Wise Men Still Seek
Volume 2, Number 12 Published Monthly December, 2019 Wise Men Still Seek Him Nana Yaw Aidoo In the second chapter of the gospel account of Matthew, we have an account of some men from the East, who sought our Lord Jesus Christ when He was a baby, in order to worship Him. This incident plays a huge role in the nativity scenes and dramas of those who religiously celebrate Christmas. The nativity scenes portray the men as three people, who were present at the birth of the Christ in a manger. The Bible on the other hand, says a great, big nothing about the number of men, and plainly tells us that these men visited Jesus Christ in a house (Matt. 2:11),—not in a manger—about two years after the Christ was born (Matt. 2:7, 16). It says a lot that many would believe just about anything the Bible is alleged to teach, without verifying to see what the Bible actually teaches (Acts 17:11; 1 Thess. 5:21; 1 John 4:1). Little wonder so many believe that men are saved from their sins by saying a prayer or are saved at the point of faith, without further acts of obedience, all because they don’t care about their souls enough to verify what the Bible has to say on the subject of salvation (Matt. 15:14). However, in spite of the abundance of errors that surround the religious celebration of Christmas, foremost among them being the lack of scriptural authority (Luke 22:19; Col. 3:17), the birth of Christ and the circumstances surrounding this miracle, are facts that have been recorded in scripture and thus are “profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” What then do we learn from these Eastern travellers who sought the Christ when He was a baby? First, we learn that the men who sought Christ were wise men.
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