As Mary and Joseph finalized their guest list and chose their wedding cake, she announced some completely baffling news: she, though a virgin, was pregnant.<\/p>\n
Assuming that she had been unfaithful to him, as any logical person would have done, Joseph prepared to break off their engagement. But while he was considering how to proceed, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, telling him not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife and that the child she was carrying was from the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\u00abShe will give birth to a son, and you shall name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.\u00bb<\/strong> This miracle was the fulfillment of hundreds of prophecies, predictions inspired by God about the Messiah, the Savior, or \u00abthe chosen one, the anointed one,\u00bb mentioned many times in the Old Testament.<\/p>\n From the beginning, Jesus' purpose was clear: to save his people from their sins, because even before creating the world, God wanted to save them.<\/p>\n Isn't it interesting that you don't choose the time, the place, the mother's body, or the family you are born into? Yet God wanted you here for a very specific purpose.<\/strong><\/p>\n Indeed, you have been grafted into a story that has been unfolding since the beginning of time. Thus, this timeless grace of being delivered from the chains of sin and freed from an impossible debt is offered to you.<\/p>\n What is sin?<\/strong><\/p>\n It is choosing to do our will rather than God's. Sin is rebellion against God's plans and purposes. We have all done this. We have all fallen short of the standards of divine justice. That is why He sent Jesus, because He loved us so much.<\/p>\n Like a soldier who sacrifices his life for his family, friends or country, Jesus gave his to save the world.<\/p>\n If you have not yet accepted the free gift of salvation, today may be your day and this moment may be yours. 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\nMatthew 1:21<\/strong>\n