Do You See What I See Pt 1: Matthew 1.18-21
{This was the first of a four-part series I began on 1 December 2013. The audio file can be found here } Do You See what I See? Pt 1 Matthew 1.18-21 Let me play the devil’s advocate for a moment, or to put it better, let me ask questions that I think some folks must be asking every time they “hear” what is commonly called the “the Christmas story”: And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. Mt. 1.21 Why? Why is his name to be Yah Saves or Yah Delivers ? Why do people need some god to “save” them? Okay, so the Angel says it’s because He will save His people from their sins . Nice, right? But, why is it that he comes to save only His People and not everybody in the whole world? And why must he be “saving” them from their sins? Okay, let’s take a step back for a moment. There are stories we 21 st Century Global Citizens like to tell ourselves, and they’re usually summed up in shorthand statements like thi...