The Divine Child Series

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The Divine Child

Luke 1:26-33 26In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

Who is Jesus, the divine child born at Christmas? What is the purpose of the divine child coming into our world? In what the angel Gabriel says you have the summation of the entire work of Jesus Christ, the divine child. Luke 1:31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.

Jesus in Hebrew means Yeshua. Yeshua means "Jehovah saves." God is a God of salvation. God is a saving God. He saves sinners. That's exactly why Jesus came.

1. JESUS SAVES.

The divine child saves.

Luke 19:10 The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.

Luke 2:11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

In Luke Chapter 2 Simeon is praising God, holding the child Jesus and he says: Luke 2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation.

Luke 1:36-38 36There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 37and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. 38Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Paul said: 1 Timothy 1:15 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst.

As you read through the Bible the dominant theme is that Jesus came to save sinners. Jesus means "the Lord is salvation." Mary's Son would be the Savior and the only way He could save us from our sins was to die in our place. So bound up in the word "Jesus" is His saving death.

Illustration

When the California gold fever broke out, a man went there, leaving his wife in New England with his boy. It was a long time before he succeeded, but at last he got money enough to send for them. The wife’s heart leaped for joy. She took her boy to New York, got on board a Pacific steamer, and sailed away to San Francisco.

They had not been long at sea before the cry of “Fire! fire!” rang through the ship. The captain knew the in a few hours every man, woman, and child will perish.

They got out the life-boats, but they were too small! In a minute they were overcrowded. The last one was just pushing away, when the mother pled with them to take her and her boy. “No,” they said, “we have got as many as we can hold.” She entreated them so earnestly, that at last they said they would take one more. Do you think she leaped into that boat and left her boy to die? No! She seized her boy, gave him one last hug, kissed him, and dropped him over into the boat. “My boy,” she said, “if you live to see your father, tell him that I died in your place.”

That is a faint picture of what Christ has done for us. He laid down his life for us. He died that we might live. The mother went down to a watery grave to save her one son. Jesus died so that he can save mankind.

2. JESUS IS GREAT.

Luke 1:31-32a 31You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32He will be great… The divine child is great.

We say to people, "Have a great day. That was a great cake." We tend to use the word ‘great’ very casually.