CHRISTMAS QUESTIONS – WHERE IS HE?

MATTHEW 2:1-2

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. WHERE WAS HE BEFORE THEY ASKED?

1. In Heaven [Ps. 45:8, Micah 5:2]

-All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

-But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting .

2. In the Virgin’s Womb [Is. 7:14, Gal. 4:4]

-Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel .

-But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

3. In the Manger [Luke 2:7, 12, 16]

- And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

- And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

- And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

 

II. WHERE WAS HE WHEN THEY ASKED?

1. Bethlehem [v. 1-8, Micah 5:2]

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel

2. A House [v. 9-11]

3. The Scriptures [John 5:39, Lk. 24:25-27]

-Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

-Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

 

III. WHERE IS HE NOW?

1. At the Father’s Right Hand [Acts 2:32-36]

This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

2. In the Believer [Rm. 8:10, Col. 1:27]

-And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

-To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

3. At the Heart’s Door [Rev. 3:20]

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.