Giving Up
Control
Matthew
1:18-25
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother
Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she
was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because
Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose
her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son
of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is
conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She
will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[f] because he will save his people
from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through
the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give
birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with
us”).
I. Who is Joseph?
II. What
decisions did Joseph have to make?
III. Why did Joseph and Mary go to
Bethlehem?
IV. What do we know about Joseph
after the return from Egypt to Nazareth?
V. So What?
1. Be open
minded
2. Obeying
God is more important than what others think of you
3. Let the
Lord use you
4. Be
different in how you love and care for others
5. Do
something for God right away