Christmas Story

As we continue to look at the Christmas story it’s important to point out that Christ was born without sin. If Jesus was the biological descendant of Joseph the curse of sin would be upon him, and that’s exactly why (Luke1: 43-35) is so important, because it describes the conception of Jesus by the Holy Spirit and not by Joseph. In the Gospel of Luke chp 3, Luke traces the human genealogy of Mary backward from her father Heli to Adam himself, but it never says that Christ was “begat” by Joseph. In Matthew chp. 1, the genealogy of Joseph is traced back to David and Abraham describing the fact that Joseph was in the genealogy of the promised seed, thus giving him the right to claim the throne of David, but it still is never stated that Joseph “begat” Jesus, only that he was the husband of Mary. Joseph adopted Jesus, and as an adopted son all the rights, blessing, and privileges of son ship were given him by law. This firmly shows that Jesus Christ was completely human, a true descendent of David, and at the same time God. Jesus was indeed virgin born, (Isa 7:14) says “…therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”