Matthew 1:18-25 describes how Mary became pregnant with Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Joseph planned to divorce Mary quietly when he discovered she was pregnant, but an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him the child was conceived by the Holy Spirit and to not be afraid to take Mary as his wife. Joseph did as the angel instructed and took Mary as his wife, but they did not have marital relations until after Jesus was born. Joseph named the baby Jesus, which means "God saves", as he will save people from their sins.

1. Matthew 1: 18-19
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about:
His mother Mary was pledged to be married to
Joseph, but before they came together, she was
found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Because Joseph was a righteous man and did not
want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in
mind to divorce her quietly.
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2. Matthew 1: 20-21
But after he had considered this, an angel of the
Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take
Mary home as your wife, because what is
conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will
give birth to a son, and you are to give him the
name Jesus, because he will save his people from
their sins.’
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3. Matthew 1: 22-23
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had
said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will be with
child and will give birth to a son, and they will
call him Immanuel’ –which means, ‘God with us.’
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4. Matthew 1: 24-25
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of
the Lord had commanded him and took Mary
home as his wife. But he had no union with her
until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him
the name Jesus.
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6. Our “ooohhh fuuudge’ moments
remind us that we need a
SAVIOR.
…our story began not on the side of the road with a
blown tire, but in the garden with a BLOWN choice.
We set our hearts/minds on the worldly giving it a higher
PRIORITY than God.
God created us in His IMAGE; ever since we have been
trying to create God in ours.
We aren’t SINNERS because we sin; we sin because we
are SINNERS.

7. God provides the remedy, not through
cleansing through the Law, but a PERSON.
Found with child through the Holy Spirit reflects the
EXTRAORDINARY nature of this baby.
God didn’t FORGET us in His grace.
Ralphie got the bar of soap; we got a SAVIOR

8. In naming Jesus Joseph was legally adopting Him,
expressing his ACCEPTANCE of this new born babe.
May you too embrace the GIFT of all gifts, the Lord who
came as our Savior.