Worshiping With The Magi

Reading: Matthew 2:1-12

There seems to be something about the Christmas season that draws people into Christian worship services more than any other time of the year, including those who seem far from faith in God. In Matthew 2:1-12 we read of men who would have grew up a long way from faith in the God of Israel & his coming Messiah. Yet they are drawn into the story of Christ’s birth by a star! These men were astrologers who came from a faraway pagan culture, & yet it is them & not the Jewish king or scribes who respond appropriately to Christ’s birth.