Not My Baby!
Biblical Marriage and Family • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 41:53
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· 17 viewsWe look at the Christmas story, the birth of Christ with respect to marriage.
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I. Introduction
I. Introduction
It’s Christmas fam! What a joyous time!
It’s Christmas fam! What a joyous time!
This season, we celebrate the incarnation, the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ into the world.
This season, we celebrate the incarnation, the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ into the world.
A time to celebrate the decisive events in time of the grace of God coming down to us from above in the person of God’s Son, the Messiah.
A time to celebrate the decisive events in time of the grace of God coming down to us from above in the person of God’s Son, the Messiah.
Since we are still in our Biblical Marriage and Family series, let’s see if we can discern how these events have implications for marriage and family today.
Since we are still in our Biblical Marriage and Family series, let’s see if we can discern how these events have implications for marriage and family today.
II. The marital situation in which the Messiah came (v. 18–19)
II. The marital situation in which the Messiah came (v. 18–19)
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
A. The ‘betrothed’ wife (v. 18)
A. The ‘betrothed’ wife (v. 18)
Definition of Betrothed: It may be important to note in the margin of a text that in biblical times the act of betrothal was regarded as binding, so that the breaking of a betrothal was legally equivalent to divorce. (Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996), 456.)
Definition of Betrothed: It may be important to note in the margin of a text that in biblical times the act of betrothal was regarded as binding, so that the breaking of a betrothal was legally equivalent to divorce. (Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996), 456.)
1. Mother before consummation of marriage?
1. Mother before consummation of marriage?
22 “If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
23 “If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,
24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
25 “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
26 But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor,
27 because he met her in the open country, and though the betrothed young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her.
2. How she was found with child from the Holy Spirit.
2. How she was found with child from the Holy Spirit.
34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
B. The waiting husband (v. 19)
B. The waiting husband (v. 19)
19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
1. Joseph was a just man
1. Joseph was a just man
as was his betrothed in Luke 1
28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
2. Joseph was unwilling to put her to shame
2. Joseph was unwilling to put her to shame
3. Joseph intended to divorce her quietly
3. Joseph intended to divorce her quietly
III. A Marriage made in heaven (v. 20–23)
III. A Marriage made in heaven (v. 20–23)
A. The origin of the child revealed (v. 20)
A. The origin of the child revealed (v. 20)
20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “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.
B. The destiny of the child revealed (v. 21)
B. The destiny of the child revealed (v. 21)
21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
C. The prophecy that the child fulfills (v. 22-23)
C. The prophecy that the child fulfills (v. 22-23)
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
IV. Obedience of the chosen couple (v. 24–25)
IV. Obedience of the chosen couple (v. 24–25)
24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,
A. Joseph did what was commanded.
A. Joseph did what was commanded.
25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
B. Joseph did not “know” her until she had given birth to a son.
B. Joseph did not “know” her until she had given birth to a son.
25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
C. Joseph called his name “Jesus.”
C. Joseph called his name “Jesus.”
23 Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
V. Implications for marriage:
V. Implications for marriage:
1. Marriage is honorable. God brought His Son into a Biblical Marriage.
1. Marriage is honorable. God brought His Son into a Biblical Marriage.
2. Marriage is to be between two people, a man and a woman, who both are right(eous) before God.
2. Marriage is to be between two people, a man and a woman, who both are right(eous) before God.
3. Joseph and Mary were parents to the Messiah! What an honor and blessing to the both of them.
3. Joseph and Mary were parents to the Messiah! What an honor and blessing to the both of them.