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MEET THE INDESTRUCTIBLE KING (Matt 2:13-23)<br />
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT BULLIES?<br />
This is the story of 2 kings and a protective Father God.<br />
A. King Herod felt threatened when he heard about baby Jesus and took<br />
action. Draw crowns and add faces to show Herod’s feelings in the story:<br />
1. Herod is disturbed to hear of a baby king (Matt. 2:1-3).<br />
2. He is sneaky and asks the Magi to find the baby (Matt. 2:7-8).<br />
3. He is furious when the Magi do not come back to him (Matt. 2:16).<br />
WHO IS THIS KING?<br />
Jesus was courageous. He knew that when He came down from<br />
heaven, he would face evil – even as a baby!<br />
• Do you need courage to face something or someone? Write<br />
down what it is. Then ask courageous Jesus for help.<br />
Jesus also brings us hope in an evil world where sometimes innocent<br />
ones are murdered.<br />
• Do you feel discouraged about a problem at home, in school, or<br />
anywhere? Write it down. Then ask Jesus to give you hope.<br />
Jesus was humble, growing up in Nazareth. Circle the sentences below<br />
that are true:<br />
1. Everyone thought Nazareth was a great city.<br />
2. People laughed when they heard someone was from Nazareth.<br />
3. Jesus was willing to live in a poor family in a crummy little town.<br />
NO KING OR RULER CAN STOP GOD’S PLAN.<br />
King Herod is like the kings talked about Psalm 2:1-6. Fill in the blanks.<br />
B. King Jesus is protected from Herod by His Father.<br />
God did some amazing things in this story! Read the list below. Can you<br />
find the 2 items that are not true and cross them out?<br />
• The Magi gave valuable gifts to little Jesus and his poor parents.<br />
• In a dream, God warned the Magi not to go back to Herod.<br />
• An angel warned Joseph to take Mary and little Jesus and flee<br />
from Herod to Egypt.<br />
• Soldiers protected Jesus as he traveled.<br />
• Joseph and Mary probably used the Magi’s gifts to buy food and<br />
shelter in Egypt.<br />
• God gave them a pot of food that never ran out.<br />
• When Herod died, an angel told Joseph it was safe in Israel.<br />
• In a dream, Joseph learned that it was not wise to go back to<br />
Bethlehem, so they moved to Nazareth instead.<br />
Why do the n_________ rage and the peoples plot in vain?<br />
The kings of the e_______ set themselves,<br />
And the rulers take counsel together,<br />
A__________ the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,<br />
“Let us b________ their bonds apart<br />
and cast a_____their cords from us.”<br />
He who sits in the heavens l_________;<br />
The Lord holds them in derision.<br />
Then he will speak to them in His w_______<br />
And terrify them in his f______, saying,<br />
“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”