The Authenticity of Jesus' Life and Teaching

The angel’s words about Mary in Matthew 1:21 – “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins,” are a challenge to our instinctive love of personal autonomy. Is it necessary to allow those nice words from the angel to really rearrange our lives?

It is, if Jesus is God’s Son who from eternity past has possessed all authority and power. Jesus is God’s own Word made flesh. He is our Creator, the One who sustains us daily. He is infinitely higher than we are, yet we were made to know and enjoy and serve Him in a close relationship. A...