{"id":1363,"date":"2014-02-10T07:45:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T14:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2014-03-03T07:04:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T14:04:44","slug":"the-wise-men-seek-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1363","title":{"rendered":"The Wise Men Seek Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His life each week. Scrooge isn\u2019t the only one who can\u00a0<a title=\"Vision Climb\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=55\" target=\"_blank\">make a change for the better<\/a>. I can and you can. Elder Richard G. Scott promised, \u201cThe best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life\u201d (<a title=\"A Personal Study Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=238\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHe Lives! All Glory to His Name!\u201d<\/a>). Please join me and invite your family and friends to join us in keeping Christmas all the year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhD8lG9VDVc?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Now when Jesus was\u00a0born\u00a0in Bethlehem of Jud\u00e6a in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying,\u00a0Where\u00a0is he that is born\u00a0King\u00a0of the Jews? for we have seen his\u00a0star\u00a0in the east, and are come to\u00a0worship\u00a0him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When Herod the king had heard\u00a0these things,\u00a0he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.\u00a0And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he\u00a0demanded\u00a0of them\u00a0where\u00a0Christ should be born. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Jud\u00e6a: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou\u00a0Bethlehem,\u00a0in\u00a0the land of\u00a0Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a\u00a0Governor, that shall\u00a0rule\u00a0my people Israel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found\u00a0him,\u00a0bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and\u00a0frankincense, and myrrh.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And being warned of God in a\u00a0dream\u00a0that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:\u00a0And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of\u00a0Egypt\u00a0have I called my son. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/matt\/2.1-15?lang=eng#primary\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 2:1-15<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>When you have sought Jesus in the past, where have you found Him?<\/li>\n<li>Wise men and wise women still seek Jesus. Where and how can we begin our search for Him today?<\/li>\n<li>When we find Him, what gifts will we give Him?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"New Testament\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=673\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0for additional New Testament posts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1363\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jesus-christ","category-new-testament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}