Boundless riches: an Epiphany Sunday sermon
At Early Communion on Epiphany Sunday 2024 Ephesians 3:8 [1] On this Epiphany Sunday, we hear the Apostle Paul describe his ministry as bringing “to the Gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ”. It is a beautiful description of the truth we celebrate on this day. When the magi present their gifts to the Christ Child, we are pointed to “the boundless riches of Christ” - for the magi’s gifts proclaim the Christ and the rich blessings which flow from Him. The words of the traditional Epiphany carol [2] suggest the meaning of the gifts: Gold - “King for ever, ceasing never, over us all to reign”, for the kingdom brought by Christ is the rule and reign of God, and His kingdom never ends; Incense - “owns a Deity night … worship Him, God Most High”, for Jesus Christ is God with us, the One who "is of one Being with the Father" [3]; Myrrh - “sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in the stone-cold tomb”, for in the death and passion of Jesus, the eternal love of God ...
