Matthew 2 Devotional0

Devotional Questions:

Matthew 2:1-12

• What might have driven the Magi, with their limited knowledge, to set out on an unlikely quest to find Jesus?  What lessons about spiritual seeking can I learn from the Magi?
• Why would Herod be “disturbed” upon hearing this news?  Are there things in my life that the Kingship of Jesus threatens? 
• What is the significance of the fact that the chief priests and the teachers of the law knew exactly where the Messiah was to be born and yet did not seek Him out?
• Which of the characters – the Magi, Herod, the chief priests and the teachers of the law – can I most identify with?

Matthew 2:13-23

• What kind of suffering and inconvenience did the birth of Jesus bring to Joseph and Mary?  What does this say regarding a life of participating in God’s will?

Additional Questions:

Matthew 2:4-8

• What does Herod do with the knowledge he receives from the Scriptures regarding Jesus’ birthplace (cf. Matt 2:13)?
• What warning does this give me about what should be my proper motivation for studying the word of God?

Matthew 2:3, 10-11

• Contrast the joy of the Magi to the reaction of Herod.  What is the relationship between joy and worship?
• What can be said of a person who has found the proper object of worship, but does not have joy?  How can I have joy in my life?

Matthew 2:13-14

• What might Joseph have been thinking when the angel of the lord appeared to him yet again to give him some unpleasant news?
• What qualities does Joseph possess that enable him to quickly obey the warnings he received in dreams?

Matthew 2 Commentary