This Epiphany sermon presents the arrival of the wise men as a revelation of Jesus not merely as a baby, but as the true King who demands a response. The magi model genuine seeking as God meets them where they are, guiding them by light toward Christ, while Herod exposes the human instinct to resist any threat to self-rule. The contrast reveals that knowledge about Scripture or proximity to religious things is not the same as coming to Jesus in faith. When the wise men finally see the child, they fall down in worship and offer costly gifts that confess Jesus as King, God, and Savior—one born for the sake of death and resurrection. The sermon presses Epiphany’s central question into the present: where is the King in our lives? It calls hearers to lay down the “little Herod” within, behold the crucified and risen Christ, and respond not with avoidance or fear, but with humble worship, trust, and surrender to the King who rules with mercy.