THE WISE MEN BELIEVED

IN THE TIME, JUST BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN, EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING THE MESSIAH TO COME.

WE WHO BELIEVE THE PROPHETS ARE EXPECTING THE PREDICTIONS OF HIS RETURN.

AT THE END OF EACH YEAR CHRISTMAS REMINDS US OF WHAT THEY SAID.

WE DON’T KNOW WHEN, BUT WE KNOW EVERYTHING THEY SAID CAME TRUE.

THE WISE MEN FEARED GOD.

PROVERBS 9:10

THE BEST SLEEP

WHEN WE DIE TIME STOPS AND WE TRULY REST IN PEACE, BECAUSE WE REST IN JESUS.

THE BEST SLEEP ONE CAN EXPERIENCE IS WAITING FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN CHRIST.

GOD SENT HIS SON TO EARTH TO DIE AND RESURRECT, TO GIVE US THE BEST SLEEP EVER.

JOHN 11:25

CHRISTMAS EVE

THIS IS THE TIME TO REMEMBER, WHERE OUR HOPES ARE IN THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE.

THE PROMISE OF A NEW KING THAT WILL REIGN FOREVER HERE ON EARTH.

HIS RULE WILL NEVER END AND WE WILL LIVE WITH HIM ALWAYS.

JUST REMEMBER THAT HIS KINGDOM WILL COME SOON.

REVELATION 22:12

THE TIMELESS SLEEP

JESUS TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS THAT LAZARUS HAD FALLEN ASLEEP.

WHEN WE DIE IN CHRIST, TIME STANDS STILL.

WHEN JESUS COMES AND WAKES US, IT WILL BE AS IF WE WERE ONLY ASLEEP A LITTLE WHILE.

THIS TIMELESS SLEEP WILL BE, IN CHRIST. SO WE MUST LIVE IN HIS PROMISE.

JOHN 14:1-4

HE SENT HIS SON

CHRISTMAS is a term which means THE CHRIST IS SENT as a LIGHT to save the world.

GOD’S plan to send HIS SON as a man is hard to BELIEVE, but true.

We must take a good look at his life in order to see the LIGHT HE gives to those who BELIEVE.

HIS LIFE from beginning to end shows us MIRACLES.

ROMANS 8:1-11

LIGHT OF THE WORLD

The darkness covered the deep waters.

The SPIRIT of GOD was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Then GOD said, “Let there be LIGHT,” and there was LIGHT.

GOD’S LIGHT came into the world, but people loved darkness more than the LIGHT.

Those who do what is right come to the LIGHT and HIS name is JESUS.

JOHN 3:19-21

WHERE STRENGTH IS FOUND

IN ORDER TO REACH THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN PAIN AND SUFFERING ARE NEEDED.

LOOK TO JESUS AND SEE THE LIGHT, BECAUSE HE GIVES US THE LIGHT WE NEED.

THE FATHER SENT HIM AND WE TOO HAVE BEEN SENT TO FOLLOW HIM IN HIS PAIN.

WE EACH HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN PAIN AND WHEN JESUS IS WITH US HE GIVES US HIS STRENGTH.

PSALM 23:4

CHILDREN OF LIGHT

GOD’S LIGHT came into the world in order to move us from darkness.

This darkness is exposed when the SON of GOD shows us HIS WAY.

HIS WAY is GOD’S WAY which moves us away from our own way.

HIS WAY MAKES US HIS CHILDREN, WHEN WE OBEY HIS WORD.

JOHN 3:21

WE NEED TIME

We need time to develop knowledge and understanding of GOD.

Truth is in the WORD, but the HOLY SPIRIT must reveal the true meaning.

A seed needs time to grow and GODS WORD is like a seed.

Ask and it will be given to you, but don’t stop asking.

JOHN 14: 13-14

REASON THEY SEARCHED

They went to Herod hoping he would help them find the NEW KING.

When they told Herod the REASON THEY SEARCHED, he was deeply disturbed.

Wise men still seek HIM because of the desire to worship HIM.

GOD wants us to find the way, the truth, and the life so we too can worship HIM.

THOSE WHO SEEK WITH ALL THEIR HEART WILL FIND HIM.

JOHN 4:23-24

THE REAL PROOF

Our evidence of GOD is obviously revealed in HIS invisible quality called LOVE.

When we see and hear the actions and words of JESUS we see and hear GOD in a mans body.

THE REAL PROOF is seen when we do and say as HE did and said.

READ HIS INVITATION TO YOU…….MATTHEW 12-28

SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND.

WISE MEN

WISE MEN are men who seek the TRUTH.

Seeking means following the LIGHT where ever it leads us.

True wisdom is found by MEDITATING on the TRUTH, and studying the purpose of things.

TRUTH is, finding a relationship with JESUS, this is the WISEST thing you can do.

proverbs 9:10

HIS LIGHT

HIS LIGHT reveals an unseen world.

Humans are born blind to most spiritual things.

GOD is spirit and can be seen through HIS divine nature and HIS invisible qualities.

GOD sent HIS LIGHT into the world to guide the world from darkness to HIS LIGHT.

HIS LIGHT leads us to a spiritual BIRTH allowing us to become HIS CHILD.

JOHN 1:12-13.

THE RIGHT ANSWER

There is only one place to find THE RIGHT ANSWER to all questions every time.

We must ask, seek, and knock in order to understand the truth about everything..

GOD sent HIS SON to earth to reveal the TRUTH by way of his LIGHT.

SLIVER AND GOLD WILL NOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

JOHN 3:21