count for chrristmas 2

Count for Christmas #2

Matthew 1:14-25 The Birth of Jesus Christ

This is how the birth of Jesus

 Christ came about: His mother Mary

was pledged to be married to Joseph,

but before they came together, she

was found to be with child through the

Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her

husband was a righteous man and did

not want to expose her to public dis-

grace, he had in mind to divorce her

quietly.

But after he had considered to this

an angel of the Lord appeared to him

in a dream and said, Joseph son of

David do not be afraid to take Mary

home as your wife because what is

conceived in her is from the Holy

Spirit. 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.

All this took place to fulfill what

the Lord had said through the proph-

et. The virgin will be with child and

will give birth to a son and they will

call him Immanuel which means

God is with us.

When Joseph woke up he did

what the angel of the Lord had com

manded him and took Mary home as

his wife. But he had no union with

her until she gave birth to a son. And

he gave him the name  Jesus.