DAY Two of Twenty-One - Son of God

DAY Two of Twenty-One - Son of God

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Matthew 1:22-23

22All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet:

23“Look! The virgin will conceive a child!

She will give birth to a son,

and they will call him Immanuel,

which means ‘God is with us.’”

Matthew 1:18-2:2

18This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.

19Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.

20As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.

21And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

22All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet:

23“Look! The virgin will conceive a child!

She will give birth to a son,

and they will call him Immanuel,

which means ‘God is with us.’”

24When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.

25But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.

1Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,

2“Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.”

SORTING IT OUT The Bible says Jesus is God. But he was also, for a specific, concrete time, fully human. He lived on the same earth that we do. He breathed the same air. He experienced the full range of what it means to be human, from being born to dying.

Jesus, God made flesh, came to this earth and walked among us. God, the creator and ruler of the universe, was with us. God is with us.

Why?

John 10:10 gives us the answer: “I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness.” What an amazing gift.

By coming to earth in the flesh, Jesus changed the course of human history. No other prophet, teacher, or king has affected the world in the same way. Jesus didn’t come simply to teach or to preach or to establish an earthly kingdom. He came to be with us and bring us the gift of salvation.

YOUR TURN Memorize John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. using the free memorization app Bible Minded (available at the App Store, Google Play and Amazon).

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