Almost every Christmas pageant has the procession of the three wise men bearing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. I’m going to preach about those three wise men next Sunday. But today, I’m talking about three wise women. There were many significant women in Jesus’ life. In fact, someday I’m going to do a series by that title - “The Women in Jesus’ Life.”

Today I want to focus upon three of those women – Three wise women, and simply highlight what they have to teach us and the inspiration they provide.

I. RUTH

Let’s look first at Ruth. Ruth figures in the Christmas story only as a part of the genealogy of Jesus. And that’s the part of Matthew’s gospel we always skip over. It’s in the first chapter. Beginning with Abraham and going all the way down to Joseph, Matthew gives us a…