1. “A King Defeated by a Baby!” Matthew 2:1-12

2. Halford Luccock (author and professor of theology…) Tells of the time he accidentally bumped into a “department store Santa Claus.”… Luccock bent over picking up the packages and offering his aplogies when he heard this ambassador… say, “I hate Christmas. It turns everything upside down.”

3. Herod was so troubled at the announcement of Christ’s coming, this big-tough-got-it-all-together-king sought to destroy baby Jesus…

4. Purpose: to reaffirm the baby Jesus came already as King of kings and Lord of lords

5. IMAGI – the Wise Men A.What We know of These Men B.Why These Men Came

6.  (proskuneo) Where we get our word “prostrate” and literally means worship, adore, give due praise

7. IIHEROD – the Puppet King A.How He Became a King B.What Kind of a King He Was C.The End Result of This King

8. IIIJESUS – the Real King A.Jesus is Declared King B.What Kind of a King He Is C.The End Result of This King

9. This is shared with the understanding this is meant as “tongue in cheek”…

10. Matthew 6:34 “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.”

11. Gospel singers from Rantoul, Illinois (same area our own Velma Boroff hailed)

12. Conclusion and Summary: Wise men still adore Him, This One born in Bethlehem Lay your gifts before Him, In your heart He’ll be born again. Angels heard on high, His praises did sing, Shepherds came by night to worship the King. Wise men from afar, rich offerings did bring. To lay before the feet of the Lord. Wise men still adore Him…