Friday, December 25, 2015

Sermon Video: "give him the name Jesus" Matthew 1:21

A short message from the Christmas Eve service.

The message of the angel to Joseph, to enable him to understand how Mary's pregnancy was not a blemish on her character, also revealed crucial insight into who this miracle child would one day be.  The name given by the angel to Joseph, Jesus, is the Greek version of the common Hebrew name, Joshua.  Joshua means, "the LORD saves", but Jesus' use of the name would be different, for as the angel said, HE would save his people, and not from oppression or injustice, but from their sins.  What's in a name?  For the Son of God, a lot, for it would indeed be the LORD that saved, this time in the flesh.

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