11

  11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. 

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:11

  11. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 

SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 2:12                       

  12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

• THERE ARE 2 KINGS IN THIS STORY
• WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KINGS
• NOT OUR CUSTOM- LANGUAGE/PRACTICE
• LETS LOOK AT SOME FAMOUS KINGS
• MATTHEW NEVER AGAIN LISTS KING ATTACHED TO HEROD
• MENTIONS HEROD MORE BUNCH- NEVER AGAIN
• MATTHEW WANT JEWS TO KNOW REAL KING HERE

PICTURE LION  KING                                            

AUTHOR PICTURE- STEPHEN KING- SCARY

PICTURE MICHAEL JACKSON

• KING OF POP-= MUSIC THAT IS

 PICTURE DR. KING

• DR MARTIN LUTHER KING

 PICTURE

• LEBRON JAMES- NICKNAMED THE KING

FRANKINCENSE-BOSWALIA TREE- USED TEMPLE

JESUS HIGH PRIEST- OUR GO BETWEEN

MYRHH-ALSO USED IN TEMPLE-EMBALMING OIL

JESUS WOULD DIE FOR OUR SINS

GOLD-A GIFT BROUGHT TO KINGS

 GOLD CHART                                                  

James W. Marshall while building a sawmill for John SUTTER JANUARY 24, 1848- GOLD FOUND 

• CALIFORNIA- OLD RUSH
• 2010 1400 PER OUNCE
• 2015 1000 PER OUNCE
• 2020- 1800
• NOW 4500 OUNCE

IDIOMS

• GOLDEN YEARS-GOLD AGE-GOLD MINE
• STRIKE GOLD - GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
• GOLD RUSH-ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD GOLD DIGGER - GOLDEN BOY
• FOOLS GOLD - GOLDEN TOUCH
• HEART OF GOLD- GOLD STANDARD
• GOLD COAST- WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD

GOLD BAR

• A BRICK LIKE THIS- 27 LBS
• HANDS OPEN – ITS AN OFFERING

DON’T UNDER ESTIMATE COST OF WHAT BROUGHT

• THIS WASN’T A BRACELET-HERODEUS MINIMUM OF 20 TWETY TALENTS- 2.8 MILLION

THE GIFTS THAT WERE BROUGHT WERE COSTLY

TREES WERE INJURED- WHILE HEALING- TEARS

GOLD- LOTS OF IT- BROUGHT FOR A KING

    3 CHAIRS REPRESENT 3 GROUPS IN THE STORY

OPPOSITION                                              

• 2 KINGS ARE LISTED- 1 IS IN OPPOSITION

 INDIFFERENT                                            

• MATTHEW 2- KING HEROD KING OF THE JEWS

AFTER VERSE  (RELIGIOUS SEEM NOT CARE)

WORSHIP

• THE GENTILES – KING MAKERS-
• THEY SHOW UP TO WORSHIP

SO WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS BABY?

LOTS OF BABIES HAVE BECOME KINGS

   LOTS OF BABIES HAVE BECOME KINGS

   ONLY ONE KING BECAME A BABY

WHY DOES IT MATTER THAT JESUS IS KING?

• JESUS TALKS ABOUT A KINGDOM HIS IS DIFFERENT
• ALL OTHER KINGS HAVE SUBJECTS/SERVANTS
• JESUS COMES TO BE THE SERVANT TO SUBJECTS

ETERNAL KING- NOT JUST EARTHLY

 MATTHEW WANTS YOU TO KNOWTHERE IS ONLY 1

SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:11                 

  11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 

SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:12

12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 

SCRIPTURE REVELATION19:13

  13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 

SCRTIPTURE REVELATION 19:14

  14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 

SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:15

  15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations.

SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:15

   “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 

 SCRIPTURE REVELATION19:16

16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:

SCRIPTURE REVELATION 19:16

king of kings and lord of lords.

REVELATION 1:5 the ruler of kings on earth.

 HUBBLE TELESCOPE PICTURE                   

• HES ALREADY KING OF THAT- KING OF UNIVERSE

 HUBBLE TELESCOPE PICTUR

• AND HERES WHERE YOU LIVE- EARTH
• IS HE KING OF YOUR HEART? HE KING OF EVERYTHING?

YOUR FINANCES, YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU FRIDAY NIGHTS- YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR HEART?

 VIDEO- WISE MEN SOUGHT HIM                    

• WISE MEN/WOMEN-CHILDREN- STILL SEEK HIM

DISCIPLES PRAYER - THY KINGDOM COME