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今天我们重温博士的故事，他们从东方远道而来敬拜耶稣，他们带着昂贵的礼物“黄金、乳香、没药”，前来献上。我们需要问自己，“我们能献什么礼物给万王之王呢？”

当代歌曲《圣诞献祭》以一种关注赞美、喜乐和敬拜的献祭方式重述了圣诞故事。这首歌从牧羊人和博士去寻找新王开始，指出他们用敬拜的献祭来尊崇耶稣——我们也应当这样做。

正如这首歌所说，“吾今衷心献祭将心交给我主，只有我主配得我倾心赞美。耶稣，愿祢接受祢配得的荣耀……”

在整本圣经中，神呼吁祂的子民真实地敬拜祂。祂派祂的儿子耶稣来，使我们与祂和好，成为圣洁。因着耶稣在十字架上的牺牲，我们被洗净了。只有靠着祂的宝血和祂的怜悯，我们才能说：“主啊，我来到祢面前。”

由于神对我们的怜悯，我们蒙召献上自己，“当作活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的。”（参罗12:1）我们敬拜时——无论是作为团体还是个人——都是在赞美神的身份和作为。我们可以用我们整个生命来投入这件侍奉，“真诚而合宜地敬拜”我们的王基督。

Today we revisit the story of the Magi who came a long way from the east to worship Jesus. They came bearing costly gifts: "gold, frankincense, and myrrh." And we need to ask ourselves, "What can we bring as a gift to the King of kings?"

The contemporary song "Christmas Offering" retells the Christmas story in a way that focuses on offerings of praise, joy, and worship. Beginning with the shepherds and the Magi going to find the new King, this song points out that they honor Jesus with offerings of worship—and we are called to do that too.

As the song puts it, "We bring an offering of worship to our King./ No one on earth deserves the praises that we sing./ Jesus, may you receive the honor that you’re due…"

Throughout Scripture, God calls his people to truly worship him. He sent his Son, Jesus, to reconcile us to himself and make us holy. And because of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, we are washed clean. It’s only by his blood and through his mercy that we can say, "Lord, I come to you."

In view of God’s mercy for us, we are called to offer ourselves "as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God." When we worship—as a community or individually—we are praising God for who he is and what he has done. And we can do this with our whole life, bringing "true and proper worship" to Christ our King.