_TWO GREAT TRUTHS_ ‘Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise … He called His Name Jesus.’ Matthew 1:18 The verses (18 to 25) begin by telling us two great truths. They tell us how the Lord Jesus Christ took our nature upon Him, and became man. They tell us also that His birth was miraculous... [ Continue Reading ]
_PENALTY PAID, POWER CRUSHED_ ‘Thou shalt call His name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sins.’ Matthew 1:21 The name above every name—‘Jesus,’ Saviour; a name sounding like music in our ears, and of the deepest significance. I. WHO ARE ‘HIS PEOPLE’?—His people are those who are g... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DIVINE PRESENCE_ ‘They shall call His Name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.’ Matthew 1:23 This glorious statement is made on the basis of a glorious prophecy which Isaiah uttered at an important era in Jewish history (Isaiah 7:14). The name of Jesus was exceedingly wonderfu... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ANGEL AND THE GUARDIAN_ ‘Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him.’ Matthew 1:24 I. THE DIVINE CHILD.—If to a person of tolerably good nature any little child is an interesting object, how much more, when we are invited devoutly to consider the cradle... [ Continue Reading ]