“Birth of a Lord”
Matthew
1:18–19 18Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way.
When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together
she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19And her
husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to
divorce her quietly.
Everything just has to be perfect, family is coming,
friends will be there, and every preparation must be completed just right. I’m cleaning the house so don’t get it dirty,
and if you have any trash take it out to the garbage can because I’ve emptied
the waste paper basket, and trash receptacle and washed them too. So… don’t you dare get anything dirty or
messed up! The wife has put in many
hours to make sure everything is perfect from a clean house to the baking of
Christmas goodies, to making sure the perfect meal is being served on the
perfectly set dining room table with all of the festive decorations. It’s just
perfect. What! Why did you have to go
and touch something? .Now look at it!
Something to that effect, had to be going through
Joseph’s mind. Everyone will be looking,
the law included, everything must be perfect for this marriage to start off
right. You know those Jewish traditions. What happened should not have, his bride to
be was with child and it wasn’t his and this means it is against all the laws
they were taught. If anyone finds out
Mary will be stoned. Thank God for His
intervention, without it everything about this marriage would be going south
and I don’t mean Bethlehem.
This is the Son of God, the promised savior; should He
have come into this world respecting all of the laws of those God has called
His chosen people? After all, didn’t our
God make the laws? Why was this child
born in such mean estate? Not only was
He born in a stable, resting in a feeding trough, and wearing rags, He was born
of a mother who was to be betrothed to man who would only be the His
stepfather. This just doesn’t seem right
it surely isn’t perfect, especially for one who is to be the savior for all
people, and especially a savior to God’s chosen Jews.
Romans 1:1–6 1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle,
set apart for the gospel of God, 2which he promised beforehand through
his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3concerning his Son, who was
descended from David according to the flesh 4and 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, 5through whom we have received
grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his
name among all the nations, 6including you who are called to belong
to Jesus Christ,
He
is our Lord in the flesh, “Immanuel,”
God with us fulfilling the scripture of the Old Testament, Genesis, Isaiah, and
others. He came in such mean estate to
face a people who lived in the meanest of estates, the one we call sin. Not to punish those who sinned but to save
them from the consequences of their sin.
Just believe and it will be done.
The
Christ came to us in the poorest of means to gift us with the mercy that keeps
us out of the clutches of a spiritual death and the grace of His salvation that
gives us eternal life and close relationship with our God. Christ was not born to force our allegiance
and lord it over us. Who would you
follow? Would you follow the one who
bosses you around? Would you follow the
one who shows you that you are not being asked to do something that the one
asking would not do too? Would you
follow the one who takes or the one who gives?
Matthew
1:20–25 20But 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. 21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus,
for he will save his people from their sins.” 22All 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). 24When Joseph
woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his
wife, 25but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he
called his name Jesus.
Our
God, our Savior, our Lord came to us humbled coming not as a great and powerful
God, rather coming as a simple peasant child.
Though Jesus Christ came in such humbleness, He proved to be the
greatest of Lord’s to a people who needed mercy and also turned everything
around to give us Saving Grace through eternal life and relationship with our
loving God.
Romans 1:7 7To all those in Rome who are
loved by God and called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
GO and Serve The Lord;
Being Excited in What He Gives You.
God Blesses Us Always, Christ and You are
Living Proof
of It.
