The Incredible Movements of Christmas!
From A Word From God to Courageous Faith! Matthew 1:18-24

Courage Under Fire: Your Fiancé is going to Have a baby and you know that baby is not yours!

God’s Word Godly Character! (Righteous)

ϖ Joseph Walked With God! (relationship)

Genesis 6:9 These are {the records of} the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.

ϖ Joseph Walked By Faith!

Romans 1:17 For in it {the} righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous {man} shall live by faith.”

ϖ Joseph Practiced Righteousness! 1 John 3:7-10

To Respond With Courageous Action – Immediate Obedience!

ϖ To Marry Mary! in the face of public disgrace/ in the face of religious scrutiny.

ϖ To Name the Son Jesus! (Two Certainties)

Name Him Jesus? Do you understand what that means? They are going to name this baby Jesus?

Jesus – Joshua –

1st Certainty: Jesus – Savior/Deliverer! He Will Always Deliver You!

Romans 11:26 and thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
“The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.” 27 “And this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”

2nd Certainty: Emmanuel! God with Us! He Will Always Be With You

Emmanuel: God With Us! I am With You……

Isaiah 41:10 ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Jeremiah 1:8 “Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD. 19 “And they will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

Matthew 28:20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

John 14:16-17 “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 {that is} the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, {but} you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you.
Jesus: To Deliver You!

Psalm 34:17 – delivers you out of all your troubles.
Psalm 18:48 He delivers you from your enemies!
Psalm 34:19 He delivers us from all our afflictions!
Psalm 91:3 He Delivers you from the snare of the trapper
Psalm 97:10 He delivers you from the hand of the wicked
Proverbs 11:4 He Delivers you from death!
John 8:34-36 He delivers you from the power of sin!
Romans 5:9 Much More then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him!
1 Peter 1:18 from your futile way of life by the Blood of the lamb
Colossians 1:13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved son, in who we have redemption the forgiveness of sins!

Matthew 1:25 And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took Mary as His wife, 25 but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son ; and he called His name Jesus!

The Movement: God Speaks, I Trust, I Have the Courage to Obey = The Fulfillment of God’s Work in This Life!

Do You Have Courageous Faith?