The message of Christmas is the message of the gospel.

Christ came to earth to make a way for man to come to God.

Let's join Scott Pauli now as we study what God says about the birth of his son.

There is no name like the name of Jesus Christ. Acts chapter 4 verse number says, neither is there salvation in any other,

for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. This name

is not just a name for time, it's a name for eternity. This name is unusual. It's unique. It is

the name of our Savior, the son of God. It's the name of Jesus.

I'm so excited to study with you over the next few days this particular name. And I want us to

begin our study in Matthew chapter number one. Let's begin where God begins in the New Testament

scriptures with the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew chapter 1 is an amazing chapter. Now when you begin reading it in verse number 1, you get

the idea that it's about Joseph because it's a genealogy. It's the genealogy leading up to

Joseph. You remember that Joseph was not the earthly father of the Lord Jesus. Jesus had no

earthly father, an earthly mother and a heavenly father. But Joseph was the man that God chose

to raise his son. What an honor. What an amazing thought that God selected this man, a man of

integrity and compassion, a man that even in a difficult situation

desired one thing, and that was to glorify God. And yet Matthew chapter one is not the story of

Joseph. Matthew chapter one is the story of Jesus. As a matter of fact, the story of the whole

Bible is the story of Jesus Christ.

The story is his story, not ours.

Thank God we all get to be a part of what He's doing.

But the message in Matthew chapter 1 is about the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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