Wise Men

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod. Wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem, saying, 'where is he who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.' Matthew 2:1,2

The wise men were maji. Eastern maji mixed Zoroastrianism with astrology and black magic. They are described in Daniel 2:2,4-5,10, where they are associated with diviner priests, mediums and sorcerers.(HCSB)

I have never really looked into what these characters represented. Have you ever had New Age mystics be attracted to your 'aura'? I have! I did not know what to do with them.

Some of the very first people to acknowledge Jesus were people we would say fellowshipped 'the dark side.' In fact demons had no problem acknowledging Jesus, they would shout out 'you are the Christ', or beg not to be tormented before their time.

What does this mean? Jesus came for the gentile, the sinner, those totally bound in the power of darkness. Jesus ate with sinners and publicans, He fellowshipped with prostitutes (reformed), tax collectors, the scum of the earth. They were drawn to Him, He was their Saviour.

The so called 'righteous' ones sought to destroy Him yet sinners knew Him. What a paradox! Jesus said He came that we might have life and life abundantly. If we can step over our righteousness life awaits us. The sinner, the truly bad person knows they are bad yet the so called righteous have a trouble acknowledging sin, what a shame because we are all sinners needing salvation and grace.

Each day we are given a call 'today choose life that you might live.' As we step out into the day we make a choice: bondage or freedom. Bondage may be what we know and freedom is something we have to fight for but they are both on the offering. Bondage means death, freedom means life.

Choose wisely!

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