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December 21, 2025 – Love on Display – Matthew 1:18-25
Matthew 1:18-25 explains the miraculous, virgin birth of Jesus, highlighting His divine identity as God’s Son and the promised Messiah, who will save His people from sin, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy (Isaiah 7:14) about “Immanuel” (God with us) through Joseph’s faithful obedience to an angel’s dream. This passage establishes Jesus’s unique nature, His saving mission, and God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His redemptive plan.
Key Meanings & Themes:
Joseph’s Righteousness & Obedience: Joseph, a just man, planned to quietly divorce Mary but obeyed God’s angelic instruction to marry her, accepting the miraculous situation.
Immanuel (“God with us”): This title signifies that God Himself has come to dwell with His people, fulfilling prophecy and offering hope.
In essence:
This passage transitions from Jesus’s genealogy (Matthew 1:1-17) to His miraculous origin, showing how God’s promises were fulfilled through Jesus’s divine conception and Joseph’s faithful role as His earthly father, establishing Jesus as the promised King and Savior.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
1 Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King:
peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with th’angelic hosts proclaim,
“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Refrain:
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King”
2 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
late in time behold him come,
offspring of the Virgin’s womb:
veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th’incarnate Deity,
pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus, our Immanuel. [Refrain]
3 Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that we no more may die,
born to raise us from the earth,
born to give us second birth. [Refrain]
Matthew 1:18-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah[a] took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. 19 Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly. 20 But just when he had resolved to do 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 as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
23 “Look, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.” 24 When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife 25 but had no marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son,[b] and he named him Jesus.
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Love on Display
December 21, 2025 – Love on Display – Matthew 1:18-25
Matthew 1:18-25 explains the miraculous, virgin birth of Jesus, highlighting His divine identity as God’s Son and the promised Messiah, who will save His people from sin, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy (Isaiah 7:14) about “Immanuel” (God with us) through Joseph’s faithful obedience to an angel’s dream. This passage establishes Jesus’s unique nature, His saving mission, and God’s faithfulness in fulfilling His redemptive plan.
Key Meanings & Themes:
Joseph’s Righteousness & Obedience: Joseph, a just man, planned to quietly divorce Mary but obeyed God’s angelic instruction to marry her, accepting the miraculous situation.
Immanuel (“God with us”): This title signifies that God Himself has come to dwell with His people, fulfilling prophecy and offering hope.
In essence:
This passage transitions from Jesus’s genealogy (Matthew 1:1-17) to His miraculous origin, showing how God’s promises were fulfilled through Jesus’s divine conception and Joseph’s faithful role as His earthly father, establishing Jesus as the promised King and Savior.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
1 Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King:
peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with th’angelic hosts proclaim,
“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Refrain:
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King”
2 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
late in time behold him come,
offspring of the Virgin’s womb:
veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th’incarnate Deity,
pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus, our Immanuel. [Refrain]
3 Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that we no more may die,
born to raise us from the earth,
born to give us second birth. [Refrain]
Matthew 1:18-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah[a] took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. 19 Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly. 20 But just when he had resolved to do 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 as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
23 “Look, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.” 24 When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife 25 but had no marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son,[b] and he named him Jesus.
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