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\u201cBy Another Way\u201d\t<\/strong>
\nMatthew 2:1-12 \t<\/strong>\t\t<\/p>\n

May Grace and Peace of Jesus Christ be showered upon the people gathered in this Resurrection sanctuary! <\/p>\n

I imagine there are many of you who thought about new year\u2019s resolutions the last couple days. Maybe things like: \u201cTo work out every day,\u201d or \u201cwrite in a diary every day,\u201d etc\u2026
\nThe church calendar begins the new year from November 30th, the First Advent Sunday. I was reflecting over the message from that specific service over the last few days and realized that the new year\u2019s resolution for the Japanese Ministry had already been defined back then.
\nA quick overview of the key points from the messages during November and December is the meaning of \u201cKeep Awake\u201d from Luke and Mark. By \u201cKeeping Awake\u201d, the scripture implies that followers shall wait for the second coming of Jesus Christ by coming to worship and walk the journey of faith in loving our neighbors.
\nReflecting over these messages, one passage struck a chord with the ministry: \u201cDevote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.\u201d This is an appropriate thematic verse for 2015.<\/p>\n

Today is the first Sunday Service of 2015 and we are observing an Epiphany. An epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus to the Gentile. It has been celebrated in Christian history on January 6th, a week day almost every year, so we now observe it on the closest Sunday from January 6th.
\nAnd the Gospel given today is from Matthew chapter 2, \u201cthe story in which the wise men from east meet with the baby, Jesus.\u201d When we look at the original Greek Bible, the word for the wise men is \u201cMagoi\u201d the plural form of \u201cMagi.\u201d Magi in Greek is the origin of \u201cmagician\u201d in English. Therefore, people called Magoi were doing astronomy or magic.
\nMagoi were probably living far away from Israel, most likely a part of Iran now. They were not only doing magic or astronomy, but more importantly, they were priests. Therefore, they were not believers of Judaism, but practicing a different religion. They were obviously a group of gentiles and were notified of the news, through astronomy, that the King of Jews was born.
\nThe wise men took actions to worship the King. However, they were unaware of where this King was. They went to Jerusalem and asked, \u201cIt seems like the King of Jews was born and we came to worship him, but where is he?\u201d <\/p>\n

King Herod felt that his position as current king was threatened by this question. He asked his advisors, teachers of the law and Pharisees, and found that the King was supposedly born in Bethlehem according to the prophet Micah. The specific house in Bethlehem was still unclear.
\nKing Herod asked the wise men, \u201cPlease search for the child and when you find him, please let me know so that I may worship him as well,\u201d and sent them off. Although Herod had stated his intentions to worship him, his real intent was to kill the child.
\nThe wise men left Jerusalem. Mysteriously, the star guided them to the place where Jesus was born and they were filled with joy. When they entered the house, they saw the baby Jesus, Messiah.
\nAfter worshipping him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, they left for their own country on an alternate road because a dream had warned them not to return to Herod.<\/p>\n

What is God telling us today through this story, and why is this the first story of 2015?
\nWe are gentile, as those wise men were, and we are still worshipping the same Messiah, Jesus, born as the King of Jews for sure. One of the biggest points in the story is that the wise men were gentiles.
\nEven though they were gentiles, they were guided to take actions to worship Jesus, the Messiah. After they worshipped Jesus, they were guided to travel another road.
\nWhile we continue our journey in faith, \u201cDevoting ourselves to pray to the Lord Jesus, keeping awake for the second coming of Jesus with thanksgiving,\u201d I think we, as members of the Japanese Ministry, are guided to another road, still worshipping the same Messiah, Jesus.
\nThere are so many Japanese speaking people who are Gentile and need the love and mercy of Jesus Christ. To reach out to them\u2014to tell the good news of Jesus to them\u2014may the Lord guide each one of us in Resurrection\u2019s Japanese Ministry to go joyfully and to walk a different road to fulfill God\u2019s will.
\nAmen.
\nPr. H. Adachi<\/p>\n

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