Matthew 2 - Epiphany - The Wisdom of God

Hope In Tigard

Every year, on the Sunday of Epiphany, the church across the world reads the same text. It's Matthew 2:1-12. It's a story that's perhaps familiar to all of us. It's the story of the Magi traveling from far away, following a start placed in the sky by God himself, to come and worship Jesus.
It's a story that's maybe so familiar that it becomes hard to learn from it, and hard to see it for more than just a story. Tomorrow, we'll see together why it is that it's THIS text that the church reads every year. It's because it's this text that unlocks the truth that Jesus is revealed as our Savior, our King.
It's 2023, and this is my first sermon of the new year. I'm excited about it. Did you work on putting together some resolutions for yourself? I’m going to add one to you. This year, never stop taking the journey to Bethlehem with the magi. There’s always more to learn from the word of God. This year, always hold to God’s eternal word, and not the wisdom of the world. This year, take the knee before your tiny king. There’s room for you there. I’m going to help you with that this year.
I want to announce to you today that from now until Easter this year, we will journey as a church through this gospel to see Jesus, God's own Son. We’re going to follow Jesus through the book of Matthew. We’re going to see what we see and we’re going to hear what we hear and we’re going to hold to it together with this great goal in mind. That all of us together might be called truly wise for salvation, through Jesus, God’s Own Son.