07 Dec
2025

The Journey to Jesus

Passage: Matthew 2:1-12

Blessed Lord, who caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, that by patience and the comfort of your holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

—The Book of Common Prayer

OUTLINE:

Matthew wants us to see:

  1. The world wide scope of the gospel
  2. The personal way God draws people to faith in him
  3. We all come to Jesus through Scripture
  4. The end of every journey to Jesus is worship (we bow down in surrender)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 

Read Matthew 2:1-12. What does this passage show you about God’s character and about being his follower? What challenges, encourages, or sparks questions for you in this passage?

The Bible doesn’t tell us everything, but it tells us what we need to know. If you were investigating this historical account, what else would you want to know about the Magi if you had the opportunity to ask?

Consider who the Magi were from a Jewish perspective and how God communicated and worked through the Magi to bring them to Jesus. What does this specifically reveal to us about God, his kingdom, and his mission?

In Matthew 2:4-6, God’s Word gives direction to the Magi via Herod. God reveals himself through his word, how have you experienced this personally in your life and what practices bring you regularly to God’s Word to listen and receive his direction?

Picture the scene of the impressive Magi (astrologers) who were able to talk with King Herod, but seek out the child Jesus in an ordinary house, where they bow down and worship Jesus as a toddler. What does this example teach us about worship? In what ways do we embody and live out this same posture of surrender in our daily lives?

Compare how the Magi came to Jesus (the whole journey) and how they left. What difference did Jesus make in their lives? What difference does he continue to make in our lives? Matthew ends his book in 28:16-20 with instructions from Jesus to his disciples with what to do after encountering the risen Jesus as Lord. Read these verses, noticing again the response of worship and consider the commands you read here. How can you respond to the invitation to go and make disciples in this season?

What from this passage and this discussion is something you want to put into practice or be more aware of this week or praise God for?

 

PRAYER

Share with your group how they can be praying for you: what is weighing on you from this past week? What are you praising God for from this past week?

Matthew 28:20, “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”