Title: Through the Eyes of the Wise Men
Scripture: Matthew: 2:1-23
Speaker: Brooks Nesse, BrooksN@cckc.church

> For we either pursue his Kingdom or we will find our alternative kingdoms disturbed.

> We either give ourselves to His Kingdom or we will be tempted to use His Kingdom to preserve our own.

> If we are more committed to our own kingdoms, then we are less likely to treat people with a heavenly intentionality and more prone to use people with worldly cruelty.

> When we are more committed to our kingdoms than God’s, then we are less concerned about the flourishing of those around us.

“When anger goes astray, it says something about how we are going astray inside, about who is the center of the universe. When anger runs amok into temper, grousing, or bitterness, you don’t just need a technique to calm yourself down. You don’t just need your circumstances to change. You don’t just need other people to change. Your core motives must change. The god you worship must be overthrown.” - David Powlison

> If we are more committed to our own kingdoms, then we are less likely to treat people with a heavenly intentionality and more prone to use people with worldly cruelty.

> Live for an enduring Kingdom of peace.