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OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ. ...all about the gift of Jesus. Matthew 1:18-25.
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OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.
...all about the gift of Jesus Matthew 1:18-25 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yetdid not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 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. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
...all about the gift of Jesus Matthew 1:18-25 Focus & promise “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.” “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” – Robert Frost “The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.” Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527)
...all about the gift of Jesus Matthew 1:18-25 The expectation with which the known world awaited this unusual event. Messiah’s birth and life were so singular… that he could have been no less than God himself Common Jews (not only the prophets of the land), had come to look for and expect Messiah History was split in two… BC & AD
...all about the gift of Jesus Matthew 1:18-25 This great event took place on a solitary night A combination of unusual events Shepherds Men from the Land of Babylon
...all about the gift of Jesus Matthew 1:18-25 This great event took place on a solitary night Numbers 24:17 “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob…” Isaiah 53:11-12“He will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
...all about the gift of Jesus Matthew 1:18-25 This great event took place on a solitary night Micah 5:2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Matthew 2:16 "slaughter of the innocents"
...all about the gift of Jesus Matthew 1:18-25 The excitement of believing as the Magi did. It was some months later The men from Babylon did not come to the stable The Holy Family would have lived a marginalised lifestyle on the fringes of Bethlehem
OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.
