Pastor’s Blog
Teamwork
Luke 2:41-52 Suggest Further Reading: Ephesians 5:22-33 We can learn from the conduct of Joseph and Mary. They regularly honored God’s appointed ordinances and they honored them together. The distance from Nazareth to Jerusalem was about eighty miles—a long distance...
Our Lord Knows Sorrow and Is Humble
Matthew 2:13-23 Suggested further reading: Philippians 2:1-8 Jesus was “a man of sorrows”, even in infancy because trouble begins for Him as soon as He is born. Herod seeks to kill him, and His father is obliged to take Him away by night and flee to safety. This was a...
Christ Overcomes Human Greatness
Luke 2:13-25 Suggested further reading: Psalm 146 Sadly, the rich and powerful of this world often perceives Christ as irrelevant to be safely ignored, or as an annoyance to be tolerated, and, for some, even a threat to removed. Here we see that no sooner than Christ...
What a Difference Faith Makes
Matthew 2:1-12 Suggested further reading: Hebrews 11:32-38 What large-hearted faith and commitment did these “wise men” show! The work required to prepare themselves to leave the comforts of home did not stop them. The weariness (traveling by camel) and dangers (from...
Knowledge Misused
Luke 2:1-12 Suggested further reading: Matthew 11:20-30. Here we see that true servants of God may be in unexpected places — like these wise men. They are as little known to us as Melchizedek, Jethro or Job. But they are in the book of life and will be with Jesus at...
The Example of a Godly Woman
Luke 2:36-39 Suggested further reading 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:6 We know little about Anna but what we do know is worthy of imitation. She was a godly woman. After being married for only seven years, she became and remained a widow for eighty-four years. You can imagine...
And So It Proved – Then and Today
Luke 2:33-35 Suggested further reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 What Simeon said of the results that follows when Jesus and His gospel came into the world deserves serious meditation. It is a prophecy that is still being fulfilled daily. Christ was to be “a sign spoken...
Simeon Sees the Future Clearly
Luke 2:25-35 Suggested further reading: Ephesians 2:11-22 Some Jewish believers, like Simeon, had a clear view of Christ’s person and work even before the gospel was preached! The scribes and the Pharisees of his day would have been better taught if they had listened...
Simeon, a Man Prepared to Die Satisfied
Luke 2:25-35 Suggested further reading: Philippians 1:19-26 Simeon reminds us that God has believers even in the worst of places and in the darkest of times. True faith was rare at the time of Christ’s birth, having been replaced by false doctrines and human...
