The angel says, you're going to have a baby.

Your baby is going to be the son of God as well as your son.

And of course, this young girl, Mary, said to the angel, how can this be since I'm a virgin?

This is impossible.

The angel said, here's how it's going to happen.

The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

And for that reason, the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. This time of year,

do you ever feel as if you're the only one who cares about the

birth of Christ? And even if the true meaning of Christmas isn't lost on you, these days get so

busy, it's possible that your attention isn't fully where you would like it to be. Well, you're

not alone. And so the goal of John MacArthur's current study on Grace to You

is to help cut through some of the holiday clutter and focus your thoughts on the profound truths of the Christmas story.

John's study is titled The Promise of Christmas. And now with today's lesson, here's John.

Luke, chapter two, Luke is one of the four gospel writers, one of the four writers who tell

the story of Jesus Christ.

This is what he says in chapter 2, the first seven verses.

Now it came about in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census

be taken of all the inhabited earth.

This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and all were proceeding

to register for the census everyone to his own city.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of

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