Promises Fulfilled
Got our father in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in from the Holy Spirit.
This morning. We talked about promises and the Fulfillment of promises promises to each other. Some of them are able to be sometimes. Dumb things and we make a promise to somebody they were going to give them. a very expensive gift we can't do it. We don't have enough money to get the gift or by the time we go get that gift more.
What a disappointment disappointment to the one who wants to give the gift disappointment to the one who gets the gift. A Christmas time God didn't promise to give an extravagant gift to the people the world and that gift was his one and only son Jesus to Christ. And he kept that gift. Jesus came into the world to be our savior from sin. Not only our savior from sin but he also recognizes that he's going to be with us and of his life and his Soldier. He said love you to death. What was the age now where starting a whole different decade of life and during that time we need to remember that God's promise to us is that he will be with us the time no more exist that he will keep that promise for us now. When we recognize that God has kept his promises the scriptures. We recognize that he will keep his promises to us. this morning kind of look at Matthew versus it's not a cage match see which one is that?
accounts of the Christmas differ from each other look as a historian. and so he goes by the the time of the birth of Jesus and who was raining here and what the Caesar Augustus had done and all of that sort of thing.
Together all of the events of the history of that time and how it played in. the birth of Jesus a historical context but Matthew has a different purpose for writing his Account of the birth of Jesus he wants to show us how God fulfilled all of his promises that he had made in the Old Testament. One of the things that we recognize if you read the gospel of Matthew, it kind of pulls like a bill Read the gospel of Matthew and Dustin fulfill what the prophet said or is fulfilled what the Lord said to the prophet? What the prophet said?
song time every time you turn around in the gospel of Matthew you find that key I counted them and I think they're at least 15 times the gospel of Matthew that's spoken about in The Gospel of Matthew according to the account of the birth of Jesus. The first time that said is The Josephina green and one of the great things about the gospel of Matthew also is that it centers on Joseph? Jesus Foster father gets a pretty good face in this particular story and it's important to Later on, it is up to the baby Jesus.
Angel comes to him and his green when he's kind of wrestling with whether Rihanna Mary Joseph Mary or not because she's pregnant out of wedlock. Angel says Noah Cyrus from the Holy Spirit and then quotes Isaiah 7:14 virgin shall conceive and bear a son and you shall call his name. And you well. Manuel is one of the things that the Israelites always dreamed about. Since the accident was having God dwelling with them in a way that they could determine that he was there green Exodus use their in a loud loud in the daytime fireworks night. So they recognize his presence is present. Well Emmanuel is also a gift of Jesus as the Messiah you and me.
Anixter what are the things that we recognize today? Is that our gospel lesson comes in between of the sandwiches of other stories Pastor Craig the story wise man. from afar Probably babbling or someplace like that East Scholars at least believe that we have them depicted here as free.
Not sure that works free. What we picked them because what? Are three gifts gold frankincense and myrrh, figures each one of them at again. one of the things also is that They came to Bethlehem first. Because that star had a significance to them. These guys were astronomers. Slash astrologers want to see what they said and what they were they were astrology. What sign did the stars have brought life?
Add anything to do with the king of Jews.
I believe they got it because of Daniel. Remember our Advent Service. We talked about Daniel Daniel Lynn. babbling 500 years before Jesus birth is one of the Bistro lights that were taken into Exile because it has the Old Testament lesson today, which is really unnerving lesson is about as people and God fought for them. But then when they turn against him he fought against them on God fighting against you but that happened in the people were taken into captivity in Babylon and Daniel was one of them he knew about the coming of the Messiah. He knew how God was going to make that sign so that people would know it happen if you put that star in the sky and then These major by these wise men. New from what Daniel had said this was something special. He went to Jerusalem. And it came in contact with hear it. Craig said Aaron was a foxy character, and he was not adverse. Killing and murdering young people even his own children. morning to Josephus the historian of the first-century it kill to his sons and wanted to be
later become a Caesar dad. He'd rather be herod's Pig and herod's son. I just piggy keep for pets.
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major had come to Bethlehem and had been given orders by Herod to come back to him. a good thing to do so
after the BG I get left we get to work has an angel came and spoke. Joseph in a dream I think it's angels in a dream. That's kind of an interesting way to get them, but he gets the message. It's a child and his mother a teacher.
Either till I tell you but here it is going to search for the child to kill him. We took Jesus and Mary and went down the Egypt which was quite a distance from Palestine so that there would be no way I could get to him because he had no jurisdiction there. What when he was going to be asked to come back that would fulfill. A prophecy from Hosea chapter 11 out of Egypt. I have called my son which meaning pointed bad. When God had taken the children of Israel out of Egypt during Exodus and brought them to their own land as a sign what he would do with his own son would come back from Egypt. but Louisiana believe was mad man that he was decided. He was going to get Jesus and the Mage I did not go back and tell him we're thinking about that. We decided Well.
Life a few people out and we'll get him in that. When he realized he is furious. Orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity. Wow who were two years old and under in accordance with the time. He had learned to the
terrible thing to happen here in this time of Christmas. We celebrate now. We're hearing about danger and death.
That's the way the world is.
Impact of the darkness that's covered the heart of human beings. We live in the age also.
That's not out of our ability to see or hear about children being killed by terrorists.
How many people have died because of Jesus Christ? These are the first fat today as add a name to it. operation of the Holy Innocents do we celebrate Easter children who died in Jesus place? Jesus is going to die. It is not going to kill her as a baby or two year old. And live to be a man of thirty some years. No one is going to kill him. Is a Roman by the name of pilot? We recognize the fact that Jesus is living under. spread of death finches birds until his death It's always there. It's always facing facing him. He always needs to be in some way protected from it. And Joseph is a hero in the story. He protects the baby Jesus.
and I know again Joseph gets a dream in the angel comes to him and says, oh, yeah and fulfillment is from Jeremiah. These words your soul. ointment Jeremiah 31 Peaks about a voice in Ramah weeping great morning. Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted because they are no more. Difficult to use a choose child's best Leah a little one. And Rachel having washed.
consoled but in our day and time we know that Jesus. The Winds of the Cross is a Man of Sorrows. leopard completely died on the cross and rose again. of the Resurrection we are not brought morning if we have no comfort. We have the comfort of the resurrected Christ.
post to come back and instead of going to Jerusalem and Judea. Angel Aragon he knows that would be best for him to go north. the gallery time in Judea Nazareth if the scriptures would be fulfilled. Is called a Nazarene?
Jesus is called a Nazarene.
The final time when he's hanging on the cross the placard reads Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews. Jesus of Nazareth Jesus goes with her. I don't answer. Which is a type of place is his name that's was given to Joseph at the time of Immanuel because he will save his people from their sins. Yeshua is Jesus name in Hebrew or Aramaic? And if he's the Lord for Yahoo people.
Psalm 103 says that his people don't Testament lesson the days says Yahweh was the savior of his people. Jesus Is Our Savior We sometimes get the picture of Christmas. In a Hallmark card, we think that's what Christmas should be like.
happy healthy people nicely
room decorated well with and that's the way everybody celebrates Christmas.
Live in a world that doesn't have that as trouble difficulty people die people are divorced people lose their jobs. People are separated from each other because of distance or because of military people are in jail. People are
In the hospital fighting for their lives looking forward to a surgeries or difficulties of some kind of disease the song there on Christmas.
all part of life but the babe of Bethlehem as come to us are has recognized that we are not alone is Emmanuel God With Us and so he is
statement to us is is for us.
Is come to me. Who are heavy laden and I will give you rest.
Christmas time giving you difficulties
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and he is there for us. Is hummus to us that he will be with us? Who is desire for us? I'm to me we've come to him and his promise to be with us. We're two or three Gather in my name there. I am in the midst of them in my work my love and my grace is there for you in the midst of that as he comes to us in his body and blood in with an Under The Bread and Wine is a Sacrament give us strength to face reality of The Taste is there I'm to me. I will give you rest.
Tell me the Peace of the Lord As Long human understanding keep your hearts and Minds in Christ.