Title: Immanuel/Matt 1:18-25
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Has God continued the work of human salvation in history?
All. He preached the good news of God through the prophets in every age.
and the people of faith firmly believe in God's promises and
I longed for this to come true.
In his word to us today, we are reminded of God's redemption.
History tells us how it came to be.
When Matthew wrote the Gospels, he listed the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
There is. But here we are simply reading the genealogy
It is not a chronological order, but God's hand of salvation.
You can tell what to show and what to do.
Today's text can be divided into three main parts. That
First, we can see the conception of Jesus and Joseph's hesitation, and the two
Second, the birth of Jesus is not a sudden event, but a prophecy in the Old Testament.
Because it is related to the prophecy of the Old Testament, the third is
We are talking about God's response to Joseph.
The birth of Jesus is God’s special time, special place, special
You came into the life of a special person and in a special way. one
May your merciful love and grace believe in him in Jesus Christ
It will be given to all mankind. This grace can make anyone in the world
It is impossible and no one can give it to us.
But the words under verse 18 are the story of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Christ is telling us that He is the Son of God.
It is for us humans that the Son of God was born in a human body.
It is the greatest miracle, and it is the news of the greatest joy. This is Emmanuel
It is God's work to realize the reality of God with us
He came in a human body to be with us.
One cold winter day, it was a Christmas day with a lot of snow.
I went home after having a Christmas service with my devout husband.
He continued to vomit his doubts.
"How can God come as a human being?
I can't believe it either!" the husband continued explaining to his suspicious wife.
But to no avail. When I reached the door of the house, a strange sight began to appear.
I came into ya. Sparrows get food from too much snow
I couldn't help it, so I was standing in front of the door. Husband goes home
He went in, brought food, and threw it to the birds. But
The birds nodded and flew away. male
The side was disappointed and said, "Birds! I don't mean to harm you, this
If you don't eat, you will starve to death..." the birds said
I couldn't hear people. Husband is the back hat of flying birds
He looked at it and said: "How can I convey this to you?
can you Unless I become a bird..." Hearing this
Something flashed through my wife's mind. "Yes! God
We continued to show love to humans, but humans left God's bosom.
Will. Because human beings cannot reach the love of God, there is nothing
Without it, God came as a human being. and cross that love
You said it horizontally..." The wife lowered her head and quietly entered the house.
I went in and prayed.
is.
The process of the birth of Jesus Christ was the conception of Mary by the Holy Spirit.
and the son conceived by a virgin is already spoken by God through the prophets.
It is also the fulfillment of divine prophecy.
(Matthew 1:22) All these things happened to fulfill the word of the Lord through the prophet.
He said,
(Matthew 1:23) Behold, a virgin will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be Im.
It will be called Manuel, which means that God is with us.
It is said that you are with
These words were already prophesied by the prophet Isaiah 700 years ago.
All.
(Isaiah 7:14) Behold, therefore, the Lord Himself will give you as a sign.
The virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and he shall call his name Immanuel.
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The prophecy of the birth of Jesus Christ is the most convincing evidence that
It is a virgin birth, conceived by a virgin. this is only God
It is a sign of sending Christ who can do it.
And the prophet Micah
(Micah 5:2) Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah,
Out of you will come to me one who will rule over Israel, whose origins are
From ancient times, from the beginning
The fulfillment of these prophecies was
Luke 2:1 At this time, Caesar Augustus sent down his spirit and wrote down all the people under the heavens.
did it
(Luke 2:2) This register was the first thing that Cyrenius did when he was governor of Syria.
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(Luke 2:3) And all went back to their hometowns, each to go register.
(Luke 2:5) When he went up to register with Mary the betrothed, she
was not conceived
The emperor at that time was Octavian, Julius, who was assassinated by Brutus.
Caesar's nephew and the most powerful empire in Roman history after him.
The emperor who built it. To rule a vast empire,
I needed finance. As a preparatory stage to secure the financial
company has been carried out. God's almighty providence
Even the king's political policies are your instruments,
You can see that he led the steps to Bethlehem.
The history of Jesus' birth has already begun in Genesis.
it was Punishing snakes for committing humans to crime
(Genesis 3:15) I will make you your enemies with the woman, and your descendants will
I will make you enemies with your descendants, and the offspring of a woman will bruise you in the head.
and you will bruise his heel.
also has a meaning. This satanic power was at that time
They plan to kill the baby Jesus, but Jesus Christ
He fled to Egypt under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and later in Nazareth.
standing up and growing up.
It would be amazing if all this was recorded and foretold in the Bible.
God's work can be said to be strange.
To this end, as his name indicates, He saves us from our sins.
will be
First, it frees us from guilt.
Second, we are freed from the effects of sin.
Third, He saves us from the consequences of sin.
Sin is not only physical death, but also eternally separates us from God.
let it re. But through faith in Jesus Christ, God and I
When we become one forever, the day when the Lord comes again, the sound of the archangel's trumpet,
We have the blessing of reviving the body together.
The same spiritual person who can live with God in heaven forever.
Grace has appeared on this earth. This is the true neck of Christmas
enemy. It takes us away from our guilt, the power of sin, and the consequences of sin.
While thinking deeply about the meaning of Kissin's Christmas, the whole family is happy and joyful.
Hope you can send the bullets.