Our Big Idea:

God prepares Mary and Joseph to bring forth the Messiah.

4 Parts

1) 18 Divine Conception
2) 19-21 Angelic Intervention
3) 22-23 Miraculous Incarnation
4) 24-25 Faithful Reaction

“We find Christ in all the Scriptures. In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospels He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is expected.”

Alistar Begg

“Matthew 1:16 and 1:18 make it clear that Jesus Christ’s birth was different from that of any other Jewish boy named in the genealogy. Matthew pointed out that Joseph did not “beget” Jesus Christ. Rather, Joseph was the “husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.” Jesus was born of an earthly mother without the need of an earthly father. This is known as the doctrine of the virgin birth.”

Warren Wiersbe

4 Parts

1) 18 Divine Conception
2) 19-21 Angelic Intervention

4 Parts

1) 18 Divine Conception
2) 19-21 Angelic Intervention
3) 22-23 Miraculous Incarnation

“It shows how low God bent down to save man; He added the nature of one of His own creatures to His own divine nature, accepting the weaknesses, frailties, and dependency that the creature experiences. It shows what a great miracle it was that God could add human nature to His own and still remain God. It shows the compatibility between the unfallen human nature and the divine nature that the two could be joined shows that we are truly made in the image of God. It shows that we can come to Him; If He has come to us, then we can come to him. Then, if Jesus Christ be ‘God with us,’ let us come to God without any question or hesitancy. Whoever you maybe you need no priest or intercessor to introduce you to God, for God has introduced himself to you.”

C.H. Spurgeon

4 Parts

1) 18 Divine Conception
2) 19-21 Angelic Intervention
3) 22-23 Miraculous Incarnation
4) 24-25 Faithful Reaction