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A little girl approaches a little boy at daycare and says, "Hey Johnny, wanna play house?"
He says, "Sure!
What do you want me to do?"
The girl replies, "I want you to communicate."
Johnny replies, “I have no idea what that means."
The little girl smiles and says, “That’s OK, cause you’re gonna be the daddy!” [i]
Where do you suppose this little girl gets the idea that daddies have a hard time with communication?
You men say /probably from her mama!
/But she might get that idea from her daddy.
Sometimes daddies have a tough time communicating, especially in words.
More often, fathers are the silent lovers of the family, communicating by actions.
Their character speaks volumes more than mere words can ever say.
I want to talk to you about one of these silent fathers who shows up in the Christmas story.
He’s a very important character, but he has no speaking parts; the Bible never records even one word from his mouth.
He shows up in only a couple of chapters, then disappears.
Yet his character communicates so loud and clear what kind of man he was, and his example is a good example for all of us to follow.
His name is Joseph, and his story begins in *Matt.
1:18-19*.
*PRAYER*
I want you to imagine what would happen if you knew you couldn’t be around to raise your children.
Who would you choose to parent them through their lives to adulthood?
You wouldn’t pick the first stranger you met on the street and inform them, “This is how I want my kid raised.”
You want someone you can trust- someone whose values are as close as possible to your own, who was responsible and faithful.
I believe God wanted the same thing when it came time to choose the parents of Jesus.
I don’t believe He left that choice to chance.
He gave this task to two very special people, one of them being this carpenter named Joseph./
/What does the Bible tell us about the quiet character of this godly man?
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JOSEPH IS A RIGHTEOUS MAN (Matt.
1:18,19)*
* *The first word describing Joseph’s character shows up in *vs.
18* where the Bible tells us Joseph is a /just=upright /man, a /righteous man= /someone whose character= way of thinking, feeling, and acting= is wholly conformed to the will of God.
Joseph is a man whose character reflects the character of God, specifically in 2 very important ways:
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