Sunday Morning Worship 9/13/20

You could almost hear the crowd this hustle and bustle this trade. You can hear the livestock. You can hear the coined as they chatter and cling together and here is Levi sitting right at his Booth the professional tax collector people hated him. He can almost over here the sound that voices the credit people disliking people hated him would have loved to seen that kill. It would have loved it that time in Jesus's time at act like you're is the equivalent of you going to downtown Lakeland for the farmers market and somebody sitting at the booth collecting money for Isis or North Korea. How you feel? You would be angry wouldn't you you'd be outraged did you not I guarantee you as you're paying the mandatory Isis or North Korea? You're not doing it with a smile on your face. Your may be using some very strong language. Maybe you're threatening. But you wouldn't do with a positive attitude these people the Jewish people were under Roman rule and paying the taxes to the tax collector. By the way, these Tax Collectors work trucks. Why because not all of the money. They were collecting we're going was going to Rome they would pocket a lot of it. So that means a lot of those Tax Collectors are walking Levi. He's doing his job. According to round according to Caesar. He's an upstanding up outstanding top-of-the-line employee of Realm. I asked you to ask him if he's probably thinking to himself here. How do I get here? Matthew? Who was Levi Levi is this gentleman who is training to enter the priesthood which means he knew the Old Testament ordinarily. Well something happened to Levi was he heard at church that he had some kind of church hurt what led him to go pursue the priesthood to now collecting taxes for the Caesar what happened? And as Levi is collecting for The Whispers disbarment this tax collector. How dare this guy is it turns out he's a sell-out not only has he probably sold out our nation has turned his back on her people. And Jesus goes to Levi this lowly tax collector and nobody like he calls him by the name of Matthew and it says Matthew come follow me and the Bible says this guy who wants was Levi now Matthew dropped everything and he goes to follow Jesus. Welcome to the Book of Matthew continue on this morning, who is Matthew a tax collector once known as Levi write this down his mama called him Levi. Jesus called him Matthew write that down. His mama called the movie by Jesus called Matthew. What does that mean? This despised past corrector of Levi and Levi probably his mama was the only person that likes him or love him. Jesus says I see beyond your circumstances. This tax collector rule does not define you and Jesus gives him the name Matthew Matthew mean gift of God Matthew meme GIF of God. So if you are Matthew or you know, or Matthew let them know today Matthew means gift of job. Did Jesus and Haley Vaughn Lori tax collector that nobody life. I like you and I'm choosing you come follow me get the guy from follow me Matthew. He also respond. No need to go there right behind me. Luke Chapter 5. I'm going to read it to you for 5 versus 27-24 32 verse 27 says this after this he went out and saw a tattoo after that Jesus name Levi, and he said to him follow me and leaving everything Heroes and fall. What did Matthew do you left his job? He just walked out right on his job. He left his toes. He left his money. He left as well to Joe follow Jesus verse 29 in Levi's. This is Matthew Lewis referred to him as Levi and Levi made him a great feast in his house and there was a large company of tax collectors and the others reclining at table with 30 and the Pharisees and scribes Rumble that his disciples saying what you eat and drink with tax collectors and Sinners and Jesus answered him those who are well have no need of a physician have a physician but those who are sick verse 32. I have not come to call the righteous but Sinners to repentance is called by Jesus. What is immediate response? He throws a celebration to grow tell people a How do you write this down following Jesus leads the celebration? Not commiseration write that down. following Jesus Lead to Celebration not commiseration y words that mean every single time you see somebody responded Jesus. The number one thing they do is they drop everything and they go tell everybody that they know. Which they just asked a question if you know Jesus and you're not telling everybody that you know, perhaps we are not following the same Jesus. Perhaps you don't follow the same Messiah. Matthew would have been very very detailed as a tax collector numbers. OK every gospel is different by Nathan author. The writer of the Gospel is different. So Matthew is very detailed scripture would tell us that Matthew was a Publican a Publican not a republican. He's a Publican. What is the public in Indiana Public in mean that Matthew would have been able to write down in great detail?

A speech of presentation duration and so another words Matthew goes around and he is the most detailed 60% of his breath 60% of the Book of Matthew are discourses of Jesus five major sermon and 40 terrible Matthew as an extraordinary detailed brother is very detail-oriented. He's going to give you a ride of inside into the life of Jesus app that the other gospel writers do not know every single objective of the synoptic gospels. That is Matthew Mark Luke and John all have a different of jacket. They all have a different goal marks goal is to tell you that Jesus as servant. That's Mark that's his it's written to Roman audience. That's why the Book of Mark always uses the word immediately. You see the word immediately pop-up Regal and the Book of Mark because he's Going to a Roman iron the Roman audience will see you wow. He's under duress. So he's God, but he responds to the father. He still on call by the father. He still obedient to the father. This would resonate with Roman on it. They would absolutely respect that and see that if you tell you that Jesus is savior. Luke wants to tell you that Jesus is savior John's goal and the Book of John John wants you to know that Jesus is God. Matthew School Matthew wants to remind you Matthew wants to tell you his girl his objective that Jesus is King. He's King. The word kingdom is a big deal on this book. The word sovereignty is big in this book in the habit of ejected. Matthew will have that purpose. Now as we go into the Book of Matthew Matthew chapter 1 verse 1. We're going to be going through a list of names of genealogy. Now. I know that that can be a little intimidating. I know that perhaps none of your right vs or Matthew chapter 1 biology. I will almost guarantee it I would bet money on it right in my ride anybody's like this and that beat everyone in the genealogy right there a cure when I said that's probably you probably don't have a coffee mug a bracelet or a Christian T-shirt with a genealogy on it. But there is an incredible amount of importance in the genealogy. We're going to discuss it this morning open up your Bible Matthew chapter 1 verse 1 Matthew chapter. Converse one if you dare this morning say word word. I'll give you a couple more seconds Matthew chapter 1 verse 1 Ready? Let's jump in with both feet. Matthew 1 verse 1 the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Stop right there now to a audience in 2020. Okay on September 13th on a Sunday morning a genealogy is not necessary and exciting rest is not an exciting things thing to look at for Matthews audience is did you say to a Jewish person a genealogy is a big big deal. Why did verify at Bastrop The credibility of somebody because if you were in court and you can supply genealogy tracing back your heritage tracing back your family, it's gold in the court of law. So the Jewish audience would have been and now I'm bored by this the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. That is you have shoe eyelets. Yahweh. That is the Greek from the Hebrew Messiah Jesus Christ The Gardener. The son of David the son of Abraham the son of David the son of Abraham the Lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you when your days you can please you will ride down with your father's I will raise up your descendant after you two will come forth from you and I will establish his kingdom shall build a house for my name and I will establish the Throne of his kingdom forever who they are alluding to Jesus. So what are we staying here? This is the bridge from the Old Testament now into the New Testament. That's a Matthews doing Matthews verifying this that Matthew is this is incredibly important if you're taking us down two major points not three. I'm going to I'm going to love you this morning to Major point this morning the first one Matthew points out two major things the first one his human heredity his human heredity. If you work all this would back, you know, the last number of years our culture our nation are our society has always been enamored and obsessed with superheroes Weatherby Superman Spider-Man Batman Ironman superhero abscessed the Marvel movies. If you are if you are familiar with those I'm a big fan of those movies estimation of 21 in different movies 2122. If you count the new Spider-Man 1 Marvel fans will come after me if you're a 22 or 21 leaving to the very end of the very last movie of the first act toward the end game by the way that movie when I first came out first 1.2 billion dollars on opening weekend. 1.2 billion dollars on opening weekend is a progression of 21 different movies that Hulk Hogan ate at the very end of the end game. They'll have the same characters to some extent has the same what you may not realize it but the fly in her weeds all together 21 movies through and feed a combination at the very end of the end game movie bright. Do I have all the Marvel fans excited right? Hello. Welcome to church right now. The Bible does the story the very same thing as Jesus for the entire Bible Point straight to Jesus every single but so when we go through the Old Testament books prior to the birth of Jesus were talking about creation, right? We're talking about in the fall of Man time of the history of Israel the history of the king and then the New Testament now will bring about the birth death burial Resurrection the birth of the church and the second coming of Jesus Christ the New Testament, by the way, if he introduced you to a guy named incredible incredible in born in that in this particular genealogy that we were worried. They have a total of 46 people 46 different name all tracing back. Did Jesus write so spin a 2000 years some of these and the stand on the genealogy somewhere heroes in the face like Abraham and Isaac Ruth and David son has some really shady reputation by greyhaven tomorrow and the others were evil like Manasseh and an adviser, but either way but we're going to see is God for his grace and Providence rowkin messed up people for his glory. Amen. God Specializes in using broken people. Remember we saw there in the Book of Luke Jesus didn't come this is Justin's didn't come for well people right? You don't go to the doctor when you're okay. Nobody goes to the hospital when your Healthy love you very foolish unless you're visiting somebody Jesus and now I'm the physician I came for the for the sick. I can from a broken. I think for the people that needed to be healed and needed to be restored. Let's jump back at Matthew Chapter 2 Verse 6 chapter 1 verse Matthew chapter 1 verse 2 now before we move forward. I need you to call the razor right hand raised a right hand right now. I remember, you know watching TV I can see you say I answer to name. promise just stay tuned and the next couple verses. I will not fade out. This is God's word. I will take this seriously. You have my undivided attention. Amen. All right, you promised us Traverse to the father of Judah and his brother sewing tracing back to stress about all the ways to the days of Abraham. It's in your the Bible Abraham was given this Promise by guy that says God told Abraham through your skin will be a blessing to the nation. By the way. This is the Fulfillment of a promise right here. God always keeps his promise. If the original promise keeper the right here just validates that God. Yes will accomplish what he said Maurice 3 before we move forward. He's going to give you for women in this genealogy. This is important. Why back in Jesus's day. This was never done by the way, the original Liberator of women with Jesus Christ. A man was absolutely Jesus Christ Jesus inspirational oyster Matthews going to give you these four names starting verse 3 and Judah the father Perez and zerah by Tamar Circle highlight underline the very first one tomorrow if you want somebody with some more story could be found in Genesis chapter 38 now, he has a very shady story if you are she disguises herself as a prostitute so then have a relation with her father-in-law but he was a reality God will use broken people to accomplish is Rossa tomorrow that very first one Emperor as the father of hezron and has Ron the father of ram vs. Ford and RAM the father of Amanda Deb and a minute ab the father of nation in Deshawn the father of salmon, not salmon the fish salmon and salmon the father of Boaz by Rihanna Rahab will be the second one Circle highlight underline. If you're unfamiliar with her story Joshua chapter 2 tells your story when they are going into Joshua and the folks are going into Jericho with King send out some supposed to go destroy and interfere with God's plan and Rahab is a prostitute who houses to spy and protect them and also helps to cover their path. That way God's will can be accomplished through this until God and Deborah demon and using Rahab and Rahab eventually into becoming a follower of God really really need Story another story for another day. Right? It's so why am I not verse verse 5 & Simon the father of Boaz by Ruth and Boaz the father of old bad guy. Ruth Circle highlight underline my favorite book in the all the Old Testament is the Book of Ruth sometime in the year 2020. I promise you I've been wanting to go through an incredible story The kinsman-redeemer, if they snapshot of follow-up of what Jesus would be so Boaz and my girl from the middle of nowhere from the wrong family from the wrong part of town who just lost her husband, but then goes to her mother-in-law Naomi says hang your people are going to be my people where you go. I'll go your God will be my God. I'm with you to the end until he also will be Redeemed by Boaz. If your DSI representation of Jesus represent Merced and Jesse the father of David the king and David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah now stop right there. Matthew doesn't even Give you her name. He just said the wife of Uriah if you're familiar with that story. That is that's Sheba Bathsheba. Now, if your brand new to the Bible, don't let this scare you here's how you remember Bathsheba is a lady who's married to Uriah the hittite and one day the Bible tells us by King David. Now, this is King David the little Shepherd boy who slays Goliath becomes king of Israel. He will make one of the dumbest decisions of his entire life so much. So and the Book of Psalm he's going to lament has to the Lord is going to put this in writing and just like a modern-day philosopher would say he was born in the house and the house and do your bored right now right there and he's realizing ass he's in his Palace of David in his kingdom notices Bathsheba on her rooftop baby bath Cheba, that's where we had that Bathsheba cuz he's taking a bath and his eyes are going to desire and the Bible. Does that David is going to have a sexual relationship with that Sheba? She would get impregnated by David & David going to panic. So what is David do I got caught let me go hard in the eliminate the proven to work what David tries to do. He tries to get her husband Uriah drunk right and send him home, but it doesn't work because he doesn't want to go home. You want to stop by first so long story short, David. Make the decree and makes Uriah fight in the Frontline of the war. He goes down into battle and they were just thinking I just got a way with us. Nobody will ever know and then God uses the prophet named Ethan to rebuke and to confront David any calls him on it. That's an incredible incredible story. So David is that guy uriah's wife that she bad. She does the fourth one. So what is Matthew doing Matthews giving you a Northborough town of the Old Testament Matthew was studying to be a Levi's studying to be a priest setting to B&M basically in the clergy and for whatever reason he and other words Matthew would have been somebody who knew the Old Testament incredibly well so you can start there because he matches it move it on 1st Avenue Bayside verse 7 47 n Salomon the father of right hip bone and Rana Brown the father of the Bible in a visor the father of ASAP and they said the father Joe rominger on the father of Uzziah Uzziah the father of Joseph and Joseph the father of an and it has the father of Hezekiah and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh M&S of the father of who of a mess. That's right. The father of Amos and Amos the father of Josiah and Josiah the father of jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the deportation of Babylon your attention, please board is that summarizes summer for us at deportation of Babylon. So what is he going to Nam Matthews talking about Israel and Judah being captured by the Babylonians and Assyrians as we've covered in our summer series majoring in the minors now everybody take a deep breath. You made it through the genealogy. Congratulations now, Are you doing that's a lot of words that's a lot of name and each name. I would challenge you because it's time we can go further but I would do study because what you're seeing is the study of Israel and fast Matthew breaks up the history of Israel in three different phases write this down three different phases. The first one the patriarchy of Abraham to the monarchy of David is going to start all the way back and Abraham Abraham was a dancing you unable to have a child. Tested him and out of your seed there a blessing for the entire world for all of the nation for the sword reports is alluding to Jesus. So out of his bloodline comes the Messiah start there from the patriarchy of Abraham all the way to the monarchy of David. Okay, make sense. Everybody second part of that history was in the girl from the monarchy of David to the Captivity of Israel. La monarquia David to the Captivity of business. So now I see David being King write his ruin Israel and being the king of Israel. He's going to make that terrible blunder was Bathsheba, right? He's going to correct course out of the relationship was Bathsheba he end up losing that baby his family tree. David is going to be a hot man. That's okay. David will not have the family tree. David will have a family but but God redeems that because through his bloodline also comes Jesus or Thursdays captivity of Israel to the Nativity of the Messiah captivity of Israel to the Nativity of the Ensign. It'll be as we are now being brought out to Babylon and Assyria and then being gone for hundreds of years. Now coming back through building all the way to the birth of Jesus Christ now, Verse 12 verse 12 West land a plane on that enacted the deportation to Babylon Jack and I are was the father of cheyletiella shall see other fathers rubber Bell and her other daughter the father of a beard and a beard that the father of Elliott Yamin Elliott Tim the father of a door and age of the father of zadok and day off the father of Kim and our Timber father and the father of Eliza Eliza the father of Martha and methane in the sand the father of Jacob around with why you did it. Congratulations. This is important now listen don't discard the genealogy as we said and that's here is majoring in the minors in the summer whenever you see a list of names don't go through it. Don't Just Breathe by it. Don't take it for granted why the Valley of the fact that Jesus came from who he came from by Jesus?

And it has it all the way back from Abraham all the way presently to Jesus at this time frame. Does that make sense to this is a big big deal. Let's jump over the verse 16 verse 16 in your Bible Hebrews 4:16. If you dare say a word now is worth Switching gears the very end of this and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary now, it's going to go straight to Jesus. Jesus was born who is called twice by the way Circle highlight underline twice Christ mean anointed anointed one. You've heard me say this and I say this in jest but sometimes people really don't know. This price is not Jesus's last name, you know, that's right. That's how I missed. Your price is right twice is a title at the position just like lore to Christ mean anointed one. So, Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary of whom Jesus was born who is called Christ the anointed one verse 17. So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen Generations, how many 14th generation am from David to deportation of Babylon 14 Generations from the deportation of Babylon to the 14th generation. So that is Matthew telling you those three phases of Israeli history now now we're going to switch pages. Okay, and now we're going to turn the page here are second point. So remember my first point is his human heredity 2nd April in the Book of Matthew is his Divine heredity his Divine heredity. So we covered the human heredity. We covered that genealogy going from Abraham to David the Exile all the way to Joseph and Mary's now to Jesus now to recover his Divine heredity Matthew Chapter 1 Verse 18 right now. Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place and this way but here it is over there. What's your neighbor and say Merry Christmas to write so this is the Christmas story Matthew I give it to you right now this it took place in this way. When his mother Mary has been destroyed or to Joseph before they came together. She was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit verse 19. And her husband Joseph being a man and unwilling to put her to shame resolve to divorce divorce her quietly your attention. Please do some major things to point out here. The first one you'll notice there says in verse 18. Mary has been betrothed to Joseph which would mean engaged right and then you're going to see him verse 19 and her husband Joseph. Interesting. Why does the bible say that and one versus said during beads and just maybe five or six words later and said they were now married to Matthew messed up did Matthew Magus might make a mistake. No, absolutely not seen Matthew. Remember I told you I was incredibly detailed. What is Matthew telling you back in Jesus's day a husband and wife would go to three different phases. Okay. The first phase is mom and dad being friends with another Mom and Dad one had one had a son one had a daughter would like your family. Like you said if we have a son you have a daughter Alexis and Mary Phase 1 Atkins time that we begin when the when the children were little that would begin when they were five or six years old you would you were considered an adult at 13. So they would have arranged the marriage now write this down write this down marriage would be a rain. But not Source write that down marriage would be a rain but not for another word for let's say okay. This family has a girl this family has a Boy Restaurant play. This will be a great what a man we could do a steak and lobster dinner. This is bubo of the best way of writing a vial of Israel. We like her family. This is a good thing along the way if the daughter or the sun breaks it off or to the daughter goes in the darkness is Dad. I love you really that guy. Did they come out exit that stage appearance and not going to the engagement? I don't know about you. I used to be this may not surprise you when I was single and it might when I was very socially awkward surprise surprise surprise met my wife Rachel at a leadership me at a membership meeting first start a membership meeting that was taking place there and I remember coming off a very raw disastrous relationship. And so did Rachel at that point. I was praying to God. I don't want to meet my wife and I don't even try again. I don't want to I'm going to go be single be on the mission field and send me that I will go I don't even want and I think at that point once I surrendered it when they surrendered that in my heart, God says you're right. Now you surrendered it to me. Finally you gave it to me now. You're ready to meet your wife. So here comes a big 9ime Rachel at this membership meeting. I see her she's serving and she's getting the glasses of water and the drain. Coffee ready and I see her and she was wearing a hoodie for my high school and I just thought to myself she is really cute and God. I mean she does not care about me at all. He's serving Jesus my eyes on her. I'm paying attention to me. I find that even more attractive. She's not even in this girl in the blue hoodie and then all of a sudden at the end of the meeting starts and at the very end of the meeting, I think to myself Rodger Now's the Time big boy, you got to make your move go up there and introduce yourself. So I introduced myself. And again, she pays no mind. She's just busy and while I'm talking to her and I'm saying, goodbye now remind me was I at that time you was a worship pastor and I'll be there at that meeting together. And so I go to say goodbye to Rachel and I don't know if I'll get into me I don't do this kind of stuff. I'm not the pickup line type of person. I'm not smooth at that kind of way at all not even a little bit. Okay, so I go to her I get erased when I say so nice to meet you. Have a good evening. Thank you for serving and I should just stop right there their job Rodger go beat it, right it take the head and then I proceeded and telling her. Has anyone ever told you you look like Christina Ricci, you know from The Addams Family I said it just like that. Yeah, right. You don't remember I might as well have just said my name Rodger. I like meat I like football because that might as well have just been prouder than what I just said Rachel been extremely gracious to me because I just entered foot and mouth. Okay at that moment. Rachel says to me no, not really and I'm just like OK Google what is walking out with me? And he said you're such a goober Rodger. You are such a you're never going to get married. Do you going to be that guy with my 15 passing your apartment? I hit that that's going to be your you are going to be single the rest of your life. And so as I'm pulling out of the driveway as I was at somebody's home now to look at my friend watching the same or I need to go back and apologize. And he's like no, I don't you talk to Rodger. That was bad. Don't go back from work hard. I so I turned the car round. I was driving didn't have a choice. I turn the car around I put the car in park I go to the door now at this season of Rachel's life. She was living with her youth pastor and his family so that youth pastor the wife there to good boy. And at the same time her brother was also living with them as well. They were transitioning from, Tennessee to Florida. So I go on a knock on the door. Who answers the door opens a door with a giant grin on his face? Cuz he knows when I'm doing his dinosaur start at smile on his face and he says server without even by losing Carter. He's looking at me like I sent for April. Come over the door and I'm like this this guy I proceed in apologizing to her, you know, Rachel I am so sorry. I did not mean to offend you if I did. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me by your sister in Christ. Thank you for serving. I didn't mean to offend you actually meant it as a compliment. I'm just a dork. Please forgive me. Have a great night. And she said yeah. Yeah, no problem until I go back in the car and I drive away but I didn't find out until we got married Rachel goes back into the house closes the door and the whole house will be in July because they heard every single word I said,

So I should have done is change members of the church and never gone down to you. But I went back for more now about a monthly rent on our first recorded and then we got engaged and then we got married in October of that year and we just I just knew that it was the Lord but what happened was in Bible times marriage would be arranged and not for such an every single woman in this room says thank God right. Sometimes you meet Don Juan and sometimes you make a dork like me and God bless both of them. They both need Grace, right? And so if they don't go into the second phase of the daughter of the sun say listen, this is not going to break it off. If they continue now, they are engaged. They are produced The Troll now and the season of being betrothed usually in this timeframe in history. It would take one year. That means mom sees me wife-to-be still lives with her family husband-to-be is not living with four. His family while he's working saving money and getting a house ready for her face-to-face 3. They would now move in together. That would be the big wedding ceremony in that would be officially husband and wife that make sense. So what is he saying and the patrol. Bush still married, but they haven't officially made it official. It wasn't official yet. It wasn't celebrated yet. So Matthews being very very detailed. Are you saying are you saying there in Scripture that they were together, but they were not yet fully married yet. What scripture says engine has their servers 19 n a just man and unwilling to put her the same resolve to divorce her quietly why she found out there was frightened. He would have been absolutely heartbroken. He would have been devastated devastated and it shows the kind of man. Joseph is why? Quietly was going to just leave her what happens if you were to Outer would have brought shame to her family shame to her Father which would have been the ultimate insult of insult and I Middle Eastern culture being that she would have been an adult or having, you know, sexual relations outside of her marriage would have led to her death. He would have been publicly executed oftentimes a penalty for that is stoning until I remember Stephen in the book of Acts is the first disciple that was martyred for his face. He was killed for following Jesus. He was stoned to death and what they do historically there wasn't a pebble that you until you pass out. They would try to neutralize the person being executed there would throw Boulders and rocks at their life's too bright break and Fracture femur. And then once that was done they would drop borders on to the person's head to completely destroy their skull and they would want to go for a quick death. They would want to go for a painful death while they're still in the individual they of course. Hurling insults and they're also hurling back the thing that they did to break the law to get the messages in the first place. It was supposed to be brutal. It was supposed to be bloody and it was supposed to be embarrassing for that person to the Bible. The Bible says Joseph was thinking about leaving her quietly says a lot about who he is is Joseph could have gone back at her Joseph said man, you hurt me wait till you see what the Bible says. He was going to leave her quietly, by the way, just I know I have some time but I want to show you this verse right here. It says verse 18 now the birth of Jesus Christ Place this way. When is Mother Mary have been betrothed to Joseph before they came together? She was found to be child to be with child from the Holy Spirit. What is Matthew sang Matthews going out of his way to tell you that the child is going to Holy Spirit Mormons believe that Jesus was a man who went in to have sexual intercourse with Mary and then he goes from man to God is with the Mormons believe that is not what scripture says where the scripture say. The baby was from the Holy Spirit to Matthew goes out of his way to tell you this very detailed now 20 look down your Bible Matthew chapter 1 verse 20 But I asked you consider these things that's just an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream Saint Joseph son of David do not fear to take Mary as your wife with that which is Steve and her is from the Holy Spirit. Do the time in the gospels in the Book of John where Mary is now showing it is obvious that she is pregnant. Let means everybody would have known in the Book of John it talks about Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth. If you were call Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist and Elizabeth of that time is also carrying John and Mary is also carrying Jesus and the scripture says that the baby John the Baptist while he was inside of his mama's room inside of Elizabeth Elizabeth room the baby left for joy, and it's incredible to its fashion. John even as a meeting in Mama's room should know that he was in the presence of the Messiah. First 21 she will bear a son and you shall call him Jesus for he will save his people from their sins to all this took place super fit with the Lord has spoken by the prophet behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel which means God With Us verse 24 of us land the plane on this verse 24 definition chapter World from sleep. So you got that Vision that dream from the angel sang Joseph do not be afraid and I noticed the angel doesn't say do not be afraid because I'm present whenever an angel appeared to somebody stands are typically said do not be afraid but the angel tells Joseph do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. What you saying is legitimate, why is it important? Because the Angels telling Joseph Joseph this is going to be really hard. This is going to be extraordinary difficult. Your reputation or reputation is going to hit people are going to talk people are going to whisper to be faithful. This child is of god conceived of the Holy Spirit, but he knew her not until she had given birth to a son and he called his name Jesus.

Isaiah 7:14 therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign for hold a virgin will be with child and bear a son and she will call his name. Emmanuel Emmanuel

Why did Jesus come to seek and to save those were lost to take and to save the Lost? Her the story of the old couple and this couple is it in their Village and they didn't have a lot of resources. They had three kids. The youngest child was was gravy Gravely ill they were unable to afford medicine are unable to afford doctors and treatments. They also had a son. That was the oldest son, Henan middle daughter. So as people begin to hear this need of this child without medical care, they will lose their baby the baby son as couple nearby with good intentions with a good heart have tried to have kids. I try to have children for years and have been unable to do so. this couple of resources goes to the Copper with the children and says, hey we want to make an arrangement with we understand you have a child. That's it. We have the resources. We have the money. We want to adopt your baby boy will get him. The treatment will take him to the doctor will get him. His medication will send him to the finest schools. We will be his mom and dad. Can we adopt you younger son? We can help this way this couple. Of course, I do receive this proposal saying man. We need to talk about Sebago home that night and they are Weeping Mama's eyes. Volunteer she's heartbroken.

I've been trying to be strong and they start to talk through their decision and they say to themselves. Well, they ask for the baby, but maybe we can have them adopt. Another child is to help us get some resources and maybe it'll help her family do this. So they go through each child's bat h a bad that each child is sleeping in and they go to the oldest one the boy and it was going to Boyne Mama begins to rub her fingers through the number how we finally got pregnant. We got this baby boy surely. We can't give his son. They go to the girl. And the husband begins now get weepy. I don't remember how we just prayed and prayed and prayed for a baby girl. We want the baby girl. We had the name picked out of the bows and ribbons made dresses surely. We can't give this girl away. Then they go to the youngest child the youngest son that was sick and it broke their heart and they said, you know, what we will do the best. We absolutely can't we will spray if we will work. You'll go to family members will be will do everything. You possibly can to save her baby boy the next day that wealthy couple of the resources showed back up waiting for the decision is shut down in a couple of the children. Look at that other couple and say listen. Thank you so much for that offer, but we cannot cannot cannot give you one of her children. We're sorry God will provide God will take care of us. We can accept your offer. three children and they couldn't give one away the Bible says God had one son and he gave him away. He came away John 3:16 for God so loved the world. They gave his only son to seek and to save the Lost. But whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. They're beginning of our time. Number one. The master goes up to Levi and no good dirty low down dirty scoundrel Levi as a tax collector and where does Jesus say to leave Matthew? Give him a new name gives him a new identity follow the Bible says Matthew was obedient. He got up and immediately went to go follow these your friends this morning King. Jesus gives you that same reply if you that same same gesture looking at you right now since follow me. Follow me follow me some of you in this room have not prayed to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. You must know that offer than invitation is right on the table. Jesus the same to you follow me giving you and your name and your plan and a new purpose. All you need to do is get up. Al pastor. You don't know my background. That's okay. I don't but God doesn't God is not shy of that. Jesus died for that, too. Pastor I don't know if I can do this Christian thing. Well, I mean what if I mess up You will. This room is full of broken people who are desperately in need of a savior and fast. We don't let perfect people in this room for the people are not allowed in this room, by the way. All right, you're all in good company in here. Jesus died for that already. What Pastor listen listen? Listen listen? I'm just afraid I'm afraid what if one if people forsake me when people leave me. Scripture says they will hate you because they first hated him being like when people walk out of your life. Will you get up and follow? Will you follow the Messiah? Will you follow Jesus best friend?