Behold God's Orchestration

This sermon explores the profound question: "Can anyone really change?" Through Matthew chapters 1 and 2, we witness how God orchestrated salvation through unlikely people—pagan Magi who traveled hundreds of miles to worship Jesus, while religious experts stayed home just five miles away. We saw that true transformation doesn't come from trying harder or mustering more willpower, but from beholding Jesus—fixing our eyes on Him and really seeing who He is. The contrast between the wise men who had little knowledge but great devotion, and the scribes who had great knowledge but no devotion, challenges us to examine whether we truly behold Christ or merely know about Him. This Christmas story reveals that God's salvation reaches beyond all boundaries, and when we genuinely behold the endless wonders of how God orchestrated our redemption, we cannot remain the same.