LETTER TO A FRIEND

Liza Soh reads a letter sprinkled with Christmas lyrics. See if you can identify how many carols she references in her writing.

VERSES OF THE DAY

Matthew 2:3-9

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,

for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared. And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

QUESTION

What do you think was so disturbing to Herod about Jesus?

Do you think the rest of Jerusalem was disturbed for the same reason?

Does Jesus still disturb people? How are the reasons today the same or different?