CAROLS OF THE KING - WHAT CHILD IS THIS? [2]

MATTHEW 1:18-25

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THIS IS THE CHILD OF THE MIRACLE BIRTH [v. 18-20]

 

1. As revealed in Genesis 3:14-15

 

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

 

There are many miracle births in the Bible but only one like this.

 

2. As revealed in Isaiah 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 .

 

3. As revealed in Jeremiah 31:22

 

the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

 

II. THIS IS THE CHILD OF THE MIRACLE WORK [v. 21]

 

1. The Defeat of Satan [Gn. 3:15, 1 John 3:8]

 

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

…the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

2. The Salvation of Souls [v. 21, Luke 19:10]

 

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

 

3. The Fulfiller of Prophecy [v.22, Acts 3:18]

 

But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

 

III. THIS IS THE CHILD OF THE DIVINE NATURE [v. 22]

 

1. God with Us [Is. 7:14, 9:6]

 

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

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

 

2. The Word made Flesh [John 1:1-15]

 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of 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. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

 

3. The Fullness of God [Jn 1:16, Colossians 1:19, 2:9]