Good News of Great Joy (Part 2)

Matthew 1:18

18Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before

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they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:19

19And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

Matthew 1:20

20But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of

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David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:21

21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:22

22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

Matthew 1:23

23“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

Matthew 1:24

24When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,

Matthew 1:25

25but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

1. The Godly Man
2. The Angel’s Message
3. The Overlooked Meaning

Deuteronomy 22:21

21then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall

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stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father’s house.

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So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Matthew 1:22

22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

Matthew 1:23

23“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

Galatians 4:4

4But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

Galatians 4:5

5to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

Philippians 1:6

6And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.