Tuesday 8/28/12 The Story 2

Luke 2:21 - On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise Him, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.  22 When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took Him to Jerusalem to present Him to present Him to the Lord.  23 (As it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord.")  (NIV)

Matthew 2:7 - Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.  8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child.  As soon as you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him."  9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.  10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.  10 On coming to the HOUSE, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him.  Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.  (NIV)

Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for all You do for us, thanks for a job for Jim, and thanks for waking his family when his smoke detectors went off.  All praise and honor to You.  Thanks for answering our prayers, dear Lord.  Thanks for a new job for Helen, Lord, the blessings You give us are wonderful.  Lord, forgive us of our sins and clean us up, please.  Be with those on our lists, and please heal them according to Your will for us.  In Jesus' Name I pray.  Amen.

Hi, brothers and sisters.  I guess you have noticed I am writing again in the evening.  Early morning commitments have us up really early in the morning with lots of work to do.  This morning with the help of Grant and Wanda, we have our room made for our new baby that is coming for Dolores and me to take care of.  Another kid at our age.  (No, Dolores is not in the motherly way.)  More on that later.  Prayers today on Tuesday for our churches and pastors, and for the healing from cancers and all other diseases.  Please review our names on the prayer list from yesterday.

Breaking news ... breaking news ... In the background I have the Republican convention on the other computer, and the Oak Ridge Boys just gave a testimony to God and sang Amazing Grace ... PRAISE THE LORD ... Wow ... God is good ... Amen.

Now to the message:

The Story (Day Two).  Yesterday I asked a question.  One person answered correctly.  The question was how many kings were at the manger.  The answer was one, and that was our Lord, King Jesus.  Now I like to back up what I write with scripture, so with that said, I will quote this verse:

Matthew 2:10 - On coming to the HOUSE, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him.  (NIV)

Okay, we see they came to the house where the Child was, the house, not the stable or barn.  Jesus had been relocated before the magi or kings arrived.  Now I have another question.  How many kings, or magi, took gifts to our King Jesus?  Let me see, the song tells us "We three kings of Orient are bearing gifts we travel afar."  But wait a minute, wait a minute, that is what the song tells us, let's see what the Bible tells us ...

Matthew 2:10 - On coming to the HOUSE, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him.  Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.  (NIV)

Okay, do you see the answer, there were three gifts, of course, three gifts, but the Bible tells me this, it is more than one magi or king, because the Bible tells us that then THEY opened their treasures.  They means to me more than one, but it could be three, each with a gift, or it could be two bringing three gifts or even a group, bringing the gifts.  So now we know the truth, right from the Bible about how many kings, or magi, were at the manger, that was just one, King Jesus.  How many were at the house, well, at least three, yes, three, please remember what I said, there was more than one bringing gifts for the Bible says they, so that means at least two, and then there was King Jesus, meaning at least three.  Do I have you confused yet?  This is not a joke, brothers and sisters, it is the facts, backed by the Bible.

Brothers and sisters, do you go to church?  Do you take your Bible along, or at least write down the scriptures that the pastor talks about?  Be sure your pastor is preaching the truth from the Bible.  Some do not!  Be sure they back their messages with scripture.  Some use writings from others and that is good, but where did they get their information?  We must be sure we are telling and hearing the TRUTH, as it comes from the BIBLE.  Someone say AMEN!

Time to go, it is late, and I can tell you now, I will be writing in the evening on Wednesday, and remember please, it is now called Healing Wednesday.  Hey, share those blessings, please.  Love ya, Pastor Dan.