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I. Introduction
It’s Christmas fam!
What a joyous time!
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.
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.
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The marital situation in which the Messiah came (v.
18–19)
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.)
1. Mother before consummation of marriage?
2. How she was found with child from the Holy Spirit.
B. The waiting husband (v.
19)
1.
Joseph was a just man
as was his betrothed in Luke 1
2. Joseph was unwilling to put her to shame
3. Joseph intended to divorce her quietly
III.
A Marriage made in heaven (v.
20–23)
A. The origin of the child revealed (v.
20)
B. The destiny of the child revealed (v.
21)
C. The prophecy that the child fulfills (v.
22-23)
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Obedience of the chosen couple (v.
24–25)
A. Joseph did what was commanded.
B. Joseph did not “know” her until she had given birth to a son.
C. Joseph called his name “Jesus.”
V. Implications for 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.
3. Joseph and Mary were parents to the Messiah!
What an honor and blessing to the both of them.
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