Matthew 1:18-25

The Lord commanded him.

Matthew 1:18-25

124 days to Christmas

2 Chronicles 36:23

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord , the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him. Let him go up.’ (use)

Psalm 66:5

Come and see what God has done, his wonderful acts for mankind. (use)

Job 19:25

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. (use)

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. (use)

Ezekiel 36:22

Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. (use)

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (use)

Daniel 7:13

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. (use)

Malachi 4:3

And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts. (use)

Matthew 1:19

And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. (use)

The mistake we’re making here is to think that happiness is the be-all, end-all and that it is always God’s will for us to be happy, so if we find ourselves in circumstances that aren’t perfectly happy, we must have missed God’s guidance, he hasn’t given it to us yet, or somehow he’s not hearing us.
Brownback, L., 2019. Why Our Feelings ≠ Knowing God's Will. (use)

He is loth to believe so ill a thing of one whom he believed to be so good a woman; and yet the matter, as it is too bad to be excused, is also too plain to be denied. [Matthew 1].
Henry, M., 1896. Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible. (use)

Malachi 2:16

For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord , the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless. (use)

The best of men are only men at their very best.
Ryle, J.C. 1856. The Gospel of Matthew. (use)

Mark 10:4

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away." (use)

Mark 10:11

And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her," (use)

Job 32:8

But it is the Spirit of Almighty God that comes to human beings and gives them wisdom. (use)

This only serves to confirm my suspicions That I'm still a man in need of a Savior
Peacock. C., 1991. In The Light. (use)

Matthew 1:24

When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, (use)

Psalm 3:5

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. (use)

Psalm 127:2

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. (use)

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? (use)

21 dreams, 10 in Genesis, 2 men called Joseph, 5 for Joseph

This is incredibly important in today's culture and society. If we want to be healthy on the inside, we have to question our feelings. That seams so simple. But we are living in an age where feelings have become the unquestioned, unassailable bastions of individual truth and identity.
Smith, Judah. 2016. How's Your Soul? (use)

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. (use)

Matthew 1:20

But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit." (use)

Hebrews 11

Obedience of Noah, Abraham..... (use)

The grace of God does not relieve me of my responsibility to be obedient; the grace of God makes possible my obedience.
Begg, A. 1998. Who is Doing What?. (use)

Deuteronomy 28:1

...if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God... (use)

Deuteronomy 10:12

Now, people of Israel, listen to what the LORD your God demands of you: worship the LORD and do all that he commands. Love him, serve him with all your heart, (use)

Isaiah 43:25

I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. (use)

Isaiah 53:12

And so I will give him a place of honour, a place among the great and powerful. He willingly gave his life and shared the fate of evil men. He took the place of many sinners and prayed that they might be forgiven. (use)

Matthew 1:21

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. (use)

Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. (use)

The most mind-boggling miracle is the incarnation. We believe that the Creator of the Universe, the one who existed before time and before anything else, became one of us. If you accept that, then there are a lot of other things that don’t seem to be quite as unbelievable.
Kristof, N., 2017. Opinion | Cardinal Tobin, Am I a Christian? The New York Times. (use)

John 14:6

...I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (use)

Acts 2:23-24

this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. (use)

Hebrews 9:28

In the same manner Christ also was offered in sacrifice once to take away the sins of many. He will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are waiting for him. (use)