Are you in the Herod group and taginistic and bitter and hating against Christ?

Are you in the chief priests in this Gribes group?

Uncommit it indifferent.

Or are you in the group of the Magi?

Do you have in your hands the gold fit for a king and the mirror fit for a mortal man

and an incense fit for God?

You see him as the God man the king.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

You know there's no reason to believe that Jesus was actually born on December 25th.

And it might be good that we don't know the exact day of Jesus' birth because he needs

to be our focus the other 364 days of the year as well.

Still, you can be thankful that there is a holiday celebrating Jesus' birth, a time

when even unbelievers are open to Bible teaching, perhaps more than any other time in the year.

And with that in mind, John MacArthur's message today on Grace to You will provide a rich

dose of truth that you can communicate with loved ones in the next few days.

It's all part of John's series, The Birth of the King.

So if you have a Bible nearby or our study Bible app, turn to the Gospel of Matthew and

here's John.

Take your Bible and let's look at the second chapter of Matthew, Matthew chapter 2.

The theme of the New Testament, as you well know, is Jesus Christ.

He is the theme of the New Testament.

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