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Magi And Christ81Jesus Christ (John 1:17). Jesus said The Word of Godis the truth (John 17:17). They are not His words butHis Father’s words (John 5). That is why Jesus toldSatan, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by everyword that proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Matthew4:4). Knowledge or doctrine is not enough becausedoctrines or knowledge will vanish (I Corinthians 13:8).The Old Covenant vanished away because a new doctrineor knowledge was to come. The New Covenantreplaced The Old Covenant (Hebrews 10:9).Magi Are GnosticsThe Magi or Gnostics were considered “wise ones” becauseof their knowledge and superiority. They werethe élite, the wise ones, who were the educators of theirday. These included astrologers, magicians and thewise men.Daniel was divinely knowledgeable and was a wise onefor The King of Babylon. Remember, there is “a divineknowledge” from God. Then, there are Gnostics whobecome knowledgeable through human experiencesand human learning. World rulers always look for themost brilliant or wise of their day to give them counsel.Who were these wise ones? God clearly tells you thewise ones are Prophets who foretell “accurate counselof things to come” (Deuteronomy 18). The other Gnosticsare false. The Apostle Paul was confronted withboth true and false prophets.There was a Gnostic group that claimed to be Apostlesand were “more important” than Paul (I Corinthians

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