This is the time of year the stores are packed, cash registers jingling and crowds are everywhere. The world is focused on commercialism. Everyone is looking for that perfect gift. As we approach another Christmas season where is your focus? Hopefully it is directed toward the greatest gift ever given to mankind. The Bible reveals the person of that gift by the title “Son”. I would like to look at some of the ways He is described. As we open our Bible to Matthew, the first book of the New Testament we see Him as

This is a title that would immediately direct Jewish readers to the promised Covenant of Royalty. The Messiah, who would rule over all the earth would be born of the tribe of Judah as the Son of David. It is through the Messiah Jesus that God will establish His kingdom on earth. Following the prophecy of Isa 9:6 the very next verse says, “Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” Jesus Christ will reign over all the earth, He will direct all it’s affairs and He will establish righteousness. Christians will reign together with Him. What a promise, what a hope. How we look forward to it’s coming. Also, in the same verse Jesus is called

In the very next phrase another covenant is mentioned in connection with Jesus, the Covenant of Redemption. (Gen 12:3) “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Not only are the Jews promised blessing through Abraham, but all the nations of the earth. That blessing will take place through Abraham’s seed. (Gal 3:8) says, “And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.” It goes on in (vs 16) to say, “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.” Christ came that we might enjoy the blessings of God. This promise could only come through the sacrifice of the Son. The barrier of sin had to be removed before the blessings of God could be realized. Typified by Issac in (Gen 22), it was fulfilled in the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The sacrifice had to be sinless which brings us to this next truth

SON OF MARY (Mt 1:18)
“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.”

The birth of Jesus was miraculous in that He had no earthly father. He was born of the Holy Ghost, or of God Himself. This speaks of the virgin birth (Isa 7:14) “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Mary gave birth to Jesus even while still a virgin. Jesus was untainted by the sin nature of man, passed down through the generations from Adam. To be an acceptable sacrifice for man’s sin, it was essential for Jesus to be without sin. Paul said, (2 Cor 5:21), “He who knew no sin was made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” Jesus’ virgin birth was God’s way of providing us with a sinless sacrifice. Matthew goes on to identify Jesus as

It is in this quote from Isaiah 7:14, Matthew reveals another awe-inspiring truth that Jesus was actually God Himself manifest in the flesh. It is amazing to think that God would humble Himself to become a man. Yet that it was we see in Jesus. (John 1:1, 14) says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” The word, Jesus, brought grace and truth from God the Father to a lost world. He revealed God’s love and compassion. He gave His all that we might have all things in Him.

Speaking of the Christmas season Chuck Swindoll said, “Emmanuel. God with us. He who resided in Heaven, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, willingly descended into our world. He breathed our air, felt our pain, knew our sorrows, and died for our sins. He didn't come to frighten us, but to show us the way to warmth and safety.” Christmas is the celebration of a divine birth. In the midst of all the celebration, gifts, parties, decorations and family get-togethers, don’t forget the greatest reason for the holiday, Jesus. The world is trying to take our minds off Him. Let us show the world, He is the only One really worth all the celebrating. God bless.