Matthew 1:18-21 CSB – The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged 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.”
Luke 19:10 CSB – For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”
What Kind of Savior is Jesus?
Mark 5:26-28 NASB – A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,… after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.28 For she thought, “If I just touch His garments, I will __________.”
“Daughter,…. your faith has ________________. Go in peace and be healed from your affliction.”
Mark 10:46-47 CSB – And as [Jesus] was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus…was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
v.48, Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 And Jesus stopped …
vv.51-52, Jesus said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
And the blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!”
52 And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has __________.
Luke 7:37 CSB – a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume
vv.38-39, [she] stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.
(The Pharisee)….if [Jesus] were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—she’s a sinner!”
Luke 17:50 CSB – And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
Luke 19:8-10 CSB – “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anythingfrom anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.”
“Today salvation has come to this house…, “because he too is a son of Abraham. [part of my family] 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”
Matthew 1:21 CSB – “you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
Hebrews 7:25 CSB – he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.
A Supernatural Conception: Born of a Virgin
Matthew 1:18 CSB – The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.
Three Stages of a Hebrew Marriage
- Engagement
- Betrothal (Matthew 1:18ff.)
- Marriage
Luke 1:34-35,37 CSB – Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?
The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
For nothing will be impossible with God.”
A Supernatural Announcement By Angels
Matthew 1:19 CSB – So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
Matthew 1:20-21 CSB – 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.”
Hebrews 1:14 describes angels: Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?
Hebrews 13:2 CSB – Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.
Supernatural Predictions From Prophets
Matthew 1:22-23 CSB – 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, which is translated “God is with us.”
Matthew 1:21 CSB – The angel said, you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
A Supernatural Name
Philippians 2:9-11 CSB –
For this reason, God highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow—
in heaven and on earth
and under the earth—
11 and every tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:8 CSB –
He humbled himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.
Isaiah 53:4-5 CSB –
He himself bore our sicknesses,
and he carried our pains;…
5 But he was pierced because of our rebellion,
crushed because of our iniquities;
punishment for our peace was on him,
and we are healed by his wounds.
What Difference Does Jesus Make?
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.
Ephesians 2:8 CSB – It is by grace you are saved, through faith.
Titus 2:11-12 CSB – For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,
Hebrews 2:8-9 CSB – [God] left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to him. 9 But we do see Jesus—made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace he might taste death for everyone—crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death.
