Text: How wise were the wise men?
Scripture: (Mt.2:1-12)
Introduction Here is Matthews account of the birth of the Son of God, that wise men came, The Bible does not say it was three of them, but because there were Three gifts gold,Frankincence,Myrrth there must have been,but my sermon is Not on the gifts or the number of wise men, but how wise were they? The Bible in Matthew alone talks a lot about wise people, Wise man, wise servant, wise virgins.
But how wise were these men?

(1) THEY WERE WISE ENOUGH TO WANT TO FIND JESUS:
Now we are not told of any others seeking Jesus, though their were millions
Living at that time, But in reality it was like our kind of a day, most are not wanting
To find God! But are trying to Hid from God!! (Gen.3: 10) I hid myself! And when
He does show up they are troubled! (Mt.2:3) When Herod heard these things he was
Troubled and all Jersusalem. Now there were those in the Bible who sought him,But
These appeared wiser still!
a. Patriarch Job, (Jb.23:3) Oh that I new where that I might find him. It was wise for a
man to seek him when he is sick, But they sought him while they were well
b. Parnets of Jesus, (Lk.2:45) And when they found him not,they turned back to jer-
usalem seeking him, Now this was a wise act by Mary and Joseph to seek him
after they had him and lost him, But! They sought him and had never had him.
c. People in wilderness, (Jn.6:24) and they also took shipping and came to Caper-
naum seeking him. Now these people were wise to seek him for what he had done,
but they were wiser still to seek him for what he was going to do.

(2) THEY WERE WISE ENOUGH TO KEEP LOOKING FOR JESUS:
Now this was a thing that took a while for these wise men to find him, Some believe
It took up to two years because when they found him,he is called a Young Child, (9)
And he is in a house (11). But! Im glad to tell you it shouldn’t take you that long!
Why? Because they had to go where he was! He has come to where you are! They
Only had a few scriptures, You got a whole Bible!
a. They were wise to keep looking up, (Mt.2: 9) and lo the star, which they saw.
(Illustration The little bird on the screened pouch)
b. They were wise to keep looking in the right places, (Mt.2: 1) came from the east
to Jerusalem, (8) sent them to Bethlehem.
c. They were wise to ask the right people, (Mt.2: 2) where is he, that was born king
of the Jews?

(3) THEY WERE WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHEN THEY
FOUND JESUS: Praise God! Im glad we can find him when we look for him with
All our hearts! But many have found him and wasn’t wise enough to know what to
Do! Herod wanted to kill him! Judas wanted to sell him! But these wise men knew
What to do!
a. They fell down before him, (Mt.2:11) they saw the young child with mary his
mother, and fell down before him.
b. They fell down and worshipped him, (Mt.2:11) worshipped him!
c. They were wise enough to give their treasures to him, (Mt.2:11) presented unto
him gifts.
d. They were wise enough to be changed by him, (Mt.2:12) departed into their own
country another way,

Rick S.Proffitt 12-3-2005