Pastor's corner - The Savior of the World Has Arrived!

In the gospel of Matthew chapter 1, verses 18 thru 25, the birth of Jesus Christ is recorded. Mary, a young virgin, was engaged to Joseph but when he discovered that Mary had become pregnant he was shocked. The Bible says that the Holy Spirit had divinely impregnated Mary with the Savior of the world (Luke 1:35). Joseph, not knowing about this, thought that Mary had cheated on him with another man. Joseph was a man of integrity and knew the law of divorce (Deuteronomy 22:23-24), so he decided not to humiliate her but to secretly release her from her marriage promise to him.

The angel Gabriel h...