BIBLICAL MESSAGES & HYMNS: JESUS CHRIST - His Birth & Ministry: Sermons in English & Portuguese - (Matthew 1:18-24; 4:12-17 with Isaiah 7:14; 9:1,2,6 ...)

domingo, 18 de dezembro de 2016

JESUS CHRIST - His Birth & Ministry: Sermons in English & Portuguese - (Matthew 1:18-24; 4:12-17 with Isaiah 7:14; 9:1,2,6 ...)

I. THE LORD OF GLORY
WAS BORN ON EARTH

God With Us (devotional) (gray) - Matthew 1:23

1.1 Christ Born of Mary
(Matthew 1:18-24)
(NKJV)

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,

25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS.

II. THE LORD OF GLORY
HAS COME TO EARTH
TO GIVE LIGHT AND LIFE

(Isaiah 9:1,2 with Matthew 4:12-17)
(NKJV)

Chapter 9:1,2

Isaiah 9

1 Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed, as when at first He lightly esteemed the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward more heavily oppressed her, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in Galilee of the Gentiles.

2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.

Chapter 4:12-17

2.1 Jesus Begins
His Galilean Ministry
(Matthew 4:12-17)

(NKJV)

12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles:
16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”