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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Women of Courage – Anna, Feb. 1, 2014


Women of Courage –  Anna, Feb. 1, 2014

We can’t comprehend how God came down and became a man.  We understand our humanity, but it is linked to sin, whereas, Jesus was sinless.  So, it is difficult to really understand.  Shera shared with us a devotional related to Jesus’s humanity by Bob Coy and gave scriptures to our ladies to share when we get to those passages.   

These are the passage addresses:

Hebrews 7:25, 4:15; Col 1:15; 1 John 2:6; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 2:1-2; 1 Tim. 1:15-17; 2 Cor. 5:18-19

If you were unable to attend this meeting, Shera would be willing to share the devotional with you if you ask her.

We continued to talk about those that were aware of who Jesus was at his birth.

Matt. 1:18-25 we visited Joseph again in these scriptures. Joseph was a righteous man, he was supposed to uphold the law; so, what he had to deal with was immense.  Joseph didn’t know the truth for sure until he was told by the angel, but once he was told he did not sway from the truth, he dealt with it as he was supposed to and was most likely relieved.   Joseph was the “son of David” which is a title from royalty.  Joseph and Mary most likely had an arranged marriage and grew to love one another over time.   He was similar to the kinsman redeemer in his actions.

Luke 2: 1-7 - This is the time when Joseph and Mary had to travel because of the census and when Mary would give birth.  Mary’s lineage went back through David’s line as well.  V.16 Joseph is there when the shepherds and then the wisemen came.  V.22 They went through the purification time.

 Lev. 12:1-8- Mary’s purification and Jesus’s circumcision.

Luke 2 :33 -  Matthew 2:1-23 – after the visit of the Magi; Joseph was told to flee to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod, and fulfilled the prophecy( Hosea 11:1). Then an angel told him to return to Israel, and being afraid of the new ruler, God directed him to Galilee.

Matt. 2:39-40 this is the last time we hear of Joseph until Jesus was in the temple when he was 12. 

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