The angel announced to the shepherds that a Savior had been born, He is the Christ and He is Lord. What was/is the significance of those titles to them and to us?
In God’s meticulous timing, the Light of Jesus Christ not only dawned at the right time, but also in the right place – the darkest area that needed the greatest…
In God’s timetable and preciseness, the “dawning of the Light” – the beginning of Jesus’ ministry – happened at just the right point in time as God’s Light begins to pierce the darkness of the world.
As the baptism of Jesus was the proclamation that Jesus was King, the victory over temptation was the proof that he was truly King and demonstrates for us the pathway to victory.
The baptism of Jesus was both an identification with sinners and also his coronation and commissioning as he began his ministry.
Just as John the Baptist was called to be a way-maker for Christ, we too are to be way-makers for Christ in this statement of the Great Commission.
John the Baptist preached a strong condemning message to the Pharisees and Sadducees, but, in the midst, there was a message of hope and salvation for all who would hear.
Jesus said that John the Baptist, as the herald for the King, was the greatest man to be born. Then he went on to say that the least of us in the kingdom are greater than John. What does that mean?
Matthew continues to verify that Jesus is truly the King and the Anointed One of God by picking four prophecies that Christ fulfilled at his birth and the reasons behind those particular prophesies.
Why did Matthew record the visit of the Magi? Who were they? Why’d they come? What was the star all about? God orchestrated it all so that the world would know that Jesus is King of kings.