5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan. 6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. -Matthew 3:5-6 BSB Baptism was an outward expression of an inward transformation. The people who came to John to be baptized by him had […]
The word “Magi” in Greek means Magos—it’s where we get the English word magician, which they are also called wise men.
When King Herod heard of the Messiah being born who is truly the King of the Jews, he thought to himself—I’m going to lose my crown to the Messiah—so, he decided to murder the Messiah before He came of age.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. -Ephesians 4:14 BSB
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