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.”She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
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… name? Oh, that's one of my favorite names. But nonetheless, whatever happened, an angel of the Lord came and says, I have the name. I have a name that you are to give to your son. Matthew 1.21, she will bear a son, he says to Joseph, this angel, and you shall call his name Jesus. And it doesn't stop there, does it? Why? For he will save his people from their sins. You see how his name and his mission were wed together. Jesus means Savior. Jesus didn't come just to be an example. Jesus didn't come just to be a teacher that we might be educated. Jesus didn't come to be a social reformer, just to turn the tables for the marginalized upside down. The heart of what Jesus came to do, as his name says it, is to save. He came to save us. And he came to save us from our sins. There's a lot in this name, isn't there? His name says something about the human predicament and problem. …
… 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. …
… 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. And they said there was a peak in gift buying starting December the 22nd. And they didn't say this, but I said, that's the men. That's the men going to do this stuff. Get down to business time, December the 22nd. The clock is ticking. So we know that the tradition of gift giving goes back to the story of the wise men. …
… 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. Well, there's a different Hebrew word for forgive. The Hebrew word is salak. Salak means to forgive or to pardon. So the angel didn't say, call him Salak, for he will forgive people their sins. He says, call him Yesha, or Yeshua, for he will save them from their sins. Now, certainly part of the salvation that Jesus offers is forgiveness for our sins. And part of the salvation he offers is saving us from being eternally separated from God. But I take the scripture at its word when it's speaking, and when the angel says this to Joseph, that Jesus came not …
… 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. April's uncle David likes to send me religious memes that often make me giggle, most I can never ever share from the pulpit. But one he sent me made me laugh. It was an image of Joseph with baby Jesus, and Joseph is wearing a t-shirt that says, I'm not the stepdad, I'm the dad that stepped up. And when I look at this passage we see Joseph stepping up in so many big ways. But what do we know about St. Joseph? From the scriptures we actually don't know much. …
… 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. A Savior has been born to you. He's the Messiah, the Lord. he shows up this angel or this angel shows up to shepherds why because they need to know while they're keeping their flock of sheep that the perfect lamb of god has just been born nearby not it's going to be born hey i came to tell y'all that there's going to be a baby born today and i if y'all might want to come and help no he has been born before you heard it he already is here Before you knew about it, he's already here. …
… And that is exactly what this verse, verse 10, is saying. You go back to the birth of Christ, you remember these words in Matthew 1, verse 21. The angel said, "'Call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.'" Call His name Jesus. He will save His people from their sins. In the words of 1 Timothy 1.15, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Nothing produces greater joy in heaven than the seeking and saving work of God. Go back to chapter 15 in Luke, very, very dramatic chapter where our Lord told three stories, one about a lost sheep, another about a lost coin, and then finally about a lost son. In each case, the sheep was found, the coin was found, and the prodigal son was found. And then you get a commentary immediately on how important that seeking and finding was. If you go back to verse 7, the last verse in the story about the sheep, I tell you that in the same way as there was joy in finding the sheep from verse 6, I tell you in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. …
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. …
… 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. …