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Open your Bibles to Matthew 1
Let’s read from...
Matthew 1:18-25
First, let’s look at
Lesson #1
God always keeps His promises
According to verse 18 and 20, how did Jesus come to earth?
Can someone read these verses?
Matthew 1:18
Matthew 1:20
How did Jesus come to earth?
Marry supernaturally conceived Jesus by the Holy Spirit
Why do you think Jesus being supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit is important?
Someone read Matthew 1:22-23
Why is it important?
This is the fulfilment of a prophesy.
God made a promise and is keeping it!
Someone turn to Isaiah 7:14
Does anyone know how many years before Jesus was born that Isaiah prophesied this?
Over 650 years.
Dead Sea Scrolls confirm this.
First Lesson to Learn:
God always keeps His promises.
There are many many prophesies and promises about Jesus that He fulfilled before He ascended to heaven.
There are many many promises that Jesus made to us.
Can you name some things Jesus promised us?
He will never leave us or forsake us.
We can’t be taken out of His hands.
He is our good shepherd and will fight for us.
He will return for us.
He will resurrect us.
God will have the final say.
If God was faithful in His promises about Jesus pre resurrection, He can be trusted to be faithful to His promises post resurrection.
“The HOW of Jesus coming to earth is important because it shows us that God is faithful to keep His promises.”
Now let’s look at the...
Lesson #2
Jesus is our confidence in life and death
What did Jesus come to do?
Before you answer that, does anyone know what this says?
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Jesus
Does anyone know what the name Jesus means?
YaHWeh is Salvation.
The name “Jesus” specifies what he does (“God saves”)
So, Jesus came to save His people.
According to Matthew 1:21, what did Jesus come to save us from?
The angel explained why Jesus was named Jesus by saying, “for he will save his people from their sins.”
Can someone read Romans 6:23
So, according to this verse in Romans, what does sin bring?
Death
So Jesus, in saving us from sin is saving us from what?
Death
According to this verse in Romans what is the free gift God offers us in Jesus?
Eternal Life
So Jesus, in saving us from sin and death doesn’t just give us a life on this earth (temporal).
Jesus gives us a life that is eternal.
Isn’t it amazing how in the very first gospel, in the very first chapter, the main purpose of Jesus is thrust upon us?
Jesus came to save us from the penalty of our sin and to give us the opposite of what we deserve.
When people use a symbol to represent Christianity, what is the number one symbol they use?
A cross.
What is it that happened at the cross?
When we talk about the birth of Jesus we cannot escape talking about the cross.
Why can’t we escape talking about the cross when we talk about the birth of Jesus?
Because, Jesus’ purpose for birth was to save us from our sins and the only way he could save us from our sins was to die on the cross.
John 3:16
There is something else Jesus’ death saved us from.
Can someone find and read Hebrews 2:14-15
Who does the book of Hebrews say Jesus’ death saved us from?
The Devil
Your worst enemy has been defeated by Jesus!
Second Lesson to Learn:
Jesus is our confidence in life and death
If Jesus’ purpose for coming to earth was to save us from sin, satan, and death… And Jesus fulfilled this purpose on the cross...
We have nothing left to fear!
This is what I call “Cross Perspective”
Covid has zero power
Bad grades have zero power
Not winning a sports game has zero power
An evil boss, government, or authority has zero power, in the end.
“But the gospel defines us in such a way, that we are able to see ourselves as the people of God within that cross, so that we know that the worst thing that can possibly happen to us is not being beheaded by jihadists.
The worst thing that can happen to you is being abandoned to your sin, being cursed by God, being crucified outside the camp - and that has already happened to you” - Russell Moore
“The WHAT of Jesus coming to earth is important because it shows us that Jesus is our confidence in death and life.”
Let’s look at the...
Lesson #3
Jesus proved that God desires to be with us
Who did Jesus come to earth to be
Someone read this verse for us: Matthew 1:23
Question: Was Jesus Fully Human?
Yes
Question: Was Jesus Fully God?
Yes
Everyone say...
Hypostatic Union
Hypostatic Union:
The union of the Divine and human natures in the One Person (‘Hypostasis’) of Jesus Christ.
It is important for us to understand that Jesus embodied everything about being God in himself while also fully embodying everything about being human.
In, fact, because Jesus was without sin, he actually embodied human nature in its most purest form.
We are polluted by sin.
Jesus is not.
Adam and Eve were created without sin.
Jesus was born without sin.
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