Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast. Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.

Here's the title of the message. Wise men still worship.

Wise men. We know they were men who came, but wise people. Wise people still worship. So I want

to read you the story and I'll make a few comments. I've preached whole messages on this before,

so I'm not going to dwell too much on this. I'm going to make an application with it after we read it.

Matthew 2 verse 1. Now after Jesus was born, first of all, you need to know that they did not come

until after Jesus was born. Just they were not at the stable, the wise men. So don't go home and

you know throw your wise men out from your nativity scene. I think it's great. I love nativity scenes,

but the wise men weren't there, okay? Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of

here the key, the whole wise men from the east came to Jerusalem. Notice they didn't come to Bethlehem,

they came to Jerusalem saying where is he? So they didn't know what city he was born in.

Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east and have come

to worship him. Wise men still worship. When her, the king heard this, he was troubled. Now here's

another phrase you might never have seen and all Jerusalem with him. Most theologians believe that

they spent two or three weeks and possibly two or three months in Jerusalem because that would

just be the custom. They came from Persia, it was a thousand mile journey, took six to nine months

so they were resting some, but it says all Jerusalem was troubled. So the word got around, okay?

In verse four, and we had gathered this chief priest and scribes of the people together. He inquired

of them, this is all my Herod, inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. So they said to him

another quoting, Michael 5 verse 2, in Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,

but you Bethlehem in the land of Judah are not the least among the rulers of Judah,

for out of you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel. When then Herod,

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