Matthew 1:18-25 CSB – The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged[g] to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit. 19 So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man,and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.

20 But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

23 See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name him Immanuel,[h]

which is translated “God is with us.”

24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her 25 but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.[i] And he named him Jesus.

Luke 2:1-7 CSB – In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire[a]should be registered. This first registration took place while[b] Quirinius was governing Syria. So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David, to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him[c] and was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger,[d] because there was no guest room available for them.

Jesus was Born So We Can Know God as He Really is

Matthew 1:23b CSB – and they will name him Immanuel, which is translated “God is with us.”

Matthew 1:23 CSB – the angel says to Joseph

See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name him Immanuel,

which is translated “God is with us.”

John 18:37 CSB – Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

John 1:18 CSB – No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side—he has revealed him.

Matthew 20:25-28 CSB – Jesus …“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. 26 It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave; 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 1:  Jesus is.. Immanuel,… which is translated “God is with us.”

Colossians 1:15 CSB – He is the image of the invisible God,

John 1:18 CSB – No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son…—he has revealed him.

John 3:16 CSB – For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life

Jesus was Born So We Can Know the Love of God

John 3:16 CSB – For God so loved the world that He GAVE His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Matthew 1:23 CSB – the angel says to Joseph and they will name him Immanuel, which is translated “God is with us.”

John 1:14 CSB – The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

1 John 4:9-10 CSB – God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. 10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:10-11 CSB – Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.

Ephesians 3:17-19 CSB – I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, 19 and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

The Dimensions of God’s Love

1. The Length of God’s Love?

Psalm 136:1-3 CSB –

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
His faithful love endures forever.

Psalm 90:1-2 CSB – 

Lord, you have been our refuge in every generation.
Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, you are God.

2. The Width of God’s Love?

Romans 5:8 CSB – But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us

3. The Depth of God’s Love?

‘There is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still.’—Betsie Ten Boom in the Nazi concentration camp, Ravensbrook

Psalm 40:2 CSB – He brought me up from a desolate pit, out of the muddy clay, and set my feet on a rock, making my steps secure.

4. The Height of God’s Love?

Psalm 103:11 CSB – 

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his faithful love
toward those who fear him.

Jesus was Born So You can Know Real HOPE

Hebrews 6:19 CSB – We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.

Jesus is the anchor of hope for the soul

John 14:23 CSB – Jesus answered, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

John 3:16-18 CSB – For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.