But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
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… It's about, it is a, point one is about his miraculous conception. He was, here's what verse 20, Matthew 1.20 gives us some insight. Here's what it says, verse 20. Let me start at verse 18. I'm sorry, let me start at verse 18. I'm going to focus on verse 20. Verse 18 says, now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. After his mother Mary was betrothed, that word betrothed means engaged, was engaged to Joseph before they came together. Somebody say before they came together. Just for those who don't know what that means, that means before they had sex. she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly, to end the engagement secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying, Joseph, son of Mary, do not be afraid to take to you Mary, your wife. …
… He says, All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet, that a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, they shall name him Emmanuel, which means God is with us. And I think that's incredible. But let's put a context around this. The context is what? Isaiah said these words. Again, Matthew's quoting these words over 600 years after Isaiah wrote those words. And he says, all this took place to fulfill what had been spoken to Isaiah the prophet. Almost 700 years before this, Isaiah had spoken these words. God had spoken these words. God had made this promise. Now think about if you were living in the time of Isaiah, here's a promise. you never got to see the promise fulfilled. The generation after Isaiah, you lived in the promise, you never got to see the promise fulfilled. Next generation, next generation. In fact, the letter to the Hebrews talks about, Hebrews chapter 11, where the author of Hebrews is going through all of these people who were promised God's blessings, promised a certain thing. …
… Because back then, if you were engaged to be married, you had to get a divorce. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. I want to preach this morning on the gift of Jesus' name. The gift of Jesus' name. We have a lot of gifts that we give. Americans spend on average $900 per household at Christmas. The amount after Thanksgiving, starting the day after Thanksgiving, all the way up to Christmas is close to $3 trillion spent on gifts. I think what was interesting is the average woman shops 20 hours on average. I would say that's very low. But for Christmas, for Christmas, you ladies shop 20 hours. …
… to this woman who's conceived a child without him. And so the angel Gabriel shows up to him in a dream. Actually, Matthew doesn't tell us his name was Gabriel. Luke tells us that, but the angel shows up and speaks to him in a dream. And this is what he says, Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child she carries was conceived by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you will call him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. You will call him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. The word Jesus comes from the Hebrew word yashah, which means to save, or to deliver, or to rescue. So his name literally means Savior. That's the name that the angel gave Joseph and Mary to give to their child. Call him Yesha, Yeshua, as it is in Hebrew, for God will save his people from their sins. And Yehoshua is a little bit longer word, which means Yahweh saves. But in this case, Yesha and Yeshua is just quite simply Savior. Now, I want you to notice something. We often think of Jesus saving us from our sins means he's going to forgive our sins. …
… Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet. Look, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means God with us. When Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him. He took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son, and he named him Jesus. This is the word of God for you, the people of God. Thanks be to God. …
… in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. You know this story in Luke. There were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, watching watch over their flocks at night, and an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. Grace and glory, they always show up at the same time, at the same place. And they were terrified. But the angel said, don't be afraid, I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David, this is the part I want us to dial in on. …
The virgin birth shows us that God is God. As Jesus comes into the world, Matthew 1, verses 18 through 25, can we have class before I preach? Matthew 1, verses 18 through 25, it says that Mary conceives before her and Joseph shake hands. Which means Jesus is conceived unlike anybody else. Before Joseph and Mary hook up, Mary's already pregnant. Now we're trying to duplicate that and replicate that in our culture now in a human way. I think we call it in vitro fertilization. And we're trying to figure out with humanity how to plant seeds. But before scientists could get together and try to figure it out, the God who made science. Brought Jesus in the world in verse number 18 of Matthew 1 says the Holy Spirit planted the seed in Mary. and she became impregnated. It is the virgin birth that causes Jesus to stand alone unlike any other. He is born unlike any other, conceived unlike any other, which qualifies him to be unlike any other and to be the savior for the entire world. …
… He had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel, which means God with us. When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son and he gave him the name Jesus. You may be seated in the presence of our God. verse 19 is our key verse it says because joseph her husband was faithful to the law and yet did not want to expose her time that's out to share together on this sunday afternoon i want to preach from the subject between what i've learned and what i've lived between what i've learned and what I've lived. …