LifePointe Christian Church
Speaker: Chris Delfs, Senior Pastor
SONGS THIS WEEK:
1. Go Tell It - Life.Church Worship
2. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
3. Noel - Shelly E. Johnson
4. Angels We Have Heard
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The Jews were HOPING the prophecies would come true soon and their Savior would come
Matthew 2:9-11 NIV
Myrrh shows the depth of God’s love for us
Myrrh: Greek word is Smyrna
Jesus speaks to the city of Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11)
Myrrh: A beauty treatment: Ester 2:12-13
Myrrh: A perfume
Proverbs 7:17 I have perfumed by bed with myrrh
Song of Solomon 5:5 and 5:13
Myrrh: A Painkiller: Offered Jesus wine mixed with myrrh (Mark 15;23)
Myrrh: A antiseptic
Myrrh: A embalming fluid/mix
John 19:39-40 NIV
Rabbis connected myrrh with death especially a father sacrificing his son (Abraham and Isaac)
The Magi's gift of myrrh: Prophetic of Jesus’ death
Matthew 1:21 and Luke 1:31: You will call him Jesus because he will save the people from their sin.
Myrrh represents Jesus as the Lamb of God (Born to suffer and die for the forgiveness of our sins)
Revelation 13:8 NIV
Isaiah 53:6 NIV
Sheep are weak
Sheep are witless
Sheep are wayward
Isaiah 53:6 NIV
Isaiah 53:7 NIV
Isaiah 53:3 NIV
Isaiah 53:4 NIV
Isaiah 53:5 NIV
What sets Christianity apart from any other religion? The bloody death of an innocent victim
Luke 9:22 NIV
Luke 9:23 NIV