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 Matthew 1, verses 18-25.

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 I'm going to be walking through the passage in the sermon,

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 and so I'm going to hold off on reading it.

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 We'll go through it together as I preach through it.

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 But you can see the title on the back of your bulletin.

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 The title is The Birth of Our King.

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 And the more I've thought about it,

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 the title probably would be more accurate if it was The Naming of Our King.

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 And so what we see in Matthew 1, verses 18-25,

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 it culminates in the naming of this little baby, born of a virgin,

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 naming Him Jesus.

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 Now, as soon as you hear the word birth, though,

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 you might go kind of in a genetic direction.

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 We have great genetic variety among us.

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 I mean, just look at each other's earlobes.

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 Can you roll your R?

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 Can you do the little squishy thing with your tongue?

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 You know, the clove thing?

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 Some of us can, some of us can't.

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 Skin, color, ethnicity, there is great genetic variation among us, is there not?

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 There is. It's glorious.

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 God wants to call to Himself

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 from every tribe and nation and ethnicity of people for Himself.

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 Well, let me ask you this.

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 What was the genetic code of Jesus?

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 What were His genes?

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 Well, according to Matthew 1,

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 actually 16,

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 we know whose genes He didn't have.

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 He had none of Joseph's genes.

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 Look at 1.16, would you?

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 And Jacob, the father of Joseph,

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 the husband of Mary,

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 Matthew's very clear in saying

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 He was not the genetic father of this Jesus.

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 If Joseph,

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 if His genes

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 weren't in Jesus,

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 and it was through Joseph

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 that would come

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 the great title of a son of David,

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 how is it that Jesus

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 can claim that title?

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 If He has no genetics to David,

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 at least on Joseph's side,

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 some will make an argument

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 that He did from Mary's side,

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 but that's not Matthew's point.

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 How can we be confident

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 that Jesus is actually a son of David

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 and therefore claim a right to the throne?

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 That's what Matthew is getting at

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 in this passage.

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 If Jesus didn't have any Joseph's genes,

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 He didn't have any David's genes.

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 Think about it as gene number 14,

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 the number of David.

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 How can He be a descendant of David?

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 So in 1.16,

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 we're kind of left with that question.

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 Okay, how does that work?

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 If Jesus isn't physically related to Joseph,

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 how can He be a son of David?

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 And that's what Matthew answers here

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 in this wonderful passage.

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 We're going to see how that works out.

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 Who is this baby?

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 Who is this baby born of a virgin?

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 And how is He related to Joseph?

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 And how can He make a claim

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 to be David's greater son?

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 Well, this morning what I want to do

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 is walk through the passage,

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 give you some color on it,

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 help you see some things,

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 and then we're going to land

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 by making a point,

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 and then we're going to apply it

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 in four ways.

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 Four B's.

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 B-E.

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 Four B's.

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 We'll get there in a little bit.

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 But first,

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 let's just jump right in.

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 The birth of Jesus Christ.

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 Verse 18.

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 Now, the birth of Jesus Christ

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 took place this way.

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 And so what Matthew is doing

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 is going,

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 okay, here's how it worked out.

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 Now, if you are a fan

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 of Luke's gospel,

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 you may be a little disappointed.

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 Because Matthew doesn't get

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 into the details.

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 He doesn't talk to us

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 about shepherds.

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 He doesn't talk to us

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 about mangers.

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 He doesn't talk to us

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 about swaddling clothes.

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 He doesn't go that direction.

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 That's Luke,

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 the good doctor

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 who loves details.

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 No.

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 Matthew's going after

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 something else.

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 And we learn very quickly

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 that this birth of Jesus Christ

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 was surrounded by controversy.

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 The thing about us

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 and who are very familiar

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 with this story

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 is we can be too familiar to it.

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 There's something going on here

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 that is very controversial.

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 And we see it showing up

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 in that start of the second sentence

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 in verse 18.

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 When his mother Mary

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 had been betrothed to Joseph,

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 before they came together,

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 she was found to be with child

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 from the Holy Spirit.

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 Controversy!

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 Let me give you a little

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 kind of background.

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 When we think about engagement

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 here in our culture,

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 we think about it a certain way.

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 You don't have to go to

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 get an attorney

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 and go down to a judge

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 in order to get engaged.

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 It doesn't work that way.

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 It's rather informal.

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 And so if you get engaged

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 to someone,

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 you can break the engagement

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 without having to go

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 any kind of legal

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 kind of direction.

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 Not so in the first century.

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 Not so for the Jew.

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 What would happen?

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 Betrothal was actually

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 a legal event.

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 And so getting married

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 involved getting betrothed,

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 which was the committing

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 of one man to one woman.

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 And after they were betrothed,

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 they could talk about each other

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 as husband and wife,

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 believe it or not.

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 But they didn't come together

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 until another year later.

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 And that's why we see here

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 in verse 18

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 when his mother Mary

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 had been betrothed to Joseph

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 before they came together,

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 before they consummated

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 their marriage,

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 which would take a year

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 after the betrothal.

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 And so that whole year,

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 the daughter, the wife,

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 would be living with her father

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 in her father's house.

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 And so it's very different

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 from our situation today,

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 isn't it?

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 And so we've got to remember

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 there's something else

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 kind of going on here.

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 And so what's shaken out

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 is this.

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 Mary was found to be pregnant

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 after they were betrothed

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 and before they came together.

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 Do you get what's going on?

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 Very controversial.

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 So here's this legally binding situation.

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 And by the way,

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 if you read Deuteronomy 22,

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 13 through 24,

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 there are some real consequences

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 for one who's betrothed

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 and is shown to be unfaithful.

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 Really serious.

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 And so in verse 18,

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 the controversy starts to swirl.

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 She was found to be with a child, Mary.

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 And we're not told

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 how this conception takes place,

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 only it's by the Holy Spirit.

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 That's very significant.

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 The third person of the Trinity

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 has already shown up.

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 One other thing to note

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 before we move on.

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 Joseph must not have known

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 about the angel Gabriel

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 going to Mary.

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 I don't know how it works out.

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 I don't know why he didn't know.

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 But it's clear that Joseph

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 is finding out about this

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 after she is showing,

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 after she is obviously pregnant.

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 And so there's a kind of like

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 news to Joseph going on here.

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 And so if you look at now,

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 verse 19,

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 we've seen the controversy.

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 Now it moves to a quiet divorce.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 And her husband Joseph,

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 being a just man

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 and unwilling to put her to shame,

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 resolved to divorce her quietly.

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 Again, the divorce language

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 is being used.

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 It's kind of foreign to our ears

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 when we talk about engagement.

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 But back in the day,

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 it was the legal way

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 of undoing a betrothal.

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 And so it had legal force to it.

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 And so that's the divorce language

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 going on here.

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 But what you need to see

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 is that word just.

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 And her husband Joseph,

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 being a just man,

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 a just man,

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 we can move very quickly

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 to thinking about

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 how merciful Joseph was,

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 how compassionate he was,

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 how he dealt with

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 this very controversial situation.

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 We can move too quick.

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 Do you know what

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 that word just is getting at?

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 Joseph was looking

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 to be faithful to God's word.

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 Joseph was looking

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 to be faithful

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 to Deuteronomy 22.

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 Joseph was looking

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 to walk according

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 to God's word.

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 And then deal mercifully

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 and compassionately

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 with the implications of that.

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 Here his betrothed

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 was shown to be pregnant.

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 And so now he has

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 biblical precedent

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 in order to divorce her.

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 He's just,

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 he's seeking to do

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 the right thing.

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 And you know what?

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 Don't you just kind of wish

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 like there was a little bit

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 more detail here?

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 We're not told

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 about Joseph's wrestling

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 with this.

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 Did he have sleepless nights?

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 Was he feeling betrayed?

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 How confused was he?

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 Who did he talk to?

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 How did he wrestle through it?

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 We're not told any of that.

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 How much did he lose?

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 Did he lose any?

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 How did he reach the decision?

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 Well, we know at least

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 he was wrestling

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 with God's word.

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 What we see here in Joseph

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 is a man who is seeking

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 to do the right thing

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 the right way.

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 And so when he eventually

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 read there that he looked,

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 he didn't want to shame her.

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 And so he wanted

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 to divorce her quietly.

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 Here we have a man

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 who's wanting to have

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 a clear conscience

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 in God's word

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 and yet being compassionate.

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 He's looking to do

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 the right thing.

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 And in that,

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 we learn something

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 about this man.

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 He's committed

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 to obeying God's word

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 and yet he's also

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 going to do it

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 with a heart of compassion.

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 Can you begin to see

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 why God would choose

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 this man

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 to be the earthly father

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 of Jesus?

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 This is a godly man.

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 So there's controversy.

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 There's a quiet divorce.

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 And then we start

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 to see in verse 20

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 an angelic caller.

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 But as he considered

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 these things

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 is what the ESV reads.

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 The NIV is probably

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 more accurate.

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 It says,

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 but after he had

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 considered these things,

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 it's past tense,

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 which means

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 he had already decided.

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 So in verse 20,

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 but he already decided

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 to divorce her.

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 He had already

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 made the decision.

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 And so Joseph

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 has already drawn

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 the conclusion.

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 Alright, okay, okay.

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 This is wrong.

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 I've got to take this step.

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 And now it's just

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 a matter of

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 kind of arranging

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 the details.

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 And God does something.

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 God intervenes.

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 The decision's been made,

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 but God steps in.

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 God says,

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 uh, nope!

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 It's like God said,

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 Joseph, you know,

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 I really appreciate

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 your commitment

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 to obey my revealed word.

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 I really appreciate it,

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 but this situation

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 with Mary

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 is not what it looks like.

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 So he sends Joseph

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 an angel of the Lord.

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 And again,

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 we're not giving the name,

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 of the angel.

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 Again, detail left out.

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 So it was Gabriel

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 who talked to Mary

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 and the folks in Luke,

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 but we're not giving

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 the name of the angel here.

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 You're left to kind of speculate.

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 But he sends this angel

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 of the Lord

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 to intervene,

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 to change Joseph's mind.

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 To move him

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 from divorcing Mary

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 and abandoning the baby

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 to marrying Mary

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 and taking the baby

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 as his own.

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 And notice that

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 in verse 20,

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 but as he considered

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 these things,

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 behold,

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 an angel of the Lord

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 appeared to him

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 in a dream.

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 This happened in a dream.

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 Again,

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 this might be

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 a little,

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 little new

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 for several of us,

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 but you know what?

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 When it boils down to it,

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 God can do

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 what he wants to do.

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 He can intervene

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 the way he wants

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 to intervene.

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 He's God.

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 He can do that.

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 He's more than able.

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 In fact,

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 we're going to see

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 God showing up

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 to people in dreams

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 later in Matthew.

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 Next week,

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 he warns the Magi

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 in a dream

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 not to go back

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 to Herod.

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 Pilate's wife

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 in chapter 27,

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 she has a dream

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 about this righteous man,

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 Jesus.

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 I mean,

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 I'm not sure

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 if you're familiar

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 with what's going on

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 among the Middle East,

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 but Jesus is showing up

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 to people in dreams.

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 Story after story

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 of this person

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 coming to Muslims

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 in dreams.

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 resulting in their

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 conversion to Christ.

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 God uses dreams.

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 Of course,

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 dreams must be

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 carefully weighed

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 in light of Scripture.

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 Subjective experience

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 is submitted

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 to the objective reality

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 of God's Word.

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 And we're going to see

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 Matthew do that for us

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 in just a second.

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 But let's look at this

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 dream.

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 Let's look at what

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 this angel says.

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 And again,

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 we're not given details.

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 I mean,

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 if you were in the room

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 with Joseph

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 as he was sleeping,

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 what would he be doing?

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 Was he like in the

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 in-between dream state?

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 Kind of aware

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 but not aware?

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 Was he rolling over

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 a lot?

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 Was he mumbling?

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 Was he just silent?

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 We don't know.

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 But what we do know

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 is this.

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 The angel,

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 God,

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 through the angel,

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 addresses Joseph

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 by name.

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 Joseph,

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 son of David.

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 God knows this man

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 as he knows your name.

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 And he says,

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 Joseph,

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 son of David.

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 That rings a bell

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 in us,

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 doesn't it?

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 It shoots right back

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 to the genealogy

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 in chapter 1

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 verses 1 through 17.

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 Son of David

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 from the line of David.

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 The one carrying

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 the number 14 gene.

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 The number of David.

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 You.

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 Joseph,

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 son of David.

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 Do not fear

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 to take Mary

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 as your wife.

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 God's saying,

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 Joseph,

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 you don't need

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 to be fearful here,

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 buddy.

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 You're not disobeying

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 my word.

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 There's something else

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 going on.

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 Do not fear

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 to take Mary

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 as your wife.

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 Do not fear

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 to come together

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 with her.

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 And then he gives

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 a reason.

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 See that word

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 for

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 in 20?

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 For that

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 which is conceived

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 in her

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 is from the Holy Spirit.

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 You're not disobeying

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 my word,

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 Joseph,

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 because

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 this is my son

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 conceived in this woman

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 It's amazing.

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 There's a miracle

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 going on here.

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 Two times now,

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 Matthew has emphasized

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 that this child

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 in Mary's womb

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 is conceived

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 This is not

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 what it seems like,

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 Joseph.

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 Despite what it may

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 look like,

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 Joseph,

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 this is actually

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.840
 me at work

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 caring about

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 my purposes.

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 That's why

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 the angel of the Lord

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 is there.

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 There's something,

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:22.399
 there's a bigger plan

00:17:22.399 --> 00:17:23.059
 going on here,

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 Joseph.

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 She will bear a son.

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 The child

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 is actually a son.

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 And then he says

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 to Joseph,

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 and this is in the

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 force of a command,

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 you shall name

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 him Jesus.

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 That's from

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 the angel

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.740
 of the Lord

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 who is sent

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 by God.

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 Do you know

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 what that means?

00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.419
 The naming

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 of this boy

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 originated

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 in the mind

00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:55.140
 of God.

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 God wanted

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.160
 this boy

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 named Jesus.

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 God wanted

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.620
 Joseph

00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:02.360
 to name

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 this boy

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.380
 Jesus.

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 And what

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.600
 you must see

00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:07.920
 is that

00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:09.259
 the very fact

00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:10.160
 that Joseph

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.120
 is going to

00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:12.740
 name this boy,

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 do you know

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.500
 what that means?

00:18:15.800 --> 00:18:16.660
 He's legally

00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:17.320
 taking him

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 as his own.

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 He's saying

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 you're going

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 to be my son.

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 And by him

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 saying that,

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 do you know

00:18:27.360 --> 00:18:27.740
 what comes

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 with that?

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 All the legal

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 rights and

00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.480
 privileges

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:34.120
 of his house.

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 It's going to be

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.380
 a son of David

00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:38.779
 legally.

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 He's going to be

00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:38.960
 legally.

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 We'll talk

00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.559
 about what

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:45.860
 the name

00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:46.299
 of Jesus

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.419
 means a little

00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:48.159
 later on.

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.399
 Oh, but

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 God wanted

00:18:51.379 --> 00:18:52.139
 this baby

00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:53.200
 boy

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:53.859
 named Jesus.

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 This boy

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 conceived

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.099
 by the Holy

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.599
 Spirit,

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 this God

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 with us.

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 He wanted

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:01.559
 his name

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:01.899
 Jesus.

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.019
 Jesus.

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 One more

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.379
 thing I want

00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:15.599
 you to

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:15.859
 note.

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 Behold,

00:19:21.139 --> 00:19:21.359
 the angel

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:21.599
 of the Lord

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.039
 appeared to

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.400
 him in a

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:22.639
 dream.

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:22.920
 Joseph,

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.579
 son of David,

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:23.900
 do not

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.319
 fear to

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:24.700
 take Mary

00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.000
 as your

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.299
 wife,

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.639
 for that

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 which is

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.339
 conceived

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:26.660
 in her

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:26.940
 is from

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.220
 the Holy

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.500
 Spirit.

00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:27.779
 Notice

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.440
 verse 21.

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 She will

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:29.960
 bear a

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.119
 son,

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.359
 and she

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 shall

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 call

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 his name

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 Jesus,

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 for he

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 will save

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.480
 his people

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 from their

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 sins.

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 He's talking

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.539
 about the

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:35.980
 Messiah,

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 talking about

00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.180
 this baby

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 boy is going

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.460
 to be the

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 Christ,

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 is the

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:40.879
 Christ,

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.500
 but he

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 gets at

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 the nature

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 of his

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 reign,

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 what this

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 king is

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 going to

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 deliver from.

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 And so a

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 good Jew at

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.720
 this time would

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 be thinking

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 the Messiah

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 is going

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 to come

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 and he's

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 going to

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 deliver us

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 from the

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 political

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 oppression

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 of Rome.

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 And what

00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.019
 the angel

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.500
 is saying

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.720
 here,

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:04.940
 no,

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.759
 this king

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:07.019
 is going

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 to deliver

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 sinners

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 from the

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.779
 oppression

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 of sin,

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 the presence,

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.079
 power,

00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.519
 and penalty

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 of sin.

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 This baby

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.519
 boy is going

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 to be a

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.919
 deliverer king

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 from that.

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 Just to

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 make you

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 aware,

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:23.960
 Joseph,

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:24.440
 of what

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 this baby

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.279
 boy is going

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 to do.

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 Oh,

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 it's so

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 glorious.

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 So in

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 verses 20

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.480
 and 21,

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 God

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.220
 intervenes

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.960
 Joseph's

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.299
 plan.

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:37.839
 Isn't that

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.519
 so gracious

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.059
 of God?

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 He's so

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 sovereign.

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 He does

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 what he

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.859
 wants to

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 do.

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 He

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.359
 interrupts

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 and says,

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 no,

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.619
 you're not

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:44.799
 going to

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.440
 divorce Mary.

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 You're not

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 going to

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.220
 abandon

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.859
 this child.

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.460
 That's

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.180
 not my

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.740
 plan.

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.099
 And so

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.539
 through this

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.160
 angel of

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.619
 the Lord,

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.559
 he says,

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:52.779
 no,

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.000
 no,

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.599
 you're going

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.059
 to take

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.779
 this young

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:56.079
 lady as

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 your wife.

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 And not

00:20:57.639 --> 00:20:58.379
 only that,

00:20:58.679 --> 00:20:59.059
 you're going

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.579
 to name

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.299
 this baby

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.740
 that you

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.039
 didn't

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.579
 conceive,

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.000
 Joseph.

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.819
 You're going

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.379
 to name

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 him Jesus

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.699
 and therefore

00:21:05.699 --> 00:21:06.240
 give him

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.559
 all the

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.919
 rights and

00:21:06.919 --> 00:21:07.240
 privileges

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.859
 of your

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:09.759
 house as

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.319
 your firstborn.

00:21:15.379 --> 00:21:16.059
 God has

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.339
 a plan

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.899
 for Joseph.

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.699
 And this

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:21.960
 is the

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.339
 fulfillment

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.879
 of his

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.539
 glorious

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.199
 plan for

00:21:24.199 --> 00:21:24.579
 the fullness

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.240
 of time

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 to unite

00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:26.960
 all things

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:28.000
 in Christ.

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 Oh,

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:30.879
 it's so

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 beautiful.

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.519
 As we

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:34.980
 move on

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.859
 in verses

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.539
 22 and

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.980
 23,

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 we have

00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:39.619
 Matthew

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 now,

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.139
 the gospel

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.539
 writer,

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.639
 sharing some

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.159
 of his

00:21:43.159 --> 00:21:44.019
 helpful thoughts

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.500
 with us.

00:21:45.439 --> 00:21:46.399
 He gives

00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:47.220
 a prophetic

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.439
 confirmation

00:21:48.439 --> 00:21:49.419
 of what

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.159
 this angel

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:51.119
 just said.

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.159
 God.

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.739
 We see

00:21:55.739 --> 00:21:56.079
 that in

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.199
 verse 22.

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 All this

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.579
 took place

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.039
 to fulfill

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.359
 what the

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:00.739
 Lord had

00:22:00.739 --> 00:22:01.259
 spoken by

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.719
 the prophet

00:22:01.719 --> 00:22:02.319
 Isaiah.

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.500
 Behold,

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:03.979
 the virgin

00:22:03.979 --> 00:22:04.599
 shall conceive

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:04.919
 and bear

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.279
 a son,

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.500
 and they

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.839
 shall call

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.139
 his name

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.539
 Emmanuel,

00:22:06.739 --> 00:22:07.279
 which means

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.599
 God with

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:08.939
 us.

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.139
 That's

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.539
 Matthew

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.819
 helping us

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.659
 understand

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.379
 what just

00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:13.799
 happened

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.459
 between this

00:22:14.459 --> 00:22:15.079
 angel of the

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.539
 Lord and

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:15.859
 Joseph.

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.019
 What he's

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.559
 saying is

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.220
 there is

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.679
 something

00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:20.099
 of tremendous

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:21.019
 magnitude

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.899
 going on

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.159
 here.

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.639
 This is

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.500
 of such

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.399
 significance

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:25.980
 it's going

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.359
 to blow

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:27.079
 your mind.

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.379
 Matthew

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.119
 wants us

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.519
 to see

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.960
 that what

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.480
 is happening

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.240
 with Mary,

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:32.779
 Joseph,

00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:33.339
 and this

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.839
 baby is

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.519
 the fulfillment

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.259
 of God's

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.019
 forever plan

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.539
 to save

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:37.940
 a people

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.619
 for himself.

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:43.059
 This quote

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.480
 is from

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.619
 Isaiah 7,

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.799
 verse 14.

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:47.720
 written 700

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.799
 years earlier.

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.099
 It speaks

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:51.180
 of a virgin

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.180
 and a virgin

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.119
 conceiving

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:54.299
 and a virgin

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.720
 conceiving a

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.759
 boy and

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.359
 he's going

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.079
 to be named

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.639
 a certain

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.240
 name.

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.899
 So what

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.299
 is Matthew

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.659
 doing?

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.180
 He's pointing

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.879
 us to the

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.539
 Bible to

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.339
 help explain

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.079
 this dream.

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.480
 He's helping

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.460
 us make sense,

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.460
 interpret what's

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.339
 going on

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.720
 here.

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.759
 He's linking

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:17.099
 up this

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.720
 dream

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:20.180
 with Isaiah

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.240
 7, 14

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.839
 to say

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:23.019
 this is

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.579
 fulfillment

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.640
 of what God

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.200
 has said

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.180
 700 years

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.460
 ago.

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.980
 This is all

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.960
 part of God's

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:30.319
 glorious plan.

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.099
 Let me help

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.660
 you see it.

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.720
 Isaiah 7, 14

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.299
 speaks of a

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.519
 virgin.

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.299
 Who's the

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.579
 virgin?

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.839
 Mary!

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.859
 Fulfillment!

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:45.740
 Isaiah 7, 14

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.399
 points to a

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.299
 virgin conceiving.

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.599
 Matthew's

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:51.259
 saying, yes,

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.399
 conceived by

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:52.899
 the Holy

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.500
 Spirit.

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.539
 Isaiah 7, 14

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.119
 says this

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.019
 virgin shall

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.899
 conceive and

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.679
 bear a son.

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.339
 Matthew is

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.119
 saying, yes!

00:24:04.199 --> 00:24:04.819
 She's going

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.159
 to have a

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.559
 son, all

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.799
 right!

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:15.419
 God with

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:15.720
 us.

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.799
 And that's

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.180
 where these

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:18.399
 accounts differ

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:19.099
 a little bit.

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:22.240
 Because in the

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.059
 interaction between

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.659
 the angel of the

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.059
 Lord with

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.599
 Joseph, he's to

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.039
 name him

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.419
 Jesus.

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:27.960
 Do you know

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.079
 what Matthew's

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.299
 doing?

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.759
 He's creating a

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.779
 parallel and

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.639
 help us make a

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:33.919
 link.

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:37.120
 Jesus is

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:38.220
 Emmanuel.

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:41.200
 Jesus, the

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.440
 incarnate God

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.140
 is salvation,

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:45.580
 is God

00:24:45.580 --> 00:24:46.400
 with us.

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.420
 Now, what you

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.640
 need to

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.320
 understand, too,

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.100
 is that this

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:55.840
 Isaiah 7, 14,

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.500
 it's actually a

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.259
 double fulfillment.

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.240
 It was fulfilled

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.200
 in the immediate

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.580
 context, way back

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.039
 in the 8th

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.879
 century, but

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:06.440
 its final and

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.460
 complete fulfillment

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.420
 was found in

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.500
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:16.220
 What starts in

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.139
 Isaiah 7

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:19.059
 builds and

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.180
 builds through

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.059
 Isaiah 9

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:22.099
 into Isaiah

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.980
 chapter 11.

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.480
 Isaiah 9, 6,

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.980
 and 7, do you

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.460
 remember that

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.059
 passage?

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.639
 For unto us a

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.240
 child is born.

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:29.980
 Remember his

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.159
 name?

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.000
 He's a wonderful

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.420
 counselor.

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:33.180
 mighty God,

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.340
 everlasting

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.480
 father, speaking

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.200
 of an everlasting

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:38.259
 king, prince of

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.700
 peace, the

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.080
 government should

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.400
 be on his

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.740
 shoulders.

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.019
 He's going to

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.200
 establish the

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.740
 throne of David

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.039
 and his

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:45.440
 kingdom forever.

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:51.160
 Isaiah 11 points

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:52.580
 to this shoot from

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:53.720
 the stump of

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.140
 Jesse.

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.800
 Do you know

00:25:56.800 --> 00:25:57.940
 what Matthew's

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.220
 doing?

00:25:58.220 --> 00:26:00.799
 through Isaiah 17,

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.960
 he's like, do you

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.900
 remember the wonder

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.880
 child coming?

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.860
 Do you remember?

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.200
 This is him.

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.920
 This baby in

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:12.319
 Mary's womb is

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.620
 that wonder child

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.220
 of Isaiah.

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.420
 This is the

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.839
 Messiah.

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.640
 The Christ.

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:18.720
 Christ.

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.360
 So by quoting

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.580
 Isaiah 7, 14,

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.200
 this prophetic

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.080
 confirmation,

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.920
 Matthew draws a

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.980
 parallel and helps

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.540
 us to realize what

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:31.240
 he wants us to

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.580
 realize.

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.920
 Jesus is the

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.820
 Emmanuel, the

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.220
 Christ.

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:37.240
 This baby named

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:39.080
 Jesus is Christ

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.520
 the King.

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.160
 So in verses 24

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.060
 and 25, we see

00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:45.340
 Joseph's quick

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:45.860
 response.

00:26:46.020 --> 00:26:46.900
 Boy, is he quick

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.460
 to obey.

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.519
 When Joseph

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.080
 woke from

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:52.840
 sleep, he

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.340
 did.

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.920
 He did

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:57.420
 as the

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.220
 angel of the

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.040
 Lord commanded

00:26:59.040 --> 00:26:59.340
 him.

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.940
 His mind was

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.380
 changed.

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:03.100
 God had

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.580
 intervened.

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.480
 He gets up

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.040
 right away and

00:27:06.040 --> 00:27:06.560
 obeys.

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.640
 He does what the

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.140
 angel of the

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.640
 Lord commanded

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:09.860
 him.

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.140
 He obeys God.

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.519
 He obeys God.

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.820
 And what I want

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.860
 you to see is the

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.880
 significance of the

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.800
 last sentence in

00:27:17.800 --> 00:27:18.620
 verse 25.

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:21.540
 This culminates in

00:27:21.540 --> 00:27:22.200
 that sentence.

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:25.620
 And Joseph called

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:27.520
 his name Jesus.

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.640
 He's answering the

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.560
 question of Matthew

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.140
 1.16.

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:35.240
 How can this boy,

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:36.100
 who's not genetically

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:37.780
 related to Joseph,

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:39.380
 be a son of David

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.040
 and therefore the

00:27:40.040 --> 00:27:40.300
 Christ?

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:41.080
 How does that work

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.300
 out?

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:42.720
 Well, what Matthew

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.760
 is saying is he

00:27:43.760 --> 00:27:45.080
 didn't need to be

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.960
 genetically related.

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:50.639
 By Joseph naming

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.399
 him his son,

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.819
 he was legally

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:56.699
 an heir with all

00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:57.279
 the rights and

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.279
 privileges thereof.

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:01.599
 He was an heir to

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.960
 the house of David.

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.659
 He took on the

00:28:04.659 --> 00:28:07.460
 number 14, the

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.139
 number of David.

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.720
 He's the Messiah.

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:13.860
 humanly speaking,

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.319
 Joseph's obedience

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:17.500
 resulted in the

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.660
 legalizing of Jesus

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.779
 as an heir to

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.480
 David's throne.

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.740
 One day in heaven,

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.279
 I'm going to

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.680
 approach Joseph if I

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.740
 can, and I'll say,

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.660
 man, thank you so

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.160
 much.

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.960
 Thank you so much.

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.299
 All right, so the

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.400
 point of this passage.

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.279
 At the beginning of

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:37.420
 the passage, Joseph was

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.400
 going to divorce his

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.660
 wife.

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:40.220
 God intervenes.

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.700
 And God intervenes in

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.960
 such a way that

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:44.740
 Joseph, instead of

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.480
 divorcing and

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:47.840
 abandoning, marries and

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.820
 takes to himself.

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:50.500
 He names this baby

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.840
 Jesus.

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.900
 And what it shows us is

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:56.600
 that Jesus is a

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:58.100
 descendant of David.

00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:00.220
 He is the Christ, the

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:03.820
 King from the house of

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:04.360
 promise.

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:06.779
 In other words, he's

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.279
 legit.

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.279
 So let's ask this

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.680
 question.

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.079
 So what?

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.399
 What difference does it

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.660
 make?

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.899
 This naming of a boy

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:20.079
 2,000 years ago, what

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.899
 difference does that make

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.579
 for us today?

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:25.059
 Well, it changes the way

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.299
 we celebrate Christmas.

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:30.240
 So four B's, and I'll be

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:32.399
 really brief.

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.639
 Maybe amazing.

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.099
 Nah.

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:36.159
 Four B's.

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.319
 First one is this.

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:39.480
 In light of this naming

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.659
 of Christ and having

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:42.659
 him, recognizing him as

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:44.240
 the son of David, be

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.940
 amazed.

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:47.539
 Be amazed.

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:51.259
 The conception of this

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.899
 baby boy was a miracle.

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.299
 It was a tri-supernatural

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.759
 miracle.

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.140
 The whole cast of the

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.799
 Trinity is there.

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.839
 God the Father planned

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.099
 it.

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.720
 Isaiah 7, from long

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.220
 ago.

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.759
 God the Spirit conceived

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:06.180
 this baby in Mary's

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.420
 womb.

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.619
 And the one that was

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:09.900
 conceived was Emmanuel,

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.500
 the second person of the

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.640
 Trinity taking on human

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.180
 flesh.

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:15.000
 The whole cast of the

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.660
 Trinity is there.

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.839
 Some may object, hey,

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.759
 babies aren't born that

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:20.980
 way.

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.359
 They're not conceived that

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.619
 way.

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.379
 Yes!

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:26.440
 That's the point.

00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:28.300
 This is a miracle.

00:30:29.260 --> 00:30:31.600
 A glorious, glorious

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.460
 miracle.

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.580
 So when we celebrate

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:35.980
 Christmas, we're

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.380
 celebrating a miracle

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:41.720
 that God miraculously

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:43.900
 conceived a baby in this

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.660
 virgin's womb.

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.860
 It was Emmanuel.

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:49.359
 So be amazed.

00:30:49.479 --> 00:30:50.740
 But the amazingness

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.699
 doesn't stop there.

00:30:54.939 --> 00:30:56.359
 This baby boy,

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.839
 conceived by the

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.500
 Holy Spirit,

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:01.699
 is God's son.

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:03.740
 It's not explicitly

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.659
 stated, but it is

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.639
 definitely implied.

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:09.759
 Twice, Matthew says,

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.699
 conceived by the

00:31:11.699 --> 00:31:12.359
 Holy Spirit.

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:16.039
 This baby is conceived

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.000
 of God.

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.699
 He is God.

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.859
 God in the flesh.

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.639
 The second person of

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.240
 the Trinity, the

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:27.059
 eternally existent second

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:28.139
 person of the Trinity

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:30.579
 took on human flesh.

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.839
 Fully God, fully man,

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.099
 in one person.

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.379
 Two distinct natures,

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.299
 one person.

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.039
 That's stinking amazing.

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:41.599
 Without ceasing to be

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:44.519
 God, he took on human

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:47.139
 flesh without any sin.

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.279
 Is that not amazing?

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.200
 That's amazing.

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:55.500
 So be amazed.

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:59.399
 But also, be comforted.

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:02.159
 Be comforted.

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:04.899
 As a result of the

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:07.039
 conception of this baby

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.399
 boy, miraculously.

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.759
 Fully God, fully man.

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.940
 Do you know what that

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.720
 means for us?

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:17.960
 Our God is able to

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.779
 identify with us in

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.440
 every way.

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:25.240
 He understands what it's

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.500
 like to walk in this

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.899
 tent.

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.440
 We have a God who

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.139
 gets it.

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.920
 He gets what it's like

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.019
 to be human living in a

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.559
 fallen world.

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.460
 He gets it.

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:36.019
 He knows firsthand.

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:38.019
 Again, Hebrews says it

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.480
 this way.

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.579
 He's a sympathetic high

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.779
 priest who can identify

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.420
 with all of our

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.799
 weaknesses.

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:45.379
 He's a sympathetic king.

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.379
 Sympathetic.

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.240
 He knows.

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.539
 He became one of us.

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.980
 And he's promised to be

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.480
 with us.

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.700
 The Emmanuel.

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.240
 God with us.

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:07.059
 Matthew 18, 20.

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.680
 Jesus says, where two or

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.500
 three are gathered in my

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.740
 name, there I'm among

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.000
 them.

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:13.640
 Matthew 28, 20 says, and

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.440
 behold, I'm with you

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.519
 always, even to the end of

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.900
 the age.

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.620
 Do you know what's

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.359
 interesting about the book

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:17.759
 of Matthew?

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:19.079
 It begins with Emmanuel,

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.220
 God with us, and ends

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:23.120
 with Emmanuel, God with us.

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.140
 I'm with you always, even

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.920
 to the end of the age.

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.380
 He's with us.

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.299
 It's a tremendous

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.799
 discomfort.

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.799
 He's with us now.

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.599
 As a church.

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.919
 Walking through what we've

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:36.319
 been walking.

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.819
 He's with us.

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:40.099
 To comfort us.

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.779
 He's still present.

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.019
 He's still with us.

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.980
 Be comforted.

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.259
 Be saved.

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.759
 Be saved by King Jesus.

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.720
 Be saved.

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:56.119
 Remember the name Jesus?

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:57.460
 It means God is salvation.

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.579
 salvation.

00:33:58.620 --> 00:34:00.680
 Jesus is our salvation.

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.920
 King Jesus came to save.

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.860
 That's his mission.

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.500
 That's why he came.

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:08.579
 He came to liberate those

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.960
 oppressed by the power,

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.199
 presence, and penalty of

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.380
 sin.

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.599
 That's why he came.

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.539
 He didn't come for political

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.079
 liberation.

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.079
 Not yet, at least.

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.940
 Second coming.

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:19.659
 He came first time to

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.900
 liberate people from the

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.800
 oppression of sin.

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.079
 And his people, of course,

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.659
 for all who will, for all,

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.659
 for he will save his people

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.319
 from their sins.

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.480
 His people, of course, are

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.920
 all those who by faith have

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.759
 bowed the knee to him.

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.880
 And have experienced his

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:35.159
 forgiveness and liberation

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.920
 from sin.

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.380
 And been welcomed into his

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.639
 kingdom.

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.659
 He did it by substituting

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.079
 himself.

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:47.460
 Emmanuel, the king, took the

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.840
 place of sinners on the

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.340
 cross.

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.340
 Amazing.

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.940
 So that we can be liberated

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.519
 from sin.

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.440
 Have you bowed your knee to

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.980
 King Jesus?

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:01.840
 Have you received this

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.380
 forgiveness?

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.820
 Have you received his

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:06.800
 gracious liberation from the

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.600
 power of sin?

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:12.039
 If you haven't, today's the

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.280
 day.

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.660
 Bow your knee.

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.780
 Cry out to him.

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:16.860
 King Jesus saved me from my

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.160
 sin.

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.140
 He will.

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:20.759
 And if you do, let someone

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.139
 know.

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.500
 Let someone know.

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.779
 Because you now are part of

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:27.920
 the kingdom of the redeemed.

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:33.019
 Be amazed.

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.799
 Be comforted.

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.440
 Be saved.

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.500
 Be on the king's mission.

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.440
 King Jesus came to save

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.799
 sinners.

00:35:41.839 --> 00:35:42.940
 It's in his name.

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:46.299
 In our church, Christ the

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:48.119
 King Church is made up of

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:50.000
 the poor and powerless.

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 Sinners who have been saved

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 by King Jesus.

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 We bowed our knee to him.

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 By his grace, he has saved

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 us.

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 And now he's called us to his

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 mission.

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 Go make disciples of the

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 nations.

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 Go make disciples of King

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 Jesus.

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 Go tell it on the mountain

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 that Jesus Christ is born.

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 The king has come.

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 Our mission as a church is to

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 glorify God by making known the

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 life-transforming power of the

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 gospel, the good news of King

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 Jesus.

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 We call people to bow their knee,

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 to submit to him,

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 and experience his gracious reign in

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 their lives.

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 Jesus.

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 Let's be on mission together.

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 Let's do this together.

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 By Joseph naming this baby boy

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 Jesus, he legitimized that Jesus is

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 the king from the house of David.

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 Be amazed, be comforted, be saved.

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 Let's be on mission together.

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 Father, rejoice, your king has come.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord Jesus, our king, we bow our

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:10.940
 knee.

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 We are poor and powerless.

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 We were lost and lonely, and you

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 came for us.

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 And you're coming back, and we

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 rejoice.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.