Who Were the Wise Men, Really? | The PursueGOD Truth Podcast
In response to Jesus, the Wise Men gave him generous gifts while holding nothing back. Join us this week as we discover who these wise men really were!
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I think there are 2 kinds of ppl who come to church around Christmas
Ppl who are very familiar w/all Christmas stories in Bible
Ppl whose experience of Christmas has been a lot more secular
The kind of thing you get in stores / at school
In the popular Christmas movies that we rewatch every year
This series is for everyone, but especially for those who feel far from God
Because the people who were actually there on the first Christmas
Were not the people anyone would have expected
Last week we saw the surprising inclusion of the shepherds in the Christmas story
They were loners and losers, on the outside of society
Yet God broke his 400-year silence and declared the Good New first to them!
Today: another shocker
The story of the “wise men” or “magi”
Maybe you thought it was normal, natural
They’ve always been a part of the Christmas story
But actually, it makes no sense in its worldly context
Today we’ll answer two questions:
Who were the magi, and why are they in the Christmas story? What were their three famous gifts all about?
Matthew 2:1-2 (NLT) 1 Jesus was born in
