New Testament: Matt 2.3–4

To read the Bible in a year, read Matthew 2 on January 2, In the year of our Lord Christ 2025

By Don Ruhl 

Herod heard that the king of the Jews had been born, and Herod was not happy about it. He wanted to eliminate the competition. 

Watch what he did: “When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born” (Matthew 2.3–4). 

Herod asked Bible questions, but he had ulterior motives. 

Be careful when people ask you Bible questions. If possible, discern their motives. Either way you may still have to answer their questions, but if you discern their motives, it might help you to know what to do later. 

Questions: 

• Why do you ask Bible questions? 
• Why would all of Jerusalem be troubled that the Messiah had been born? 

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Don preaches with the Savage Street Church of Christ in Grants Pass, Oregon. 

Listen to his sermons here: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com