This exhortation was given at King’s Cross Church (Moscow, ID) on January 8, AD 2023.

Everybody has to do something with Christ. Every single person, when confronted with Jesus of Nazareth, must do something about Him. 

The Wise Men had a great interest in Christ. Following a star they traveled from afar in order to fall down before Him in worship. They eagerly sought Him out in order to humbly lay gifts at His feet, and His presence made them “rejoice with exceedingly great joy” (Mt. 2:10). 

Herod the Great also had a great interest in Christ. But he was a liar and did not truly desire to worship Him. Rather the news of this rival king greatly troubled him, and he needed to destroy him. 

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