Most of us navigate life by a quiet, practical question: what’s the minimum I need to get by with my time and my money? In Matthew 2, the wise men travel months across dangerous roads and then open their best treasures before the child—and the gap between what they did and what they could have gotten away with is exactly where this passage challenges us.
Jim takes us to the question “Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back into God’s favor?” Where do we find hope after we recognize our situation before God?
We can hear God’s Word, begin moving in the right direction, and still stop short when the journey lasts longer than expected. In Matthew 2, the wise men do not settle for reaching Jerusalem; they keep following God’s leading toward Bethlehem, raising a searching question for us: What will we do when obedience requires another step?
Pastor Tim shares that we will be online-only tonight for service. He also takes us to the question “Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?” What do we do when we face God’s righteous judgment?
Ever feel like you accidentally got an invite to a gathering when you think about what God’s people should look like? We start to wonder: “Do I Belong?”
The decorations come down, the calendar turns, and Christmas recedes into memory—but Matthew 2 insists there’s something that doesn’t go out of season. And if the Gospel doesn’t go out of season, are we keeping ourselves focused on where it is pointing us?
