Temple Baptist Church - 12-21-2025
Matthew 1:18-25 (vs. 23)
Introduction: We have looked at the Purpose, Prophecy, and Performance of the Incarnation as we saw that Jesus Christ came into the world, born of a virgin, to save sinners and, in doing so, fulfilled every prophecy in the Bible concerning His coming! Christ came at the right time and came the right way!
A. This morning, I want to look at the Person of the Seed of the Woman. Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
1. The greatest miracle found in the Bible is that of the incarnation of the Word of God, Jehovah! No miracle can rival the greatness of the virgin birth of God’s only begotten Son, the Seed of the Woman!
John 1:14 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.
Galatians 4:4-5 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, (5) To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Philippians 2:6-7 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: (7) But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Hebrews 10:4-5 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. (5) Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
1 John 1:1-2 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (2) (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
2. That God would so love the world that He would give heaven’s best for earth’s worst, “I AM THAT I AM” would be born in the flesh that we can be born in the Spirit.
3. The magnitude of this miracle is beyond human comprehension. Matthew chapter one uses two names that express the greatness of the miracle: JESUS, Jehovah Saves, and Emmanuel, God With Us.
B. In Matthew 16:13-16, Jesus asked his disciples a question concerning His Person, and Peter gave one of the most quoted statements in the Bible.
Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Christ – “The Anointed One” The Christ, not a Christ! There were many anointed in both the Old and New Testaments, but this verse is in reference to “The Anointed One,” the very Son of God!
C. Who was that Babe that was born in a manger so long ago? The world is certainly confused concerning His Person.
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
D. The world is blinded to the “glorious gospel of Christ,” which deals with the incarnation, life, death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
1. Islam pictures Him as merely a prophet.
2. Jehovah’s Witnesses picture Him as merely a “son of God.”
3. Mormons picture Him as Satan’s brother, a mere angel who came to die for sin.
4. Pictures portray Him as some long-haired, Anglo-Saxon effeminate.
5. Most “isms” and “Schisms” ignore Him and worship idols.
6. Many Baptists portray Him as a non-judgmental Savior who is not Lord.
7. BUT, the Scriptures portray Him in a full and wonderful light as the God of all ages!
1. The Bible declares that He is God! He is not an angel; He is not a son of God; He is Almighty Jehovah God!
John 1:1-4 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.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
John 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
2. The Bible declares that He is the eternal God! He did not begin at the creation (for He was the Creator); He did not begin in the womb of Mary (for He created both Mary and the womb that bore Him); He always was and always will be God!
Psalms 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
3. The Bible declares that He is the unchanging God! He does not change in His Person; He does not change in His Performance; He does not change in His Purpose; He does not change in His Promises; He is and forever will be the same, for He is immutable!
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Psalms 102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
4. The Bible declares that He is the Only Saviour! He is not a Saviour, He is THE Saviour; He is not a Way, He is THE Way; He is not a way to Heaven, He is THE only Way to Heaven!
Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
5. The Bible declares that He is the sovereign LORD! He does as He wills and asks counsel of no man! He knows the end from the beginning and, therefore, needs no advice or guidance! His purposes and promises are always fulfilled because He is a sovereign LORD!
Romans 11:33-36 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
6. The Bible declares that He is One of a kind! There has never been a God before Him; there is no God with Him; there will never be a God after Him because He is both self-existing and eternal!
Isaiah 45:5-6 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
7. The Bible declares that He is everything that this world needs! For without Him, we can do nothing (John 15:5); but with Him, we can do all things (Philippians 4:13)!
Isaiah 9:6 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.
a. He is the Reason of my Praise – “Wonderful”
b. He is the Remedy of my Problems – “Counselor”
c. He is the Resource of my Power – “The Mighty God”
d. He is the Righteousness of my Permanence – “The Everlasting Father”
e. He is the Reality of my Peace – “The Prince Of Peace”
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