THE SACRIFICES WE MAKE (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Matthew 2:13-15
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Title: The Sacrifices We Make (3)
Series: The Journey Of Christmas
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Matthew 2:13-15
There was a Christmas play where a little boy desperately wanted to be Joseph. But when the parts were handed out, his biggest rival was given that part, and he was assigned to be the inn keeper instead. He was really bitter about this. So, during all the rehearsals he kept plotting in his mind what he might do to get even with his rival who was Joseph. Finally, the night of the performance, Mary and Joseph walked across the stage. They knocked on the door of the inn, and the inn-keeper opened the door and asked them what they wanted. Joseph answered, "We'd like to have a room for the night." Suddenly the inn-keeper threw the door open wide and said, "Great, come on in and I'll give you the best room in the house."
That wasn't in the script! For a few long seconds poor little Joseph didn't know what to do. Then finally, an idea occurred to him. He pretended to look inside "the inn" and then - turning to Mary he said: "No wife of mine is going to stay in dump like this. Come on, Mary, let's go to the barn."
Now, did Joseph ever say anything like that in the Gospels? NO! In fact I've done a study on the nativity stories in Matthew and Luke, and I found that Joseph never said anything, anywhere in the Gospels. Not a single word.
In Matthew 1:18-24 we're told: "Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from ...
Series: The Journey Of Christmas
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Matthew 2:13-15
There was a Christmas play where a little boy desperately wanted to be Joseph. But when the parts were handed out, his biggest rival was given that part, and he was assigned to be the inn keeper instead. He was really bitter about this. So, during all the rehearsals he kept plotting in his mind what he might do to get even with his rival who was Joseph. Finally, the night of the performance, Mary and Joseph walked across the stage. They knocked on the door of the inn, and the inn-keeper opened the door and asked them what they wanted. Joseph answered, "We'd like to have a room for the night." Suddenly the inn-keeper threw the door open wide and said, "Great, come on in and I'll give you the best room in the house."
That wasn't in the script! For a few long seconds poor little Joseph didn't know what to do. Then finally, an idea occurred to him. He pretended to look inside "the inn" and then - turning to Mary he said: "No wife of mine is going to stay in dump like this. Come on, Mary, let's go to the barn."
Now, did Joseph ever say anything like that in the Gospels? NO! In fact I've done a study on the nativity stories in Matthew and Luke, and I found that Joseph never said anything, anywhere in the Gospels. Not a single word.
In Matthew 1:18-24 we're told: "Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from ...
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