OK, so I have some form of Russian Monkey Death Flu or something. The bad part of having a small pioneer church is that when the pastor goes down, it's kinda hard to have a meeting at his house.
Anyway, here is the passage we would have read:
Matthew 2:1-12
There are many myths about the wise men. One myth is that there were three men. The Bible doesn't say how many there were. Another myth is that they were at the Nativity. But if you read the passage closely, a period of approximately 2 years had passed by the time they found the child in a house.
We do know that the wise men were scholars from a far country. They would have had a knowledge of science as well as the books of prophesy concerning the Messiah. They also were probably wealthy. The gifts they carried were expensive and were meant to be presented to a King.
The star was their vision. They believed so strongly in that vision that they held to it for at least two years while they searched. The baby they found wasn't in a palace but a simple house. The baby wasn't an earthly king. Yet they weren't stuck in their interpretation of the vision. They were able to refine the vision and understand to some degree the concept of a spiritual Messiah. The payoff was an experience with the Son of God.
You were created to have a vision and a purpose. Pursue the vision. Persevere when it is harder or takes longer than you first thought. And be ready to refine your vision as God reveals it to you. Our payoff is the same as the wise men, a relationship with Christ.
Why would you want to live any other way?
Pastor G
Anyway, here is the passage we would have read:
There are many myths about the wise men. One myth is that there were three men. The Bible doesn't say how many there were. Another myth is that they were at the Nativity. But if you read the passage closely, a period of approximately 2 years had passed by the time they found the child in a house.
We do know that the wise men were scholars from a far country. They would have had a knowledge of science as well as the books of prophesy concerning the Messiah. They also were probably wealthy. The gifts they carried were expensive and were meant to be presented to a King.
The star was their vision. They believed so strongly in that vision that they held to it for at least two years while they searched. The baby they found wasn't in a palace but a simple house. The baby wasn't an earthly king. Yet they weren't stuck in their interpretation of the vision. They were able to refine the vision and understand to some degree the concept of a spiritual Messiah. The payoff was an experience with the Son of God.
You were created to have a vision and a purpose. Pursue the vision. Persevere when it is harder or takes longer than you first thought. And be ready to refine your vision as God reveals it to you. Our payoff is the same as the wise men, a relationship with Christ.
Why would you want to live any other way?
Pastor G
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