Jesus – Recognised and Worshipped

 Revelation

 God's initiative

 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8, NIV - Anglicised)

 … to those who seek

 Star

 What gifts to bring

 Only God could have revealed these particular gifts

 Return route

 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. (Matthew 2:12, NIV - Anglicised)

 Recognition

 Magi recognised importance of their observation

 Realised something extraordinary was happening

 Inquiry

 [They] asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." (Matthew 2:2, NIV - Anglicised)

 Gifts

 Gold

 … as a king

 Incense

 … as a priest

 Myrrh

 … as a sacrifice

 Response

 Journey

 Long journey – even from Babylon

 He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him. (Ezra 7:9, NIV - Anglicised)

 Worship

 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. (Matthew 2:11, NIV - Anglicised)

 Acknowledgement

 Offerings

 Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. (Matthew 2:11, NIV - Anglicised)

 Sir, we would see Jesus. (John 12:21, KJV)