Building God's House (Hebrews 3:1-6)

We learn that Jesus is the apostle and high priest of our faith. We understand that Christ is priest, but saying that Christ is an apostle is very unique. When I say unique, I mean this is the only place in the Bible where we find that Jesus is an apostle. We learn that Jesus is sent on his mission to secure us as an exodus people. Moses is a faithful servant, but Jesus is the faithful son who builds his temple. We are being built together as the Lord's temple and we long for the true heavenly temple.

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(Preached on November 13, 2022 in the morning)

King Redeemer of the Kinsmen Redeemer (Matthew 1:18-2:12)

Joseph considers his legal recourse regarding his pregnant fiancé. He thinks that she loves another man because Joseph knows that she is not carrying his child, and so Joseph desires to quietly break off their relationship by appealing to Deuteronomy 24. An angel appears to him and reveals that Deuteronomy 24 is not going to be used, but rather Deuteronomy 25. Joseph will be the levirate redeemer establishing the legality of Christ's line. Why is it so important that Joseph takes Mary to be his wife?

The Star of Christmas (Numbers 24:10-25)

Balak has been paying Balaam to manipulate and to change the promises of the Lord.  They have offered the Lord the highest and greatest offerings to win the favor of God.  The Lord has responded to the sacrifices, but not in the way that Balak had hoped.  The Lord has continued to restate His promises to this man.  Now, in this fourth oracle something that changed.  There are no sacrifices, but the Lord reminds these men, and us today that his battle plan is fixed.  What is the significance of this oracle?  What does this tell us about the Christmas story?

Christ's Birth (Matthew 1:18-25)

Many times we think of the birth story of Jesus as being a nice story.  It is a nice story, but what is so nice about it?  Do we ever stop to consider what is so nice about the story of Jesus? What is so humbling to us to embrace a savior who is named Jesus?  What is significant about His name and why does Matthew call attention to the name Jesus?  Why does the angel insist that the name of this child is to be Jesus?