Herod Always Dies.

Outline for a sermon preached on December 17, 2017, entitled “Herod Always Dies.”

INTRODUCTION

1. TEXT: Matthew 2:1-12.
2. We love the typical Christmas story.
3. We often forget a very key character in the Christmas story.
4. Herod is the Grinch, the Ebenezer Scrooge for the first Christmas.
5. In the Christmas story we see a template for how God always works.
6. God wants to do something. Satan wants to stop it.

OUTLINE

1. Herod always shows up.
   1. Herod will have a different name.
   2. Herod will have the same goal.
   3. Herod wants to stop the work of God in its infancy.
   4. God does not work in absence of contradiction but in spite of it.
2. Herod always has the advantage.
   1. Herod has position.
   2. Herod has power.
   3. Herod has a plan.
   4. Herod’s plan seems to be working and Jesus is in danger.
   5. Many times it seems like we are losing most the time.
   6. It would not be significant if it had been David and the Midget.
   7. God always intervenes!
3. Herod always dies.
   1. Only God endures.
   2. Only God’s people endure.
   3. Only God;s plans endure.

CONCLUSION

1. PRAYER.