Weekly Sermons

The Wonder of THE Birth

Every good story has a hero, a goal, a conflict, and a resolution. -Charlie Wetzel

Read Matthew 1:18-25

The Christmas story includes Anxious Parents - V. 18-19

The Christmas story includes Angels Proclaiming - V. 20-21

Jesus means “God saves,” and YES He does!

If you are anxious about a matter of obedience, and like Joseph considering all the ‘what ifs’ and ‘what nows’, FEAR NOT, know God is with you, and the resources of Heaven are available to help children of God as they walk by faith! 

The Christmas Story includes Ancient Prophecies    - V. 22-23

It also backs up for us a biblical principle – When we think God is calling us to do something, we need to check it out using the Bible as our evaluation tool!

From Joseph we learn that when we are anxious we are not to act rashly; Instead, we are to thoughtfully pray over and process biblically matters before us. Our first concern needs to be God’s glory, not personal embarrassment. 

The wonder of THE Birth    - V. 24-25

What I wonder is if Jesus as a full human also had a touch of wonder about being in a human body?!     I think He did!

Jesus called Himself the Son of Man 75 times in the gospels. By comparison, the other 40 things He calls Himself add up to 132 occurrences. 

Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. - Matthew 20:28 (ESV)

For there is one God, and there is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. - 1 Timothy 2:5-6 (ESV)

When the fulness of time had come, God sent forth His son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. - Galatians 4:4-7 (ESV)

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God. - John 1:12 (NASB)