Text: Matt. 1:18-25
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20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
The Father’s love is made known to us – you and me - in the sending of his son Jesus the promised incarnate son of God from eternity past the Alpha and Omega the first and the last.
In the beginning when God spoke all things came to be. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God.
God’s Christ – begotten of the father – born of a Virgin for you!
Christ the King is Jesus!
Our sermon hymn proclaims the good news!
1
Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne
And ev'ry voice a song.
We hear this Good News in the words of our gospel tonight/today.
“Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
The fall into sin brought death.
All are born in death and live a life of death. You and I apart from Jesus and faith created by the Holy Spirit - have no hope and we remain dead!
But that is the Good News of a savior who saves, redeems, and calls from death to life.
It is Good News today; it is good News tomorrow; it is good News because it is redemption, restoration, and resurrection from death to life eternal!
2
He comes the pris'ners to release,
In Satan's bondage held.
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
All yield to Christ!
In the past God spoke through the prophets of old as the writer to the Hebrews says, but in these last days he has spoken through his Son.
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
(God with us)
God’s word made flesh, Jesus Christ, was spoken of, prophesized, and foretold, that the plan of redemption would come in God’s time and in God’s way.
But who is this Jesus … and more importantly … as Jesus asked his disciples
… who do you say that I am?
Your answer to this question determines quite literally life and death.
This humble child that now lies in a manger is truly the King of Kings and Lord of Lords whether he is your King and your Lord depends on the work of the Spirit and faith in him.
This Jesus who created the heavens and the Earth, lived, suffered, died, and rose again from the dead for you … so that he might to bring peace to this broken world.
3
He comes the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of His grace
To enrich the humble poor.
Dear friends we speak of incense, gold, and myrrh for the king of Kings, and loving hearts enthrone him with song and voice.
It is impossible to imagine the joy of heaven but we can get a glimpse … in this child, in this son, the babe the son of Mary!
The Perfection of God’s only begotten son - Jesus Christ - sent down from Heaven and wrapped in swaddling clothes. …
Though, this child would grow into the man Christ Jesus to complete his work.
That God would become man, shows the value of his life for you and your life in him.
Since the incarnation, when God, born of a virgin became man - no longer is God separate from you on a mountain, or speaking to a prophet for you.
Now in his flesh he has come to unite his death, with your death, and his life, with your life, so that in him we are clothed with his righteousness through the power of the Holy Spirit by faith.
The epistle of the Romans today confirms this:
3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
Romans 1:3-6
In the world God remains hidden. But he reveals himself in this world by his Spirit through the word.
If you wish to know him, don’t look into the heavens as the angles told the disciples when they looked up as he ascended before them.
11b …This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11b
The ascension for the Son into heaven is not the end.
The eternal victory is found in Christ’s glorious return to judge the living and the dead.
Death is no escape.
All will be judged. Some will depart to be with the Lord, and others cast into … a hell of their own choosing.
Where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The good news though, is that the Lord Jesus is on his throne and he still calls those who have ears to hear.
Listen, come, and drink the living water from the river of life that is Jesus.
4
Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim,
And heav'n's eternal arches ring
With Thy beloved name.
As my Professor Peter Scare once wrote:
Cain lives in every heart and each of us must die. Who then can raise the brother slain? Christ alone is Able.
He is Able in the real sense and in the figurative sense.
Unjustly killed Christ overcomes sin, death, and the devil for you.
He is able to raise you up by the power of the simple things … water and word, bread and wine … for you, and he continues through his church to make disciples.
Let the little children come to me he calls, and as a little child born in a manger, he came to be the savior of the world.
And as the God/man in death he fulfilled all righteousness for you so that you too might be righteous.
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son.
And he called his name Jesus.
In the name of the Father and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen
1
Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne
And ev'ry voice a song.
We hear this Good News in the words of our gospel tonight/today.
“Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
The fall into sin brought death.
All are born in death and live a life of death. You and I apart from Jesus and faith created by the Holy Spirit - have no hope and we remain dead!
But that is the Good News of a savior who saves, redeems, and calls from death to life.
It is Good News today; it is good News tomorrow; it is good News because it is redemption, restoration, and resurrection from death to life eternal!
2
He comes the pris'ners to release,
In Satan's bondage held.
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
All yield to Christ!
In the past God spoke through the prophets of old as the writer to the Hebrews says, but in these last days he has spoken through his Son.
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
(God with us)
God’s word made flesh, Jesus Christ, was spoken of, prophesized, and foretold, that the plan of redemption would come in God’s time and in God’s way.
But who is this Jesus … and more importantly … as Jesus asked his disciples
… who do you say that I am?
Your answer to this question determines quite literally life and death.
This humble child that now lies in a manger is truly the King of Kings and Lord of Lords whether he is your King and your Lord depends on the work of the Spirit and faith in him.
This Jesus who created the heavens and the Earth, lived, suffered, died, and rose again from the dead for you … so that he might to bring peace to this broken world.
3
He comes the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of His grace
To enrich the humble poor.
Dear friends we speak of incense, gold, and myrrh for the king of Kings, and loving hearts enthrone him with song and voice.
It is impossible to imagine the joy of heaven but we can get a glimpse … in this child, in this son, the babe the son of Mary!
The Perfection of God’s only begotten son - Jesus Christ - sent down from Heaven and wrapped in swaddling clothes. …
Though, this child would grow into the man Christ Jesus to complete his work.
That God would become man, shows the value of his life for you and your life in him.
Since the incarnation, when God, born of a virgin became man - no longer is God separate from you on a mountain, or speaking to a prophet for you.
Now in his flesh he has come to unite his death, with your death, and his life, with your life, so that in him we are clothed with his righteousness through the power of the Holy Spirit by faith.
The epistle of the Romans today confirms this:
3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
Romans 1:3-6
In the world God remains hidden. But he reveals himself in this world by his Spirit through the word.
If you wish to know him, don’t look into the heavens as the angles told the disciples when they looked up as he ascended before them.
11b …This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11b
The ascension for the Son into heaven is not the end.
The eternal victory is found in Christ’s glorious return to judge the living and the dead.
Death is no escape.
All will be judged. Some will depart to be with the Lord, and others cast into … a hell of their own choosing.
Where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The good news though, is that the Lord Jesus is on his throne and he still calls those who have ears to hear.
Listen, come, and drink the living water from the river of life that is Jesus.
4
Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim,
And heav'n's eternal arches ring
With Thy beloved name.
As my Professor Peter Scare once wrote:
Cain lives in every heart and each of us must die. Who then can raise the brother slain? Christ alone is Able.
He is Able in the real sense and in the figurative sense.
Unjustly killed Christ overcomes sin, death, and the devil for you.
He is able to raise you up by the power of the simple things … water and word, bread and wine … for you, and he continues through his church to make disciples.
Let the little children come to me he calls, and as a little child born in a manger, he came to be the savior of the world.
And as the God/man in death he fulfilled all righteousness for you so that you too might be righteous.
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son.
And he called his name Jesus.
In the name of the Father and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen
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