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“A Miraculous Child”
It’s pretty amazing that God so loved the world that He sent His only Son to the earth, isn’t it?
It’s pretty amazing that God the Son took human form and came down to the earth, isn’t it?
It’s pretty amazing that the coming of God in human flesh changed the history of human civilization, isn’t it?
It’s pretty amazing that Jesus came as a baby, who would grow into a man, who would give His life and rise from the dead so that we can have our sins washed away, isn’t it?
All these truths are amazing, but what’s also amazing is that not only are these things incredible, but they were also prophesied long before they happened.
You see, God had a plan from the very beginning to carry out all of these miracles and more, so He spoke to His people through His prophets to predict all that was to come through sending Jesus to the earth. God spoke through “The Prophecies of Christmas.”
The prophecies that we will look at today concern “A Miraculous Child,” and that’s the title of today’s sermon.
Let’s go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to speak to us as we look at these prophecies.
(prayer)
This morning, we’re going to look at four specific prophecies concerning the coming of this miraculous child, Jesus Christ.
Before we do, let’s talk a little bit about what a prophecy is.
A prophecy is a declaration or a prediction about something God has done or is going to do. It’s been said that prophecy can be forth-telling or foretelling.
The four prophecies that we are going to look at today are all predictions about something that God was going to do later after these prophecies were given. These are foretelling prophecies.
First, let’s learn about . . .
I. The prophecy of the virgin.
Consider this prophecy that came through the prophet Isaiah.
Isaiah 7:14 says, “Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.”
Here we have a prophecy about a virgin having a child.
Now, there’s a lot of crazy medical stuff and cultural stuff that’s happening in our world today, but in those days, everyone clearly understood what we’ve seemed to complicate, which is this: it takes a man and a woman to conceive a child.
Yet, God, through the prophet Isaiah, delivered this message to His people long before Mary was on the earth, long before Joseph was on the earth, and long before Jesus came to the earth.
The prophecy was this: a virgin woman would have a child, and He is to be a special child. In fact, He is to be named Immanuel, which means “God with us” (more on that name in the weeks to come).
Well, did this prophecy come true? You better believe it!
Luke tells us in his account of the life and ministry of Jesus in Luke 1:26–27 “In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.”
Mary was a young virgin woman, set to be married to a man named Joseph, and she found out from the Lord that she was to have a child. Yet, she had not been with a man in such a way that she should have a child.
Still, there she was, preparing to have a child. We are told in Matthew’s gospel, in Matthew 1:20 that an angel says to Joseph, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”
As the angel is still speaking to Joseph, he tells Joseph what kind of child this will be. Then, Matthew helps connect the dots for us, from the prophecy in Isaiah to what would happen at the birth of Jesus.
The angel says this to Joseph in Matthew 1:21–23 “She will give birth to a son, and you are to name
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It’s pretty amazing that God so loved the world that He sent His only Son to the earth, isn’t it?
It’s pretty amazing that God the Son took human form and came down to the earth, isn’t it?
It’s pretty amazing that the coming of God in human flesh changed the history of human civilization, isn’t it?
It’s pretty amazing that Jesus came as a baby, who would grow into a man, who would give His life and rise from the dead so that we can have our sins washed away, isn’t it?
All these truths are amazing, but what’s also amazing is that not only are these things incredible, but they were also prophesied long before they happened.
You see, God had a plan from the very beginning to carry out all of these miracles and more, so He spoke to His people through His prophets to predict all that was to come through sending Jesus to the earth. God spoke through “The Prophecies of Christmas.”
The prophecies that we will look at today concern “A Miraculous Child,” and that’s the title of today’s sermon.
Let’s go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to speak to us as we look at these prophecies.
(prayer)
This morning, we’re going to look at four specific prophecies concerning the coming of this miraculous child, Jesus Christ.
Before we do, let’s talk a little bit about what a prophecy is.
A prophecy is a declaration or a prediction about something God has done or is going to do. It’s been said that prophecy can be forth-telling or foretelling.
The four prophecies that we are going to look at today are all predictions about something that God was going to do later after these prophecies were given. These are foretelling prophecies.
First, let’s learn about . . .
I. The prophecy of the virgin.
Consider this prophecy that came through the prophet Isaiah.
Isaiah 7:14 says, “Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.”
Here we have a prophecy about a virgin having a child.
Now, there’s a lot of crazy medical stuff and cultural stuff that’s happening in our world today, but in those days, everyone clearly understood what we’ve seemed to complicate, which is this: it takes a man and a woman to conceive a child.
Yet, God, through the prophet Isaiah, delivered this message to His people long before Mary was on the earth, long before Joseph was on the earth, and long before Jesus came to the earth.
The prophecy was this: a virgin woman would have a child, and He is to be a special child. In fact, He is to be named Immanuel, which means “God with us” (more on that name in the weeks to come).
Well, did this prophecy come true? You better believe it!
Luke tells us in his account of the life and ministry of Jesus in Luke 1:26–27 “In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.”
Mary was a young virgin woman, set to be married to a man named Joseph, and she found out from the Lord that she was to have a child. Yet, she had not been with a man in such a way that she should have a child.
Still, there she was, preparing to have a child. We are told in Matthew’s gospel, in Matthew 1:20 that an angel says to Joseph, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”
As the angel is still speaking to Joseph, he tells Joseph what kind of child this will be. Then, Matthew helps connect the dots for us, from the prophecy in Isaiah to what would happen at the birth of Jesus.
The angel says this to Joseph in Matthew 1:21–23 “She will give birth to a son, and you are to name