CREDENTIALS OF JESUS: THE ANGEL'S TESTIMONY
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Credentials of Jesus
a) When someone expects our trust, we look for credentials. What entitles that person to our trust? What testimony is there that this person should be believed? This applies to our faith in Jesus. He has credentials. He is not without testimony that he is truly whom he claims to be.
2. The Angel’s Testimony
a) The birth of Jesus was unique among humankind, in that his mother was a virgin who conceived him by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was a human being begotten not by a human father, but by God. Jesus was the only begotten of God among human beings. He was born of woman and truly human, but begotten of God and truly God. "The Word was God... The Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." (John 1:1,14, 1 John 5:20).
b) This made him like us, yet unique among us. Joseph, accepted these facts because he was told them by an angel who said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins". So Joseph did not proceed with divorcing Mary (Matthew 1:18-25).
c) This uniqueness of Jesus and the angel’s testimony, is one of his convincing credentials.
The End ...
1. Credentials of Jesus a) When someone expects our trust, we look for credentials. What entitles that person to our trust? What testimony is there that this person should be believed? This applies to our faith in Jesus. He has credentials. He is not without testimony that he is truly whom he claims to be.
2. The Angel’s Testimony
a) The birth of Jesus was unique among humankind, in that his mother was a virgin who conceived him by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was a human being begotten not by a human father, but by God. Jesus was the only begotten of God among human beings. He was born of woman and truly human, but begotten of God and truly God. "The Word was God... The Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." (John 1:1,14, 1 John 5:20).
b) This made him like us, yet unique among us. Joseph, accepted these facts because he was told them by an angel who said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins". So Joseph did not proceed with divorcing Mary (Matthew 1:18-25).
c) This uniqueness of Jesus and the angel’s testimony, is one of his convincing credentials.
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