Title: The Son of David (3)
Series: Origin Story
Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Author: Jonathan McLeod
"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. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins" (vv. 20b-21).
Series Recap
Superhero movies usually begin with an origin story. We wonder, "How did this person get their superpower?" An origin story answers that question for us.
When Jesus was walking on this earth, people wondered how he was able to do the things that he did. The New Testament Gospels tell us the origin story of Jesus.
So far, we've looked at the Gospels of John and Luke.
In the opening of John's Gospel, we're told that Jesus is God the Son (1:1) and that he "became flesh and dwelt among us" (v. 14). This means that Jesus shows us what God is like.
In Luke 1, the angel Gabriel visits Mary and tells her that she, a virgin, is going to "conceive in [her] womb and bear a son" (v. 31). Naturally, Mary asks, "How will this be?" How is this possible? It's not. But the angel says, "Nothing will be impossible for God" (v. 37). If it's true that Jesus is both God and man, we shouldn't expect an ordinary birth.
Today, we're going to look at Matthew's Gospel.
Joseph, a Son of David
Does Joseph have an important part in the origin story of Jesus? Or is he just the husband of Mary? ("He's Mary's husband, so we should include him in the story, I guess.")
Let's go back to the very first verse of Matthew's Gospel: "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." Matthew begins by calling Jesus "the son of David." Now look at how Joseph is addressed by the angel in his dream: "Joseph, son of David" (v. 20).
We could also turn over to Luke's Gospel. In 1:27, we're told that Mary was "betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David." Then in chapte ...
Series: Origin Story
Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Author: Jonathan McLeod
"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. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins" (vv. 20b-21).
Series Recap
Superhero movies usually begin with an origin story. We wonder, "How did this person get their superpower?" An origin story answers that question for us.
When Jesus was walking on this earth, people wondered how he was able to do the things that he did. The New Testament Gospels tell us the origin story of Jesus.
So far, we've looked at the Gospels of John and Luke.
In the opening of John's Gospel, we're told that Jesus is God the Son (1:1) and that he "became flesh and dwelt among us" (v. 14). This means that Jesus shows us what God is like.
In Luke 1, the angel Gabriel visits Mary and tells her that she, a virgin, is going to "conceive in [her] womb and bear a son" (v. 31). Naturally, Mary asks, "How will this be?" How is this possible? It's not. But the angel says, "Nothing will be impossible for God" (v. 37). If it's true that Jesus is both God and man, we shouldn't expect an ordinary birth.
Today, we're going to look at Matthew's Gospel.
Joseph, a Son of David
Does Joseph have an important part in the origin story of Jesus? Or is he just the husband of Mary? ("He's Mary's husband, so we should include him in the story, I guess.")
Let's go back to the very first verse of Matthew's Gospel: "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." Matthew begins by calling Jesus "the son of David." Now look at how Joseph is addressed by the angel in his dream: "Joseph, son of David" (v. 20).
We could also turn over to Luke's Gospel. In 1:27, we're told that Mary was "betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David." Then in chapte ...
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