Matthew 1:18-25 Christ Came to Save His People (December 24, 2021 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)

Christ's two names in Matthew 1:18-25 tell us who he is and what he has come to do.  As "Immanuel" he is God with us.  As "Jesus" he comes to save his people from their sins.  The only way to make sense of the incarnation is to seek to understand it in light of the mission of Christ.  Anything less than the salvation of his people from sin makes the incarnation incomprehensible.