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Warm-Up for Sunday: The account of wise men from the east traveling hundreds of miles to worship the Christ child is one that captures the imagination. There are so many questions regarding who they were and why they came such a long distance with their distinctive gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. This Sunday, we will endeavor to join them on their road trip from Babylon to Bethlehem and along the way discover things about these men and their motivation for seeking the Christ child at such great expense. Perhaps, we’ll learn from their example, the true cost of drawing near to God in worship! I look forward to our time together. Lord willing, see you Sunday!
Small Group Discussion Questions
A Christmas Road Trip – The Cost of Drawing Near to God
December 22, 2024
Ice Breaker: What is the most memorable road trip you’ve ever been on and why?
- Read Matthew 2:1-12 What do you think prompted their road trip
from Babylon to Bethlehem, a trip of about 900 miles one way?
- How do you explain their following a star that moves and stops?
- Who were these men, Persians, Jews or who?
- What do their gifts indicate about what they believed?
- How is it that Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus are living in a house
when the Magi arrive? (Matthew 2:11)
- Why is it that they can see a star pointing in a certain direction that
nobody else could see or recognize?
- What are two things the Magi teach us about worship?
- Jesus is to be worshiped more for ______________________________ than for _________________________________.
- Worship is an expression of V_______________________
- In your own words, what is the cost of true worship:
(Consider Romans 12:1)
- We make value judgments all the time, including about worship. When it comes to your worship of Jesus, how much time, effort, and treasure is too much?