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The GB News 12 Days of Christmas. Day 12
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Hi, I'm Chris Tufnell, a vicar in the Church of England. If someone walks into a royal palace and asks
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where's the king, while looking straight past the reigning monarch, they're sure to cause a stir
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And that's exactly what happened in one of the less well-known corners of the Christmas story
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When the wise men arrived in Jerusalem, they walked into the palace of the local ruler, King Herod
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and essentially asked, we're looking for the newborn king? Well, Herod's reaction was outwardly polite, but inwardly he was plotting murder
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He felt threatened. He wanted to remove the rival. And if we're honest, he's not an outlier. He's a mirror
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His reaction exposes something universal. because every human heart comes with a little throne that we each like to occupy unchallenged
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We resist the idea of someone else ruling our lives. That's why the Christmas message that Jesus has been born as our king
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is one none of us can be neutral about. Christians are those who have become convinced that Jesus is better at being our king than we are
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That his rule doesn't crush, it heals. His authority doesn't imprison, it frees
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So the wise men bowed, Herod resisted. And in the end, that's still the choice we each face
