Dr. Phil Wilkes, Matt 1:18-25

What does it mean to trust God? What does walking by faith really look like day by day? At Christmas we celebrate the coming of our Savior Jesus. But remember that God was working through people. Joseph was engaged to his future bride Mary. She gives him the news that she is pregnant. Joseph knew he was not the father. Because he loved Mary and was a righteous man he was not going to publicly humiliate her and possibly have her face the penalty for adultery: stoning to death.

Before Joseph can go through with the divorce an angel comes to him with a message. The child inside Mary is conceived from the Holy Spirit. It is o.k. for him to follow through with the marriage to Mary. But none of this makes sense.

We learn some important lessons from Joseph about walking by faith and trusting God when it doesn’t make sense to do so.

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