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Sermon Work / Re: Matthew 1:18-25 - December 10 - Ray Preaching
1. Boettner says Jesus is the Grecianized form of the Hebrew name Joshua
Joshua 1 : 1 - 9
- "No one will be able to oppose you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not desert
you nor abandon you"
- "Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not
turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may achieve success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart
from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it;
for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will achieve success"
2. 1 Samuel 16
- David was anointed king in Bethlehem, he was a simple shepherd boy called by God
3. Micah 5
- Bethlehem is also called Ephrathah which means fruitfulness
- In Micah 5 : 2 it says " From you Bethlehem, One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel" , and in Isaiah 9 : 6 it says about Jesus
that "the government will rest on His shoulders"
- In 1 Samuel 8 Israel demanded God give them a human king and God told Samuel "they have not rejected you, they have
rejected Me", so Israel rejected God as their king only for them to hope in the promise of the Messiah which is God incarnate/
the Son who "will go forth for Me (God) to be ruler in Israel" and "the government will rest on His shoulders".
4. Matthew 1 : 24
- Since they knew each other not, there was no doubt that Jesus was not the blood son of Joseph
Question
-In Micah 5 : 3,4 I feel confused reading it like I'm missing something important and I'm curious if you could explain it to me when
we meet if possible Allan
- What is an Annunciation again?