1. the KING has come!
#2 Jesus: the King who is God and Man Matthew 1:

2. God has come for ordinary people
A very human story…
Put yourself in Joseph’s place
God asks him to make a massive decision
…and says, “don’t be afraid”
That tells us …
God has come for ordinary people
Immanuel: God with us
#2 Jesus: the King who is God and Man Matthew 1:

3. A virgin birth? v20 what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit
Human
Divine
He could have been conceived naturally
Fully God 
Fully human 
He could have “appeared”
Fully God 
Fully human 
#2 Jesus: the King who is God and Man Matthew 1:

4. A virgin birth? v20 what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit
Human
Divine
Jesus is the God-Man
As God: he can perfectly connect us to God
As man: he can be our perfect substitute and die for our sins
#2 Jesus: the King who is God and Man Matthew 1: