Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Sermon audio is available here for up to one month. Many of you may remember the classic children’s book, Inside, Outside, Upside Down , that demonstrates the very basic concepts of objects, people, and spatial relationships. It’s the story of an overly curious bear who climbs in a box, gets loaded on a truck, and bumped off to the side of the road before running home to tell his mama that he went to town, “Inside, outside, and upside down!” Well, call me crazy and accuse me of over simplifying the gospel, but I think that is a good summary of our scripture passages today. Today, God’s word speaks to us of Insiders, Outsiders, and a world turned upside down by the Epiphany of Christ! Isaiah tells captive Israelites that all the world will literally pile its wealth upon them. Those inside the covenant will triumph over the outsiders as an unjust world gets turned upside down. And there is also that l...
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